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Icy conditions cancel flights; utility crews are on standby Ice storm warning says power outages likely

FROM STAFF REPORTS, Tim ONeil, Harry Levins, Jeffrey Tomich, Tim Bryant and Joel Currier of the Post-Dispatch staff contributed to this report, as did The Associated Press

2007

Overview

[Susan Gallagher] said all Ameren field crews including 1,500 linemen were scheduled to work today. Truck trailers packed with poles, wire and conductors were on standby. Jim Kramper, a spokesman for the National Weather Service office in Weldon Spring, said the worst area of the ice storm probably extend as far east as St. Louis. The heaviest ice was expected in Washington, Mo., and OFallon, Mo., where accumulations could exceed an inch. Shirley Walls, a spokeswoman for Lambert Field, said American canceled all outbound flights and Southwest had canceled 25 inbound and 17 outbound flights. She said airport crews were working in 12- hour shifts to clear runways and taxiways.

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