Kirk Ross and Beth Mechum
Staff Writers
It was awfully pretty, what with the big moon and all.
But the major winter storm that dropped eight inches of snow on Carrboro and Chapel Hill will more likely be remembered for causing a near-complete shut down of travel and commerce and days of closed schools, icy roads and widespread inconvenience.
The snow, followed in quick succession by several hours of ice pellets and a day and half of cold rain, was one of the largest winter storms of the past several years. Cooler temperatures, however, kept it from causing the same kind of widespread power outages as the devastating ice storm of 2003. More »





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