Saturday, 7 July 2012

Power Outages: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland And More States Left In The Dark

  • Nia McCall, 8, plays on the "Sprayground" at Keeley Park in McLeansville, N.C. on Friday, June 29, 2012. A record-breaking heat wave swept across the southeast starting Friday and is expected to last through Sunday. (AP Photo/Burlington Times-News, Scott Muthersbaugh)

  • Arlington County residents pass the time in the Central Public Library after it was made an official cooling station in Arlington, Va., Saturday, June 30, 2012. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful storm killed at least six people in the state and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands, leaving them without air-conditioning in the middle of a blistering heat wave.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

  • Tanya Winters cools off in a fountain at Butler Park in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday June 26, 2012. Tuesday's high temperature of 109 was the highest ever recorded in June in Austin. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

  • A the thermometer on the sign at Cincinnati Federal Savings and Loan on Glenway Avenue at Sunset Avenue on the East and West Price Hill line reads 101 degrees, in Cincinnati, Thursday June 28, 2012. Nate Mackey holds a towel and a cup of water as he crosses Sunset Avenue. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Glenn Hartong)

  • Julie Rhoades, James Rhoades

    Julie and James Rhoades, of Brazoria, Texas, sit in the shade of their umbrella to avoid the hot sun as they watch a World Cup of Softball game in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

  • Aletta, a rough-legged hawk, flaps her wings as she gets a cooling shower from a hose at the Carolina Raptor Center in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, June 29, 2012. Temperatures were expected to exceed 100 degrees in the Charlotte area for the next several days. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

  • Children cool off from the intense heat at a waterfront park on Friday, June 29, 2012, in downtown Louisville, Ky. The city endured a second straight day of triple-digit temperatures as a heat wave settled in across Kentucky. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

  • Gail Ballinger gives a fan to Virginia Elliott and Lisa Elliott Wednesday at the Salvation Army Social Services office in Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Temperatures are expected to reach record levels by the weekend. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tim Barber)

  • Delores Smith loads a donated fan for her mother outside the Salvation Army Social Services building in Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Temperatures are expected to reach record levels by the weekend. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tim Barber)

  • A customer holds a blue bubblegum strawberry combo from Delta Snow, a shaved ice walkup business owned by 17-year-old James David Ingram, of Yazoo City, Miss., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Ingram, who had applied for various jobs with no results, decided to start his own business and hopes the current heat wave will bring his new business a steady stream of customers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

  • Ruby Ellis, Margaret Gainey

    Ruby Ellis, 13, receives a shaved ice cup handed from Delta Snow co-owner Margaret Gainey, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Yazoo City, Miss. Gainey and her grandson James David Ingram, 17, own the small business and appreciate the fact their trailer has air conditioning for the hot summer ahead. They hope the current heat wave brings their new business a steady stream of hot customers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

  • The sun rises above the horizon Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012 in Decatur, Ala. as roofer Mike Murphy cuts out blisters in the roof of Decatur High School. Much of Alabama is gripped in an early summer heat wave that has already sent the temperature over 100 degrees in some Alabama cities. To cope with the extreme heat, Murphy's work day starts at 5 a.m. and ends at 1:30 p.m. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, John Godbey)

  • In this photo provided by Coby Baalman, cattle drink from a tank being filled with hauled water because the windmill and underground pump can't keep up with the volume being consumed at the Baalman ranch Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Menlo, Kan. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Coby Baalman)

  • In this photo provided by Coby Baalman, ranch hand Terry Moss walks through a parched corn field Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in wheat stubble that hasn't grown much in the dry heat in Menlo, Kan. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Coby Baalman)

  • In this photo provided by Charlie Wilson, a herd of Red Angus cattle stay close to a watering hole at the Wilson ranch Wednesday, June 27, 2012, near Lakeside, Neb. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Charlie Wilson)

  • In this photo provided by Charlie Wilson, a herd of Red Angus cattle stay close to a watering hole and the windmill at the Wilson ranch Wednesday, June 27, 2012, near Lakeside, Neb. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall. (AP Photo/Courtesy Charlie Wilson)

  • Corey Tipton, 9, Andrew Koestler, 11, Alexandria Tipton, 5, Anna Koestler, 9, and Zachary Tipton, 7, lay in the shallows of the Riverwalk at the Mud Island River Park in Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

  • Robert Mitchell

    Robert Mitchell, a brick mason with Professional Masonry from Birmingham, Ala., cools off with some cold water while working at the Belk Hudson Lofts construction site in downtown Huntsville, Ala., Sunday, July 1, 2012. Huntsville, Florence and other parts of northwest Alabama are under an excessive heat warning with forecasters show high temperatures breaking 100 degrees across the state. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times,Glenn Baeske)

  • Justin Pegram, 4, plays on the "Sprayground" at Keeley Park in McLeansville, N.C. on Friday, June 29, 2012. A record-breaking heat wave swept across the southeast starting Friday and is expected to last through Sunday. (AP Photo/Burlington Times-News, Scott Muthersbaugh)

  • Anne Blaauwgeers

    Netherlands' Anne Blaauwgeers, right, wears a towel on her head to ward off the hot sun as she cheers from the dugout during the fourth inning of a World Cup of Softball game against Puerto Rico in Oklahoma City, Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

  • Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/power-outage-west-virginia-ohio-maryland_n_1651073.html

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