Blizzard Bits
•Cars abandoned on Routes 95, 195, 146
in greater
Providence: 1,950
•Cars stranded along Route 128: 3,500
•Homes destroyed in New England: 2,000
•People in storm shelters (N.E.): 10,000 +
•Total lives claimed by the storm (N.E.): 99 (73 in MA, 26 in RI from American Red
Cross)
•Tides about 4 feet above normal, then waves driven onshore up to 12 feet on top of that!
•Total
cost of damage (N.E.) $1 billion
