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The Chicago skyline is photographed behind a large chunk of ice near North Avenue Beach as cold temperatures remain with wind chills nearing minus 30 Fahrenheit on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Chicago. Dangerously cold polar air snapped decades-old records as it spread Tuesday from the Midwest to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and eastern Canada, making it hazardous to venture outside and keeping many schools and businesses closed. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)
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Ice-covered plants are seen in Panama City Beach, Fla. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Brutal, record-breaking cold descended on the East and South, sending the mercury plummeting Tuesday. Sprinklers left on overnight created the icy cover. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Andrew Wardlow)
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Isabella Graff, left, and her brother Zadok Graff, check on the family's beef cattle on the Bill Graff Farm, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Middletown, Ill. Farm animals can withstand frigid outside temperatures if they're cared for properly with food, water and shelter. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Victor Winters waits for a bus in Detroit, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Temperatures broke record lows Tuesday in Michigan and residents braced against bitter winds following a storm that shuttered schools, closed government offices and contributed to at least six deaths. Lows of 14 degrees below zero were reported according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Students walk past a frozen fountain at Troy University in Troy, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/The (Troy) Messenger, Thomas Graning)
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Buyers are bundled up as record low temperatures didn't stop the foreclosure sale on the steps of the Fulton County Courthouse Tuesday Jan. 7, 2014, in Atlanta Ga.. Buyer representative Adam Nagel was prepared for the long day in the cold, but not everyone was. "I'm actually pretty warm, I feel sorry for some of the other guys" (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Brant Sanderlin) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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Tessa Lind examines icicles hanging from a tree in the yard of her home, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Like much of the nation, the Florida panhandle experienced freezing temperatures, with overnight lows Monday dipping to around 18 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily, Devon Ravine)
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An overnight sprinkler left icicles on the shrubs at The Antique Market of San Jose, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)
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Lexington Fire Dept. Major Joe Madden, left, and firefighter Casey Wiley, right, looked for hotspots at the scene of an overnight house fire at 238 Swigert Ave. in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. The fire started shortly after midnight and destroyed the house. Lexington firefighters had to battle the fire in sub-zero temperatures. (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader, Charles Bertram)
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A New York City pedestrian covers up against single-digit temperatures, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. The high is expected to be 10 degrees. But wind chills will make it feel more like minus 10. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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With temperatures of -5 degrees a statue of Fred Rogers faces the frozen Allegheny river as the sun rises over downtown Pittsburgh skyline early Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. A high of 2 degrees is predicted for Tuesday in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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A woman pauses to see the Schuylkill River covered with ice, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia experienced low temperatures hovering around zero and wind chills in the minus-teens. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In a demonstration, a bucket is filled with beet juice at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Butler, Pa., maintenance facility, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Because rock salt is largely ineffective below 16 degrees, road salt is mixed with additives, such as beet juice and cheese brine, to keep it working in temperatures as low as minus 25. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Passengers arrive at Union Station after their Amtrak train from Los Angeles became stuck in snow drifts on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Chicago. The severe weather forced hundreds of Amtrak passengers to spend the night onboard three trains stranded due to the snow in northern Illinois. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)
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Bradley Thibodeau wears a scarf, given to him by his wife before he left home in the morning, as he walks along Market Street on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, during afternoon temperatures in the mid-teens in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. Cold weather continued Tuesday with highs in the low 20s. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Doug Strickland) THE DAILY CITIZEN OUT; NOOGA.COM OUT; CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT.
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Coal trains from the mountains are dusted with snow as they sit along the track under the Franklin Road Bridge. Photo taken January 7, 2014.Brutal, life-threatening cold descended over the East and the South, sending the mercury plummeting Tuesday into the single digits and teens. (AP PHOTO/STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS, THE ROANOKE TIMES) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (SALEM TIMES REGISTER; FINCASTLE HERALD; CHRISTIANSBURG NEWS MESSENGER; RADFORD NEWS JOURNAL; ROANOKE STAR SENTINEL
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The reflecting pool in front of the U.S. Capitol building is frozen over, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 in Washington. Frigid air that snapped decades-old records will make venturing outside dangerous for a second straight day Tuesday, this time spreading to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and keeping many schools and businesses shuttered. Residents driven from their homes by power outages in the Midwest longed to return to their own beds. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Ramon Perez of Mexico who is homeless, comes in out of the cold after speaking with Project H.O.M.E. Outreach Response Worker Sam Santiago, (not seen), Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. With low temperatures hovering around zero and wind chills in the minus-teens a code blue alert for severe weather has been issued by the city to encouraged and sometimes compel the homeless to seek shelter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Geese are seen on a frozen section of a pond, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Fairfax, Va. The National Weather Service said the mercury bottomed out at 3 degrees before sunrise at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshal International Airport, with a wind chill of minus 16. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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A student looks out the frosted window of a school bus as it moves down 19th Street, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 in Philadelphia. The record-breaking polar air that has made the Midwest shiver over the past few days spread to the East and South on Tuesday, sending the mercury plunging into the single digits and teens from Boston and New York to Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville and Little Rock _ places where many people don't know the first thing about extreme cold. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Michael Wirtz) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT
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From left to right, Mark Panzeri, Cody Hudson, Dave Kaplan and Sam Bauer try to push stalled motorist James Harrison's car off an icy patch on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in Soulard, Mo. "I was on my way to work when I saw he was stalled. I went to get a shovel to help out," said Panzeri. The rest of the men joined in when they saw Panzeri needed the help. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Laurie Skrivan) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT
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Pedestrians make their way through freezing cold Times Square on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 in New York. Even with a bright sun, the city toughed out single digit temperatures with an expected high of 10 degrees and wind chills that will make it feel more like minus 10. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Albany firefighter Chris Kollias helps motorists jump start a vehicle on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings through Friday morning in most of the state. Temperatures are in the single digits or below zero, with the wind making it feel as cold as 20-30 below zero in some areas.(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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An Amtrak train kicks up fresh snow as it speeds southbound on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Schodack Landing, N.Y. The National Weather Service has posted winter storm warnings through Friday morning in most of the state. Temperatures are in the single digits or below zero, with the wind making it feel as cold as 20-30 below zero in some areas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)