(2 Dec 2006) SHOTLIST
Chicago, Illinois - 1 December, 2006
1. Various shots of traffic in snow
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Motorist Vox Pop, no name given:
"Well, I had to go to work this morning, and luckily I had some vacation time, so I just decided to take a half-day and hope I can make it home in four hours... waiting 'til five o'clock, get home at nine."
3. Various shots of traffic in snow
4. Close up of snow blower
5. Wide of snow blower
6. Wide of people walking
7. Close up of snowshoes, pan to another set of snowshoes
8. Two men walking in snow
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop, no name given:
"Well, we like to hike, and this is just hiking in the snow basically."
10. Two men walking in snow
St. Louis, Missouri - 1 December, 2006
11. Wide shot of Ameren utility company
12. Close up of Ameren sign
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Rainwater, President/CEO of Ameren Corporation:
"We have currenly about 500-thousand customers out of service and actually those numbers are increasing as we speak."
14. Cutaway of cameras
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Rainwater, President/CEO of Ameren Corporation:
"Some customers will be out for four or five days and possibly longer."
16. Wide shot of utility company truck
17. Worker climbing utility pole
STORYLINE
The season's first big winter storm blew across the Midwestern United States on Friday, closed in on the Northeastern region of the country and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity.
Airline passengers and motorists were stranded and streets buried in several inches of snow.
The storm was blamed for at least five traffic deaths as it cut a swath from Texas to Michigan, spreading snow and freezing rain, and closing schools and businesses.
In Chicago, where snow covered street signs and commuters walked gingerly along slushy streets, forecasters warned residents to be careful digging out of what they called "heart attack snow" -- heavy snow that's difficult to shovel.
Meanwhile, National Guard units headed for St. Louis on Friday as the region's biggest electric utility warned it could be days before power is fully restored to residents left in the dark.
In all, the Ameren Utility Corporation reported about 520-thousand customers in Illinois and eastern Missouri without power after ice snapped power lines and tree limbs.
Ameren President and CEO Gary Rainwater told reporters: "Some customers will be out for four or five days and possibly longer."
Utility companies from Kansas City, which largely escaped the storm with just a few inches of snow, sent crews across the state to assist Ameren's workers restore power.
Keyword-severe weather snow
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