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Snowstorms, ice and
sub-zero temperatures
crippled the East Coast
for much of the winter.
In Washington, D.C., the
federal government was
shut down for one and a
half days, and New York
is asters City received a record
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 53.4 inches of snow .
Firefighters watch helplessly as flames burn out of
control in the Thousand Oaks area of Southern
California. The fires, some of which were set by arson-
ists, lasted 16 days and did $1 billion in damages.
Eighty-four lives were lost due to the fires; 67 of those
were firefighters trying to control the blaze.

Bob Noble/GlOBE
After the L.A. earthquake,
more than 14,000 people
were forced to live in les Stone/SYGMA
temporary shelters or The sentiments expressed by this homeowner were
camp out in parks. More unfortunately more the exception than the rule during
than 20,000 people were the Midwest floods. More than 30,000 people were forced
left homeless, and many to evacuate their homes, and more than 40 died.
would later have to spend
hours in line trying to get Sometimes mere seconds decided who lived and who died
when an earthquake that measured 6.6 on the Richter
relief funds and supplies.
scale hit Southern California in January. The quake killed
55 and caused damages that were estimated at $30 billion.
Some highway repairs could take a year to complete.

; Actor Bill Bixby, who starred ; mother gave the child up for ; Alabama, Georgia, North and
l in My Favorite Martian and : adoption, and later sued for .
; South Carolina, and
; The Incredible Hulk, died of ; custody when she married .
: Tennessee were the states
: prostate cancer at 59. ; Jessica's father. The suit ; hardest hit by a storm system
: touched off debates about l that ripped across the
) : After a court battle that went ; parental and adoption rights. ; Southeast in late March.
l as far as the U.S. Supreme ; More than 40 people were
; Court, two-year -old Baby ; killed as tornados, hail and
; Jessica was returned to her ; heavy rains struck the region.
: biological parents. Her natural