Winter storm marches into St. Louis
Date: 2/2/2011 Album ID: 1162969
Photos by Post-Dispatch Photo Editor
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After a day of sleet and freezing rain, St. Louis braces for day two of a winter storm that called for a foot of snow or more for much of the region.
February 2, 2011---
Washington University researchers Deepta and Martha Bhattacharya walk down Euclid Avenue to the medical campus Tuesday afternoon. The couple said that the medical campus was the only part of Washington University that wasn't closed today.
Emily Rasinski  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Beth Schumacher, RN (left), and Christine Walker, RN (right), settle together under a blanket for a movie on Tuesday evening at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis. Inclement weather forced almost a hundred staff members to overnight at the hospital as ice and snow clogged area roadways, making transportation difficult.  Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Hospital mattresses were made available for Barnes Jewish Hospital employees choosing to spend the night between shifts to avoid commuting home in the winter weather.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Barnes Jewish Hospital human resources consultant Caitlin O'Brien (left) helps distribute hospital scrubs to employees staying overnight at the hospital.  About 200 employees were planning to stay at the hospital between shifts to avoid commuting home in the winter weather.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Employees staff the Command Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital.  The Command Center organized logistics for employees staying the night between shifts so they wouldn't have to commute home through the winter weather.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Safety specialist Nick Hernandez (right) talks with nursing supervisor Jill O'Donnell (left) as they staff the Command Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital.  The Command Center organized logistics for employees staying the night between shifts so they wouldn't have to commute home through the winter weather.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Barnes Jewish Hospital human resources business partner Jennifer Horst helps distribute temporary cots to employees staying overnight at the hospital.  About 200 employees were planning to stay at the hospital between shifts to avoid commuting home in the winter weather.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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A man clears ice from a sidewalk Washington Avenue sidewalk downtown around noon Tuesday, which was mostly deserted as many offices closed due to the severe weather.  Photo byLisa Brown/Post-Dispatch
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February 1, 2011 -  Mike Bearden changes wiper blades for a customer at Rayman's Auto Service, 8000 S. Laclede Station Road, in Affton.  Customers at the station were sparse Tuesday, but owner John Rayman said he had several older customers eager to take advantage of receiving full service gas at no extra charge.
Robert Cohen rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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View of Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis just after noon Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011Photo by Lisa Brown/Post-Dispatch
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2/1/11  Tuesday   Fenton
A view eastbound on I-44 in Fenton from the Mraz Lane overpass Tuesday evening.
J.B. Forbes    jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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2/1/11  Tuesday   Fenton
A Sunset Hills police officer gets back in her vehicle after checking on a one car accident on westbound I-44 Tuesday afternoon. The driver was not hurt.
J.B. Forbes    jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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2/1/11  Tuesday   Fenton
A man sits on I-44 in the westbound lanes west of Lindbergh Tuesday afternoon after having a one car accident. He complained of chest pains from the airbag, but was otherwise unhurt. He seemed disoriented.
J.B. Forbes    jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 - A St. Louis plow truck tries to clear a street of the sleet Tuesday afternoon before the forcasted snow storm. Huy Mach hmach@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 --U.S. Army Spc. William Spencer (left) and Spc. Chris Partin (center) of the 1175th Military Police Company, talk with  St. Louis County Police Officer John Halliday at the scene of a domestic dispute in a south St. Louis County apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon. Members of the National Guard, dispatched in response to weather, helped police officers patrol the neighborhoods, helping stranded motorists and responding to emergency calls.  Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com`
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February 1, 2011 --After scraping the windshield free of ice, U.S. Army Spc. Chris Partin of the 1175th Military Police Company, jumps from the hood of his HMMW vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. Partin and Spc. William Spencer (not pictured) were assisting St. Louis County Police Officer John Halliday as he tended to the scene of a domestic dispute in a south St. Louis County apartment complex. Members of the National Guard, dispatched in response to weather, helped police officers patrol the neighborhoods, helping stranded motorists and responding to emergency calls.  Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com`
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February 1, 2011 --St. Louis County Police Officer John Halliday (center) directs U.S. Army Spc. Chris Partin (left, not pictured) of the 1175th Military Police Company, to the scene of a domestic dispute in their HMMW on a snowy Tuesday afternoon in south St. Louis County.  Members of the National Guard, dispatched in response to weather, helped police officers patrol the neighborhoods, helping stranded motorists and responding to emergency calls. Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com`
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February 1, 2011 --U.S. Army Spc. William Spencer (right) and Spc. Chris Partin (center) of the 1175th Military Police Company, dig out a motorist stuck in the snow on Tuesday afternoon in south St. Louis County.  Members of the National Guard, dispatched in response to weather, helped police officers patrol the neighborhoods, helping stranded motorists and responding to emergency calls. Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com`
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February 1, 2011 -- Ice-encrusted pine tree in Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Mo.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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February 1, 2011 -- Lou Brock's Hall of Fame statue outside Busch Stadium looks more frozen in time than usual as an ice storm precedes a snow storm Tuesday afternoon in St. Louis, Mo.
Chris Lee  clee@post-dispatch.com
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