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So much for April showers

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published April 12, 2007

CHICAGO - Hundreds of flights were grounded Wednesday, a major league baseball game was postponed and six people were killed in accidents on icy roads as yet another spring snowstorm hit the upper Midwest.

North Dakota and South Dakota both measured about 7 inches, and up to 10 inches was possible in Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said.

"It's kind of flying sideways," hardware store owner Harvey Neu said in Menomonee Falls, Wis. "It's not like a gently falling snowfall. It's more of a get-out-of-my-face type of thing."

About 500 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport, said city aviation spokesman Gregg Cunningham. The airport also had delays of 1 to 2 hours on both inbound and outbound flights, and delays at Midway Airport were about 30 minutes, he said.

"The storm system is moving north right now, but it may circle around and stay in the area," Cunningham said.

Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport also had a handful of delays and cancellations.

Six people were killed in two separate accidents in Iowa, including a woman and her two children when their minivan collided with another minivan in the state's south-central region.

Wednesday's Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs game was postponed because of the storm. During the weekend, heavy snow wiped out scheduled Angels-Indians games for four straight days in Cleveland before they were finally moved to Milwaukee's enclosed field.

In Minnesota, truckers pulled over in droves to wait out the storm.

"It's snowing and blowing and sloppy and slushy," said Katie Toots, a cashier at the Shell's truck stop in Albert Lea, near the Iowa state line in south-central Minnesota. "A lot of drivers just decided to stay put, 'cause further south it's not any better."

[Last modified April 12, 2007, 01:52:14]