The Nation - News from Feb. 13, 1985

A storm draped a blanket of snow from the Great Lakes down along the Appalachians and into the Deep South, closing highways with snowdrifts and jackknifed trucks. Parts of the southern Appalachians got a foot of snow or more, and the storm also poured heavy rain along the East Coast, causing scattered lowland flooding. One Indiana county threatened to arrest anyone driving without good reason. Elsewhere in the state, traffic accidents were down because roads were “so bad they can’t get close enough to hit each other.” The weather, which closed schools, has been blamed for 19 deaths nationwide since Saturday.