KQED Nightly Business Report January 8, 2014
Good evening, everyone. Bitter cold temperatures across the country in all 50 states, even hawaii, forced millions of americans into hibernation today. Freezing temperatures with below 0 wind chills shut down many companies, stopped trains, grounded planes and caused Power Outages for thousands of homes and businesses weather experts say the dramatic drop in temperatures today, as much as 15 degrees below zero in some sections of the midwest, may be the coldest day in the u. S. In almost 20 years. Its a phenomenon they call the polar vortex. One beneficiary of this deep freeze, natural gas. Fo...