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• State officials said places without power included the residential portion of the governor's residence in Indianapolis.
• Gov. Mike Pence noted during a news conference Monday that the house has "lots of fireplaces" but urged others without power to go to a shelter if necessary.
• The city of Indianapolis evacuated more than 400 residents without heat or power, said Marc Lotter, a spokesman for Mayor Greg Ballard. Many found temporary comfort at warming centers set up around the city, while those needing long-term shelter were sent to the American Red Cross.
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• . HEIGHTENED FEARS OF FROSTBITE, HYPOTHERMIA
• In Chicago, hospital emergency rooms treated patients with frostbite, weather-related asthma and head injuries from falls on ice.
• "It's pretty typical of what we see when it's this cold," said Dr. Paul Casey, an ER doctor at Rush University Medical Center. "Later in the day, the more people are outside working, we may see more cold-related injuries such as frostbite and hypothermia."
• Cook County's health system encouraged patients to reschedule their non-emergency appointments. Cook County's Stroger Hospitals treated one homeless man with frostbite, said health system spokeswoman Marisa Kollias.
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In one frozen town, cigarettes worth freezing for
JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer
• CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) -- Certain essentials must be taken care of, no matter what. As a record freeze hit this small town outside Pittsburgh early Tuesday, basic needs came down to football, lottery tickets and cigarettes. Especially cigarettes.
• Dangerously frigid air arrived in Coraopolis, Pa., from the Midwest, borne by a biting wind that pulled smoke horizontally from the factory chimneys along the Ohio River. With Tuesday's school already cancelled and local TV news issuing dire warnings, the mile-long main drag fell silent except for a few cars and the rumble of freight trains running two blocks over.
• None of the town's 5,664 residents are outside - until you reach the Uni-Mart on the corner of Main and Fifth.
• Quentin Milliner walks in and asks for a pack of Marlboros. He's not cold: "I spent two years in Alaska," he says. "This isn't cold."
• When he walks out, the bank clock across the street reads 9:13 p.m. and -3 degrees. On the ten-minute walk home, Milliner is wearing jeans but no thermals, two (Continued on page 32)
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