Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Bartholomew County Jail employee Rick Thompson battles the wind, and the snow blown into the air by his own equipment while clearing the walks at the facility in Columbus, Ind. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. The blizzard warning issued the day before by National Weather Service came to fruition in the region Wednesday as winds picked up and snow began falling in earnest before dawn.
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