Flower deliveries - Storm ties up travel, closes schools in Northeast, Midwest
NEW YORK Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on Wednesday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners. The storm grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closing of schools and businesses from Kentucky to Maine. Many of those stuck at home had no heat or lights because of blackouts that ...
Fayetteville- Valentine's Day is expected to bring in close to 17 billion dollars, according to the National Retail Federation. Almost 60 percent of men are expected to buy flowers this year.
For those folks who deliver flowers for a living, Wednesday was brutal. The roads were awful, with many side streets clogged with a foot of snow, but it was Valentine's Day.
Flower shops are used to dealing with customers who suddenly find Valentine's Day is upon them. "It's a men's holiday, so it's a last-minute holiday," said Steve Progin of Lebanon Valley Flowers and Gifts.
In addition to the usual deliveries of flowers and balloons to work cubicles and homes, Stephanine Baker of Periwinkle Flowers in Cary said the delivery trucks also would make another stop on Valentines Day.
Area florists spent the day hoping the weather forecasters were wrong.
Indianapolis - The storm's aftermath is taking some of the romance out of Valentine's Day, affecting everything from flower deliveries to restaurant reservations.
NEW YORK, 1:38 p.m. Feb. 14 (AP) : Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on Wednesday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners.
Fayetteville- Valentine's Day is expected to bring in close to 17 billion dollars, according to the National Retail Federation. Almost 60 percent of men are expected to buy flowers this year.
For those folks who deliver flowers for a living, Wednesday was brutal. The roads were awful, with many side streets clogged with a foot of snow, but it was Valentine's Day.
Flower shops are used to dealing with customers who suddenly find Valentine's Day is upon them. "It's a men's holiday, so it's a last-minute holiday," said Steve Progin of Lebanon Valley Flowers and Gifts.
In addition to the usual deliveries of flowers and balloons to work cubicles and homes, Stephanine Baker of Periwinkle Flowers in Cary said the delivery trucks also would make another stop on Valentines Day.
Area florists spent the day hoping the weather forecasters were wrong.
Indianapolis - The storm's aftermath is taking some of the romance out of Valentine's Day, affecting everything from flower deliveries to restaurant reservations.
NEW YORK, 1:38 p.m. Feb. 14 (AP) : Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on Wednesday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners.
