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CNN Live At Daybreak

Interview with Al Gardner, Stacy Simms

Aired December 04, 2002 - 06:28   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to head live to Charlotte, North Carolina to talk to Al and Stacy from WBT.
Are you guys bracing for the storm?

AL GARDNER, WBT RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Oh, are we ever.

STACY SIMMS, WBT RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Oh.

GARDNER: It's just like Stacy Simms said yesterday, everybody's running out to buy, what is it?

SIMMS: Oh, well, everybody here runs out and gets milk, eggs and bread at the store. The shelves are empty. We wonder if they're all making French toast or what.

COSTELLO: Not toilet paper, too?

SIMMS: Well, we don't ask about that down here.

GARDNER: That's right. But it is a winter storm watch. And what they're telling us is freezing rain after an inch of snow. Right as this happens, the roads could get treacherous. But then tonight, after people go to sleep and that ice sits there, they say it could be pretty tough driving around these parts.

COSTELLO: Yes, are people used to that in Charlotte?

SIMMS: Well, there's actually two camps down here. There are southerners who've lived here for a very long time and are not used to it, and they'll generally just stay home. Then there are all the transplants who have moved here in the last few years who think oh, this is nothing. You know, I've lived through terrible snowstorms. I can drive through it. And that usually causes a lot of problems because we get freezing rain, ice, slushy stuff. We don't get the powdery snow that you can at least get a grip on the road.

COSTELLO: Right. Right.

GARDNER: And power is going to be an issue today, of course.

COSTELLO: Let me ask you about the weird psychology that I know goes on in places like Washington, D.C. and Baltimore and even here in Atlanta. People at the mere mention of snow or ice just freak out and lock themselves in their homes.

SIMMS: I think there's two sides to that, too. People freak out and lock themselves or they go out and they disregard the warnings.

COSTELLO: That's true.

Well, Al and Stacy, you stay safe and be careful and we thank you for joining us this morning.

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Aired December 4, 2002 - 06:28   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to head live to Charlotte, North Carolina to talk to Al and Stacy from WBT.
Are you guys bracing for the storm?

AL GARDNER, WBT RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Oh, are we ever.

STACY SIMMS, WBT RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Oh.

GARDNER: It's just like Stacy Simms said yesterday, everybody's running out to buy, what is it?

SIMMS: Oh, well, everybody here runs out and gets milk, eggs and bread at the store. The shelves are empty. We wonder if they're all making French toast or what.

COSTELLO: Not toilet paper, too?

SIMMS: Well, we don't ask about that down here.

GARDNER: That's right. But it is a winter storm watch. And what they're telling us is freezing rain after an inch of snow. Right as this happens, the roads could get treacherous. But then tonight, after people go to sleep and that ice sits there, they say it could be pretty tough driving around these parts.

COSTELLO: Yes, are people used to that in Charlotte?

SIMMS: Well, there's actually two camps down here. There are southerners who've lived here for a very long time and are not used to it, and they'll generally just stay home. Then there are all the transplants who have moved here in the last few years who think oh, this is nothing. You know, I've lived through terrible snowstorms. I can drive through it. And that usually causes a lot of problems because we get freezing rain, ice, slushy stuff. We don't get the powdery snow that you can at least get a grip on the road.

COSTELLO: Right. Right.

GARDNER: And power is going to be an issue today, of course.

COSTELLO: Let me ask you about the weird psychology that I know goes on in places like Washington, D.C. and Baltimore and even here in Atlanta. People at the mere mention of snow or ice just freak out and lock themselves in their homes.

SIMMS: I think there's two sides to that, too. People freak out and lock themselves or they go out and they disregard the warnings.

COSTELLO: That's true.

Well, Al and Stacy, you stay safe and be careful and we thank you for joining us this morning.

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