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CNN Live At Daybreak
Much of Carolinas Still Without Power
Aired December 06, 2002 - 06:22 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Untold thousands across the Carolinas can't watch what we're reporting right now because they have no electricity. And they may not have electricity the entire weekend. We want to get the latest on that storm situation.
Tim Boyum of CNN affiliate News 14 North Carolina is live in Chapel Hill for us.
And I understand you don't have electricity in your home, either.
TIM BOYUM, NEWS 14 CORRESPONDENT: No, I don't. And, in fact, we went to Lowe's last night trying to find anything to heat the apartment. It was 48 degrees and people were buying construction stakes, anything they could basically to burn.
I want to show you basically what crews are contending with here. This is a lot of what you're seeing, power lines hanging down in the middle of the road like this. And if we can pan over here, you can see the tree that is broken down. The other half of that was hanging down on the power line this morning. Cars were simply driving under it, just 10, 12 feet holding up this thousand pound tree or more.
It is like that all over the place. Hotels are booked all the way to Greensboro. There are lines at gas stations, 30, 40 people in line looking for kerosene, anything to heat their homes at this point. It's been a rough time and it's going to be a rough weekend. Temperatures still in the 30s. The roads, believe it or not, are not too bad. The problem right now is heat. People looking a lot for that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Yes, so it may not be until after the weekend before everybody gets their power back on, right?
BOYUM: We understand in the south they will get it a little bit earlier. But, yes, as far as the Raleigh-Durham area, still over 500,000 people in this area looking for power. They say it could be Sunday.
COSTELLO: Awful. Just awful.
Well, best of luck to you.
Thanks for joining us on DAYBREAK.
We appreciate it.
BOYUM: Thank you very much. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Aired December 6, 2002 - 06:22 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Untold thousands across the Carolinas can't watch what we're reporting right now because they have no electricity. And they may not have electricity the entire weekend. We want to get the latest on that storm situation.
Tim Boyum of CNN affiliate News 14 North Carolina is live in Chapel Hill for us.
And I understand you don't have electricity in your home, either.
TIM BOYUM, NEWS 14 CORRESPONDENT: No, I don't. And, in fact, we went to Lowe's last night trying to find anything to heat the apartment. It was 48 degrees and people were buying construction stakes, anything they could basically to burn.
I want to show you basically what crews are contending with here. This is a lot of what you're seeing, power lines hanging down in the middle of the road like this. And if we can pan over here, you can see the tree that is broken down. The other half of that was hanging down on the power line this morning. Cars were simply driving under it, just 10, 12 feet holding up this thousand pound tree or more.
It is like that all over the place. Hotels are booked all the way to Greensboro. There are lines at gas stations, 30, 40 people in line looking for kerosene, anything to heat their homes at this point. It's been a rough time and it's going to be a rough weekend. Temperatures still in the 30s. The roads, believe it or not, are not too bad. The problem right now is heat. People looking a lot for that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Yes, so it may not be until after the weekend before everybody gets their power back on, right?
BOYUM: We understand in the south they will get it a little bit earlier. But, yes, as far as the Raleigh-Durham area, still over 500,000 people in this area looking for power. They say it could be Sunday.
COSTELLO: Awful. Just awful.
Well, best of luck to you.
Thanks for joining us on DAYBREAK.
We appreciate it.
BOYUM: Thank you very much. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com