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Talk of CNN: Buzz in the Granite State
Aired January 06, 2003 - 05:46 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's time to check out the buzz in the Granite State this Monday morning.
Mark Ericson and Danielle Carrier, better known as the WOKQ Waking Crew in Portsmouth and Manchester, New Hampshire, on the phone line with us right now -- good morning.
MARK ERICSON, WOKQ WAKING CREW: Good morning, Carol.
DANIELLE CARRIER, WOKQ WAKING CREW: Morning.
COSTELLO: Hey, how much snow is there?
CARRIER: Oh my gosh!
ERICSON: Way too much.
COSTELLO: How many feet? We want to know the dirty, scary details.
ERICSON: Some parts...
CARRIER: Yes.
ERICSON: ... of the state actually got like 48 to 50 inches so far this year. It's just absolutely crazy, but we got a couple of feet in most places.
COSTELLO: Fifty-eight inches of snow.
ERICSON: Forty-eight to 50 inches in some places of the state. Ski areas are real happy though.
COSTELLO: Yes, that's sick though. I can't even imagine that much snow.
(LAUGHTER)
COSTELLO: Hey, there are some dangers associated with that snowfall we hear.
ERICSON: Well you know we had a tragedy yesterday afternoon in Grantham, which is a small town.
CARRIER: It's a small town just outside of Manchester, about 76 miles outside of Manchester. And it's just a town of a population of over 2,000. ERICSON: But they've got this tennis court, which was an elevated tennis court outdoors, and it's heated from underneath with gas pipes. And four elderly gentlemen were cleaning this court off yesterday afternoon at around 2:00 in the afternoon and the tennis court exploded. It killed one of the gentlemen and three others were very severely hurt in this outdoor tennis court explosion.
COSTELLO: So the tennis court was heated with some kind of propane tank underneath?
ERICSON: There are -- there are gas pipes that run underneath. Now it's still being investigated by the state, but one of the -- one of the theories is that the snow blower that was being used may have hit one of those gas pipes.
COSTELLO: Oh my. Oh that's awful.
Hey, let's talk about the state election because you have a new governor coming in to office.
ERICSON: Well you know we're all in for culture shock later on this week. Thursday, Jeanne Shaheen has been governor for six years, and she's a former schoolteacher, and she'll be leaving office on Thursday. And Craig Benson, who is a multi-millionaire business tycoon type of a guy, will be stepping in to the office on Thursday.
COSTELLO: Well maybe that's what many states need right now as they try to balance their budgets.
ERICSON: Well that's -- that was part of the campaign that Craig Benson ran was that he's a business man, he's a business man who knows how to manage money and that's what the state of New Hampshire needs.
COSTELLO: All right. Mark, Danielle, thank you.
ERICSON: Have a good day, Carol.
CARRIER: Thank you.
COSTELLO: Thank you both for joining us this morning.
They're always so happy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They didn't know I was here though.
COSTELLO: We should introduce you next time.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They got -- I know. They got to get used to me, OK.
COSTELLO: Yes.
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Aired January 6, 2003 - 05:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's time to check out the buzz in the Granite State this Monday morning.
Mark Ericson and Danielle Carrier, better known as the WOKQ Waking Crew in Portsmouth and Manchester, New Hampshire, on the phone line with us right now -- good morning.
MARK ERICSON, WOKQ WAKING CREW: Good morning, Carol.
DANIELLE CARRIER, WOKQ WAKING CREW: Morning.
COSTELLO: Hey, how much snow is there?
CARRIER: Oh my gosh!
ERICSON: Way too much.
COSTELLO: How many feet? We want to know the dirty, scary details.
ERICSON: Some parts...
CARRIER: Yes.
ERICSON: ... of the state actually got like 48 to 50 inches so far this year. It's just absolutely crazy, but we got a couple of feet in most places.
COSTELLO: Fifty-eight inches of snow.
ERICSON: Forty-eight to 50 inches in some places of the state. Ski areas are real happy though.
COSTELLO: Yes, that's sick though. I can't even imagine that much snow.
(LAUGHTER)
COSTELLO: Hey, there are some dangers associated with that snowfall we hear.
ERICSON: Well you know we had a tragedy yesterday afternoon in Grantham, which is a small town.
CARRIER: It's a small town just outside of Manchester, about 76 miles outside of Manchester. And it's just a town of a population of over 2,000. ERICSON: But they've got this tennis court, which was an elevated tennis court outdoors, and it's heated from underneath with gas pipes. And four elderly gentlemen were cleaning this court off yesterday afternoon at around 2:00 in the afternoon and the tennis court exploded. It killed one of the gentlemen and three others were very severely hurt in this outdoor tennis court explosion.
COSTELLO: So the tennis court was heated with some kind of propane tank underneath?
ERICSON: There are -- there are gas pipes that run underneath. Now it's still being investigated by the state, but one of the -- one of the theories is that the snow blower that was being used may have hit one of those gas pipes.
COSTELLO: Oh my. Oh that's awful.
Hey, let's talk about the state election because you have a new governor coming in to office.
ERICSON: Well you know we're all in for culture shock later on this week. Thursday, Jeanne Shaheen has been governor for six years, and she's a former schoolteacher, and she'll be leaving office on Thursday. And Craig Benson, who is a multi-millionaire business tycoon type of a guy, will be stepping in to the office on Thursday.
COSTELLO: Well maybe that's what many states need right now as they try to balance their budgets.
ERICSON: Well that's -- that was part of the campaign that Craig Benson ran was that he's a business man, he's a business man who knows how to manage money and that's what the state of New Hampshire needs.
COSTELLO: All right. Mark, Danielle, thank you.
ERICSON: Have a good day, Carol.
CARRIER: Thank you.
COSTELLO: Thank you both for joining us this morning.
They're always so happy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They didn't know I was here though.
COSTELLO: We should introduce you next time.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They got -- I know. They got to get used to me, OK.
COSTELLO: Yes.
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