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Tail End of Storm Leaves North Carolina with Mixture of Freezing Rain, Sleet
Aired February 17, 2003 - 05:18 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The tail end of the storm that is clobbering the East left North Carolina with a mixture of freezing rain and sleet. Forecasters say it could hang around for quite some time.
Katie Marzullo of CNN affiliate News 14 Carolina is live from Raleigh, North Carolina. And I think many people in the D.C. area and surrounding areas are going to feel very sorry for you guys.
KATIE MARZULLO, NEWS 14 CAROLINA CORRESPONDENT: No, probably not. But this, you know, it's bad for us. The city practically shuts down when we get this kind of weather because we're just not used to it and we're not equipped to handle it. But it's certainly not as bad as what we saw back in December. Of course, they call that the storm of the century, so we're fortunate we haven't reached that mark again.
But I want to show you what's going on here. We're at the department of transportation in Raleigh. The crews here lined up for loads of sand and salt. They've been doing that since early yesterday morning, trying to make some headway on the roads. But it's been rough going. If you look down here right where we are, granted, this isn't a roadway. It's more or less a parking lot. But this is what they're dealing with, a thick, thick layer. It practically looks like snow it's so white, but I guess technically it is freezing rain and slush.
But the roads are incredibly slick out there. The Highway Patrol has received thousands of calls for help since yesterday, most of those weather related. Fortunately, though, no major accidents, but plenty of people have hit each other and hit the wall on some of the bridges around here. Of course, bridges freezing before the road.
But it's not only roads that are having problems out here. Schools also closed and you might think because it's President's Day, that's fortunate. But President's Day was supposed to be a makeup day for so many schools that have already missed days because of the snow. So, again, just dealing with that.
A lot fewer power outages than we saw in December, but still a couple thousand between the Durham and Raleigh area -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, many thanks to you.
Katie Marzullo reporting live from Raleigh, North Carolina this morning. And later this hour, Travelocity's air traffic expert Rollie Caparas will tell you if it's even possible to get a flight into the Northeast this morning and how the storm is affecting airports elsewhere.
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Aired February 17, 2003 - 05:18 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The tail end of the storm that is clobbering the East left North Carolina with a mixture of freezing rain and sleet. Forecasters say it could hang around for quite some time.
Katie Marzullo of CNN affiliate News 14 Carolina is live from Raleigh, North Carolina. And I think many people in the D.C. area and surrounding areas are going to feel very sorry for you guys.
KATIE MARZULLO, NEWS 14 CAROLINA CORRESPONDENT: No, probably not. But this, you know, it's bad for us. The city practically shuts down when we get this kind of weather because we're just not used to it and we're not equipped to handle it. But it's certainly not as bad as what we saw back in December. Of course, they call that the storm of the century, so we're fortunate we haven't reached that mark again.
But I want to show you what's going on here. We're at the department of transportation in Raleigh. The crews here lined up for loads of sand and salt. They've been doing that since early yesterday morning, trying to make some headway on the roads. But it's been rough going. If you look down here right where we are, granted, this isn't a roadway. It's more or less a parking lot. But this is what they're dealing with, a thick, thick layer. It practically looks like snow it's so white, but I guess technically it is freezing rain and slush.
But the roads are incredibly slick out there. The Highway Patrol has received thousands of calls for help since yesterday, most of those weather related. Fortunately, though, no major accidents, but plenty of people have hit each other and hit the wall on some of the bridges around here. Of course, bridges freezing before the road.
But it's not only roads that are having problems out here. Schools also closed and you might think because it's President's Day, that's fortunate. But President's Day was supposed to be a makeup day for so many schools that have already missed days because of the snow. So, again, just dealing with that.
A lot fewer power outages than we saw in December, but still a couple thousand between the Durham and Raleigh area -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, many thanks to you.
Katie Marzullo reporting live from Raleigh, North Carolina this morning. And later this hour, Travelocity's air traffic expert Rollie Caparas will tell you if it's even possible to get a flight into the Northeast this morning and how the storm is affecting airports elsewhere.
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