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New Jersey Buried by Winter Storm
Aired February 17, 2003 - 13:28 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the winter wallop. Jogging is a good way to get around in New York's Central Park today. The storm dumped a record 12-and-a-half inches of snow in the park.
In the neighboring state of New Jersey, traveling in the snow has been treacherous.
Reporter Ally Bauder with News 12 New Jersey joins us now live from Middlesex County -- Ali.
ALLY BAUDER, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTER: Hi, Kyra.
I am in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and the winds are gusting pretty high here. In some parts of the state, they're up to 50 miles an hour, knocking down power lines and closing roadways. A lot of snow is drifting on to the roadways.
You can see the New Jersey Turnpike behind me. It is not closed, but speed restrictions are down to 35 miles an hour.
Governor James McGreevey declared a state of emergency yesterday, and believes he'll keep it on until midday tomorrow. He is imploring everyone to stay off the roads and let the plows, trucks do their jobs. There are about 1,500 plows, sanders and salt spreaders on the road. And it looks like that people are heeding the governor's advice and staying off the turnpike and the Garden State Parkway and a lot of other roads.
The state police say there have been no major accidents to report, and they think also people are staying home.
They've got plenty of digging out to do. The northern part of the state got about 14 inches, and the southern state got nailed, hammered with almost 2 feet of snow, and it's still coming down, as you can see.
And, Kyra, I don't know if you can hear that kind of loud pitched whining sound. It's thousands of schoolchildren from around the state angry, that they've wasted a snow day for a holiday.
Back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right, Ally Bauder, thank you so much.
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Aired February 17, 2003 - 13:28 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the winter wallop. Jogging is a good way to get around in New York's Central Park today. The storm dumped a record 12-and-a-half inches of snow in the park.
In the neighboring state of New Jersey, traveling in the snow has been treacherous.
Reporter Ally Bauder with News 12 New Jersey joins us now live from Middlesex County -- Ali.
ALLY BAUDER, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTER: Hi, Kyra.
I am in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and the winds are gusting pretty high here. In some parts of the state, they're up to 50 miles an hour, knocking down power lines and closing roadways. A lot of snow is drifting on to the roadways.
You can see the New Jersey Turnpike behind me. It is not closed, but speed restrictions are down to 35 miles an hour.
Governor James McGreevey declared a state of emergency yesterday, and believes he'll keep it on until midday tomorrow. He is imploring everyone to stay off the roads and let the plows, trucks do their jobs. There are about 1,500 plows, sanders and salt spreaders on the road. And it looks like that people are heeding the governor's advice and staying off the turnpike and the Garden State Parkway and a lot of other roads.
The state police say there have been no major accidents to report, and they think also people are staying home.
They've got plenty of digging out to do. The northern part of the state got about 14 inches, and the southern state got nailed, hammered with almost 2 feet of snow, and it's still coming down, as you can see.
And, Kyra, I don't know if you can hear that kind of loud pitched whining sound. It's thousands of schoolchildren from around the state angry, that they've wasted a snow day for a holiday.
Back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right, Ally Bauder, thank you so much.
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