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Winter Storm Shuts Down New York City
Aired February 17, 2003 - 09:04 ET
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Now back to our top story this morning, Mother Nature's wicked blast.
Millions of people are spending this President's Day holiday riding out riding out the storm, Jason Carroll among them, of course doing it on the job today. Other lucky souls I'm hoping get to spend the day at home on this holiday.
Good morning -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you. I wish I was at home.
I'm a California kid. I've got to tell you, I now know what they mean by the term "knee-deep in snow." Take a look at this. This is what this driver is going to come out to when he finds his car this morning, knee deep just to get to the door, which, of course, is buried in snow.
We're around Central Park right now. This is the result of a snow plow that came through here. Actually, about 12 inches of snow has fallen so far in Central Park. That is a record for Central Park, not for the city at large. That still stands at about 26.4 inches, which fell way back in 1947, but we're going to come close during this particular storm. We're expecting anywhere between 18 and 24 inches of snow.
Right now, we are under a blizzard warning. You can see the reason why, near white-out conditions, wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour, in some places even more than that.
Not only are the conditions severe here in New York City, but in Philadelphia as well. They're expecting 25 inches of snow to fall there. They're looking at severe delays at the airport there, two hours delays, cancellations there as well. The state of Pennsylvania under a state of emergency.
The state of New Jersey under a state of emergency. In fact, they have called out the National Guard in New Jersey to help out with people who are stranded.
Back here in New York City, we're looking at delays here as well. At JFK Airport, we're told, Paula, they have 20 inches of snow out there so far. They're looking at delays at JFK and cancellations there as well, as well as at La Guardia and Newark airports as well.
Again, the gusts continuing out here in New York City, lots of snow still falling. The worst of the storm not here yet, expected to get even worse by later on this morning and to taper off by late this afternoon or early this evening.
Paula -- back to you.
ZAHN: I've got to tell you, Jason, you have to hand it to the city, though. They're doing a pretty darn good job of trying to keep up with this constant fall, aren't they?
CARROLL: Yes. You know what? New Yorkers are a resilient bunch, but look at this young lady right here, obviously not dressed how she should be. Where's your hat? You don't have one. You need a hat, baby.
ZAHN: She looks like she has heels on.
CARROLL: She had heels and a scarf, but no hat. But New Yorkers, we're a tough lot. You know, we make it through, and this is what a lot of people are doing, although not a lot of people out here on the roads today. Even though it's a holiday, a lot of people obviously still decided, even if they were supposed to go out, to stay home.
ZAHN: Thanks, Jason. Try to stay warm.
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Aired February 17, 2003 - 09:04 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Now back to our top story this morning, Mother Nature's wicked blast.
Millions of people are spending this President's Day holiday riding out riding out the storm, Jason Carroll among them, of course doing it on the job today. Other lucky souls I'm hoping get to spend the day at home on this holiday.
Good morning -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you. I wish I was at home.
I'm a California kid. I've got to tell you, I now know what they mean by the term "knee-deep in snow." Take a look at this. This is what this driver is going to come out to when he finds his car this morning, knee deep just to get to the door, which, of course, is buried in snow.
We're around Central Park right now. This is the result of a snow plow that came through here. Actually, about 12 inches of snow has fallen so far in Central Park. That is a record for Central Park, not for the city at large. That still stands at about 26.4 inches, which fell way back in 1947, but we're going to come close during this particular storm. We're expecting anywhere between 18 and 24 inches of snow.
Right now, we are under a blizzard warning. You can see the reason why, near white-out conditions, wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour, in some places even more than that.
Not only are the conditions severe here in New York City, but in Philadelphia as well. They're expecting 25 inches of snow to fall there. They're looking at severe delays at the airport there, two hours delays, cancellations there as well. The state of Pennsylvania under a state of emergency.
The state of New Jersey under a state of emergency. In fact, they have called out the National Guard in New Jersey to help out with people who are stranded.
Back here in New York City, we're looking at delays here as well. At JFK Airport, we're told, Paula, they have 20 inches of snow out there so far. They're looking at delays at JFK and cancellations there as well, as well as at La Guardia and Newark airports as well.
Again, the gusts continuing out here in New York City, lots of snow still falling. The worst of the storm not here yet, expected to get even worse by later on this morning and to taper off by late this afternoon or early this evening.
Paula -- back to you.
ZAHN: I've got to tell you, Jason, you have to hand it to the city, though. They're doing a pretty darn good job of trying to keep up with this constant fall, aren't they?
CARROLL: Yes. You know what? New Yorkers are a resilient bunch, but look at this young lady right here, obviously not dressed how she should be. Where's your hat? You don't have one. You need a hat, baby.
ZAHN: She looks like she has heels on.
CARROLL: She had heels and a scarf, but no hat. But New Yorkers, we're a tough lot. You know, we make it through, and this is what a lot of people are doing, although not a lot of people out here on the roads today. Even though it's a holiday, a lot of people obviously still decided, even if they were supposed to go out, to stay home.
ZAHN: Thanks, Jason. Try to stay warm.
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