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American Morning
Winter Wallop
Aired January 28, 2004 - 07:11 ET
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: For the Northeast it's winter misery that just won't end. Another snowstorm blankets the region. Up to 10 inches have fallen in the New York region, forcing numerous closures and cancellations of hundreds of airline flights.
Maria Hinojosa is live for us in New York City from what is usually a very bustling Union Square, even at this hour.
Maria -- good morning.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, you don't call this bustling, Soledad?
O'BRIEN: Not exactly.
HINOJOSA: Let me tell you, the people who are the happiest are people like my son, who woke up with me at 4:00 in the morning. I said, 'Honey, you can go back to sleep. There's no school today.' Wow! And that's because school getting canceled in New York because of a snow day is a rarity. But that's what's happened today.
Let me give you a sense. They're saying officially 8 inches in Central Park, but as you get a chance to look down here, you know, you've got a little bit of a snowdrift situation happening here. That's probably more like almost 15 inches.
And a sense of the traffic, well, there you go. The city that never sleeps, a lot of foot traffic but not a lot of car traffic, although there have been -- get this -- already the city has gone through its $20 million snowplow budget. But they're saying that things are going to be clear.
When I came in this morning actually pretty clear. Sixth Avenue right now in New York City also pretty clear. The problem is, if you don't have four-wheel drive, it does get a little bit messy.
Now, at this point, the city has used up 250,000 tons of salt this season, quite extraordinary.
But I want to show you something that's happening here in Union Square, which is, yes, Soledad, usually bustling. But New Yorkers are a creative bunch of people. Maybe you can get a look at this.
This is the Jewel Newsstand that is usually hopping and bobbling here at 7:00 in the morning. Well, people are creative in New York. So, of course, our friend here -- let's try and get inside, lead us into your little pack here -- put up a little bit of plastic to stay warm. And then you come inside and it's, well, shall we say, toasty in here so that people can buy their newspapers and read all about the weather and some politics, too -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: It's true, Maria. Everything just keeps going on, doesn't it, in spite of the weather.
Maria Hinojosa for us just down in Union Square, not very far from where we are this morning. Maria, thanks.
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Aired January 28, 2004 - 07:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: For the Northeast it's winter misery that just won't end. Another snowstorm blankets the region. Up to 10 inches have fallen in the New York region, forcing numerous closures and cancellations of hundreds of airline flights.
Maria Hinojosa is live for us in New York City from what is usually a very bustling Union Square, even at this hour.
Maria -- good morning.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, you don't call this bustling, Soledad?
O'BRIEN: Not exactly.
HINOJOSA: Let me tell you, the people who are the happiest are people like my son, who woke up with me at 4:00 in the morning. I said, 'Honey, you can go back to sleep. There's no school today.' Wow! And that's because school getting canceled in New York because of a snow day is a rarity. But that's what's happened today.
Let me give you a sense. They're saying officially 8 inches in Central Park, but as you get a chance to look down here, you know, you've got a little bit of a snowdrift situation happening here. That's probably more like almost 15 inches.
And a sense of the traffic, well, there you go. The city that never sleeps, a lot of foot traffic but not a lot of car traffic, although there have been -- get this -- already the city has gone through its $20 million snowplow budget. But they're saying that things are going to be clear.
When I came in this morning actually pretty clear. Sixth Avenue right now in New York City also pretty clear. The problem is, if you don't have four-wheel drive, it does get a little bit messy.
Now, at this point, the city has used up 250,000 tons of salt this season, quite extraordinary.
But I want to show you something that's happening here in Union Square, which is, yes, Soledad, usually bustling. But New Yorkers are a creative bunch of people. Maybe you can get a look at this.
This is the Jewel Newsstand that is usually hopping and bobbling here at 7:00 in the morning. Well, people are creative in New York. So, of course, our friend here -- let's try and get inside, lead us into your little pack here -- put up a little bit of plastic to stay warm. And then you come inside and it's, well, shall we say, toasty in here so that people can buy their newspapers and read all about the weather and some politics, too -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: It's true, Maria. Everything just keeps going on, doesn't it, in spite of the weather.
Maria Hinojosa for us just down in Union Square, not very far from where we are this morning. Maria, thanks.
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