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BY YET ANOTHER WINTER WALLOP.
THE CHAOS STARTED IN GEORGIA.
AND NOW IT'S HAMMERING NORTH
CAROLINA.
MILLIONS BRACING FOR A STORM THE
WEATHER SERVICE CALLED
POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC.
THE LARGEST CONCERN, ICE, UP TO
AN INCH THICK IN SOME PLACES.
>> IT'S PRETTY BAD.
I USED TO LIVE IN INDIANA.
AND THIS IS WORSE THAN THAT.
>> SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
CREATING TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS,
COATING ROADS AND BRINGING DOWN
TREE LIMBS.
ALREADY POWER IS OUT FOR NEARLY
HALF A MILLION ACROSS THE
REGION.
AND IT COULD REMAIN THAT WAY FOR
DAYS OR EVEN WEEKS.
ANTICIPATING OUTAGES, ENERGY
COMPANIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
BROUGHT IN EXTRA CREWS TO HELP
SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
ARE PLEADING WITH PEOPLE TO STAY
SAFE AND STAY OFF THE ROADS.
>> STAY HOME AND STAY OUT OF THE
WAY OF EMERGENCY AGENCIES AND
POWER COMPANIES.
>> BE SMART DURING THESE TIMES.
REALIZE THESE ARE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS, AND REALIZE THAT AS
YOU PUT YOURSELF IN JEOPARDY,
YOU'RE PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE IN
JEOPARDY ALSO.
>> WELL, SOUTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA RESIDENTS SEEMED TO HEED
THE WARNINGS, STOCKING UP ON THE
ESSENTIAL BEFORE THE STORM HIT.
MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA, IT
SEEMS, HAS NOT.
CHARLOTTE AND RALEIGH-DURHAM,
WORSENING CONDITIONS SNARLING
RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, CAUSING MASS
OF TRAFFIC JAMS, AND IN, A
REPEAT OF ATLANTA'S MESS LAST
WEEK, FORCING PEOPLE TO ABANDON
THEIR VEHICLES ON THE ROADS.
ALL FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF
RALEIGH'S AIRPORT ARE CANCELED.
ADDING TO THE TRAVEL NIGHTMARE
THROUGHOUT THE EAST WHERE MORE
THAN 3,000 FLIGHTS WERE
SCRUBBED.
THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH
NORTH WHERE IT WILL DEVELOP INTO
A FULL-FLEDGED NOR'EASTER
OVERNIGHT, DUMPING UPWARDS OF A
FOOT OF SNOW OR MORE ALONG THE
BUSY I-95 CORRIDOR AND INTERIOR
NEW ENGLAND.
OFFICIALS AROUND WASHINGTON,
WHICH COULD SEE ITS LARGEST SNOW
TOTALS IN FOUR YEARS, ARE TAKING
NO CHANCES.
PRETREATING ROADS BEFORE THE