and nothing is further from the truth. the further north andwest you live, the better chance of you getting snow of the where you live. the further you are from the eastern area,the likely you are seeing transitioning of snow to freezing rain. it raising the question whether or not you will have power outages. awful lotto watch their. it does look like the brunt of the storm will be around the 12 hour period from sun rise tomorrow and things will be less active in the weather department as we head on saturday. we'll keep sharing information with you and more details coming up in about 15 minutes. back to you. >> greg, thank you. several school systems are not taking any chances and closings keep oncoming into our >> wake county public schools are closed tomorrow. theyjoined us with a slew of

announced, chatham hill and franklin and johnson and durham and mecklenburg and virginia, you are closed. >> north hamilton schools closed and oracle counties are closed. >> pearson and warren county schools are closed. wayne is delayed by two hours. all of this are currently changed. keep it here and you will have a complete list on wral.com. >> we'll update them as soon as they are coming in. >> we'll stay on top of this for you. >> you can always check wral.com for a list of delays at or at the bottom of your school. in advance of the storms, people are heading to stores to stock up supplies. we stopped by logan, items are

>> gas stations are busy today with people filling up their tanks. you can see here at the speedway of capitol boulevard is packed this way when the storm hits. that'swhy the d.o.t. recommends that you are prepared with at least a half tank of gas in your vehicle. another reasonto fill up that the gas pump don't work when the power is out. >> gilbert bay spent the day watching folks in fayetteville preparing for the storms. he is joining us live. >> reporter: hey gerald what a difference an hour make because the sun is coming down. >> you can see these dump trucks with the plows sitting out right now and so are the crews that's going to operate them. >> come little later on tonight, they're going to be on the move and the battle will be on.

busy for the past several days. >> just as quickly as they build to make more to get tanks on the yard. >> i am sure it is around 30, 000. >> we probably place 60, 000 of gallons of brines. >> crews are ready to operate on 12 hour shifts from now until sunday. >> our concerns are bridges and overpasses. we'll put sandon those tonight and monitor them and try to hit them again and maybe right before rush hour and maybe 4:00 in the morning. their concerns are ice on limbs and power lines. >> crews on standby if that happens. >> grocery stores have been extremely busy. >> the shopping center is just about sold out from bread

this morning. >> i am getting bread and biscuits and butter and some rice and some canned goods. >> yes, that's it and water, i won't leave that out. >> yeah, you cannot leave out the water. that was not theonly trip that angela made to the grocery store. she got alist from her mother and she had to go back and help her out. that's what we are going to see people helping people here over the next couple of days as we navigate the storm. >> neighbors helping neighbors. thank you. the concern with ice is power. they come with serious risk such as carbon dioxide poisoning and fire. >> when enough ice builds ons

out. >> generators can help get essential electricity flowing again. >> before you crank one up know they can quickly produce large amounts of carbon dioxide. and that color esz and less and odorless gas, it could knock you out or kill you. >> it must be placed outside with the exhaust pointed away. >> generators also come with electric danger. many don'trealized that the machine must be kept dry. they need tobe covered. don't connect the generators to your circuitbox or try to power the house wiring by plugging the machine into a wall outlet known as back feeding could create electrocution risk.

sitting in the garage, it will not run if the gas is old. generators work best with the gas stabilizers and use anywhere from eight to 22 gallons of gas a day. >> with the generator, make sure you have a heavy duty outdoor power cord. >> and then when you turn it on, let it run briefly before you plug in any appliances. when you plug in appliancesput in one and let it power up and stabilize before you plug in the next one. just a few things to keep you andyour family safe in this very cold weather. i am 5 on yourside, monica. back to you. >> they could produce dangerous amount of carbon dioxide . only use them outside. our wral app could be a lifesaver if the power goes

download it on our google store or itunes. >> coming up at 6:00, brian nim will join us live. >> still the man posing as a

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