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ffnefirelo the same storm hitting us is expected to dump this system a historic blizzard. >> in the thick of it all is craig boswell. what's it like there. >> good evening to you. this storm is beginning to roll in. this is just the very tip of the ice burg, the overpicture if you put this in musical terms. officials say they don't want people on the roads when this store began. you can see here on capitol hill that it is pretty. most people have heeded that warning. you may see a few cars driving by here. they are describing this storm as life threatening as we pan around and show you things on capitol hill. historic snow fall the record

after that the second largest snow storm about 20.5. they are expecting to surveillance pass that here. adrian focus past me here in the capital where the lights are on just a little bit, the beauty of the snow coming in as you see the capital now being covered up but the power and danger of this is for real. officials at the emergency operation center that i spoke to this morning warned of potentially delayed 911 response times as this storm begins to intensify late tonight saturday morning and saturday night as warn of extensive power outages and that's going to become a big deal as the winds start to increase and we get the blizzard effect because we are on a blizzard warning. >> it doesn't appear to be too windy or am i missing that? >> no that's the thing the winds have not picked up but we are just now into this. this just started a few hours ago.

on that breezy note they are per hour. that's going to become one of the issues here particularly east of the town towards the bay, towards chesapeake bay where they are expecting really wide spread power outages as the ice turns to snow and gets on trees and power lines and the winds kick in. this could be not just historic in the amount of inches but the well. >> good luck craig boswell live in the nation's capital. thanks so much. >> two to three feet of snow. they don't use the blizzard word lightly and they are using it today. >> not at all because that wind comes along with it and that's what makes a difference. however here at home some children got a chance to enjoy their snow day. there are hilly places throughout the triangle great for sledding. keep in mind if they are sledding stay away from fences,

car, atv. i know it seems like the way to do it but it is often a recipe for disaster. >> i'm glad some people were able to have fun out in it today because it's not the good kind of snow to make a snow man with or anything like that but the sledding looked fun. >> having the good kind of stuff around here is very, very that's what makes people appreciate it so much when it but around here the main concern as you know is the ice and temperatures are up in the freezing mark now at the airport which is great news and may go above freezing for a while this evening but the farther north want west in our area the more problematicgsreth r nthstttbue l tc w

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snow plows quickly got to work in chapel hill not only scraping the streets but the sidewalks as well. wasn't long before a few shoppers headed to franklin street and the streets have largely remains empty. >> town leaders say conditions there have been manageable but they are urging residents to stay at home if possible. here's a look at what the drawn looked like earlier today. you can see a few people out there braving the cold. our winter weather coverage continues now at 5:30 on wral. we leave you with a picture of