wncn caught up with benjamin paterson. as he cleared parking lots in the area. parking lots, it'll stay there for a couple days. if these places want to open on monday, that's what we're trying to do. get in and get them where they can open their doors monday. >> this is his fourth business of the day. he planned ongoing strong late into the night. travel has been a nightmare for anyone along the east coast from the roadways to the airport. wncn's amy cutler has been monitoring it all and joins us from garner with an update. amy? >> reporter: yeah, we just arrived on scene, behind me you can see a large tree that has come down, it's blocking the road. this is on vendura spring road by timber drive in garner. this is a big problem we've been seeing all day long. ice weighing down trees, and when they fall, they bring the surrounding power lines down with them. now, i just had the chance to speak with garner police, they say duke energy progress has been alerted. residents around here are being effected. there are some sporadic outages in the area. this snowy icy