i went around the town here today, brockville, to get some footage of what the conditions were like and you could not see the car in front of you, that's why police were telling people to stay at home and not go out and stay safe. so, apart from working as a journalist, how has this affected your own christmas plans? we cancelled tonight. tomorrow, we are staying home here with our daughter and family for christmas day and we have christmas dinner tomorrow night so hopefully, the storm will be over tomorrow night and we will be able to dig out tomorrow afternoon and head to that turkey dinner. and how dangerous is it out there for those who are mad enough to venture outside? well, right now, police and two operators are collecting vehicles that are on the highway that has closed down. and i see they have just closed another part of the highway between the quebec border and ottawa as well. so they're telling people stay home and not go out, because if you do get stranded there, the snow drifts will overpower your car — i've seen photos and videos today of police officers on roofs of cars

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