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scdot crews have been replenishing salt, sand, calcium chloride... materials they use to put on roads to keep ice from forming. just about 40 miles up the road in york county -- extra road crews are also on standby-- ready with salt spreaders and snow plows if snow or ice piles on standby-- ready with salt spreaders and snow plows if snow or ice piles up from this storm. "of course the bridges ice up earlier because they're not insulated by the ground. so we'll be responding to areas to de- ice make them as safe as possible." triple-a of the carolinas has some recommendations for drivers if you encounter icy conditions on roads. don't hit the brakes if you start skidding. continue to steer the vehicle in the direction you want to go. don't use cruise control. you may need to quickly reduce your speed by lifting off the a aelerator, which can't be easily accomplished on slick roads. and of course -- don't follow too closely behind other vehicles. our caroline patrickis is live at the state emergency columbia right now --- caroline? mary & len, as of 4 am - south carolina officials say

lenny found out calcium chloride would work much better than rock salt for extracting the car.it has lower freezing point, and once it melts the ice, the liquified calcium continues to be less corrosive.*(sot lenny) *((it starts off in flakes, and then once it starts melting it turns into a liquid form. it's coming u unext... next...see why the powerball drawing had people who didn't even win the lottery jumping for joy last night. night. cbs-2 news connects with the corridor.call us with your story tips at 1-800-222-kganor email us at news at cbs2iowa.comor connect with us dad: i know. spots. culligan man: the problem is your water! anncr: a culligan whole-house water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. so keeping everything spotless is effortless. mom: hey. dad: the culligan man. cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't havavaccess to healthchce because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells theheruth

katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> the early bird gets the calcium chloride. good advice katherine. as the snow storm hits we want to you be part of "action news," send us videos of conditions along with your family and pets. use #6abcaction or email jointheaction@6abc.com. >>> in other news now firefighters in wilmington were called to a high rise that houses senior citizens after elevated levels of carbon monoxide were discovered. it happened at the luther towers at 9:30 this morning, high co levels were expected on the second and third floors, the entire building were forced to evacuate. they say the heating system in the basement is to blame. >>> police in burlington county are investigating what led to a deadly crash of a dump truck this morning. police say that the truck collided with the van at 6:45 this morning and the truck overturn and lost its load and one person was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was brought to deborah medical center for treatment. >>> two people were injured when an suv collided with another vehicle in newcastle. the c

, and they got to remove the car. >>> that melting calcium chloride, it turns into a liquid and it continued to melt, and i think it took about 15, 20 minutes. >> pretty amazing. >> i bet it was going to be an all day job. but it seems like the ice must have been so thick. it is hard to tell but pretty wild. >> don't park your car near a body of water with wind and below freezing temperatures. note to self. as you said earlier today. >>> a nice afternoon. we are in the 40s now. 50 down in the readsville area . the temperatures are sitting in the 40s. and i do want to show you what is going on, though. pretty amazing what is happening in the tropics at this hour. we have, for boy, the first time in a very long time, we are talking about tropical weather in january. normally, tropical season doesn't start until june 1. but you know, that is just normal. it has been anything but normle with el nino this year. and right there, that is just not just a tropical storm. that has become hurricane alex. when we do get to the tropical system, the "a" storm, already done. this is the azores here. portug

crews are using calcium chloride. cars spun out along the two interstates and others across northeast ohio. you don't want to end up like that. make sure to go slow and give yourself a few extra minutes. several cities have parking bans this morning, including chesterland, odot tweeting not too long ago to not crowd the plow which means to stay behind behind it. that is the safest spot when out on the roads. overall just be careful and be sure to bundle up. meg shaw is talking about those cold temperatures if in another part of northeast ohio. >> reporter: bundle up no doubt. it's bruleally cold. it says 5 degrees but it feels well below zero in a widespread of areas. if you have to head out, let's talk about what you should do to stay safe. wear several layers, loose fitting layers keep you a lot warmer on the inside. you need protection. make sure you have as much of your exposed skin covered as much as possible because in dangerous temperatures like this, you are at a much higher risk for frostbite and that frostbi

statewide v-dot has tons of salt and sand to treat roads - and more than a million gallons of calcium chloride. snow hit parts of north carolina, as well. this is video near durham in the central part of the state. the snow stuck to grass and cars, but it was too warm to stick to the roads. the national weather service reported an inch of snow in the mountains of the state. icy conditions and speed led to a deadly crash in sussex county this afternoon. state police say 74-year-old nancy leigh smith died when her car crashed into a tree on route 31 - east of route 617. another person in the car was also hurt. police believe smith may have been speeding. she was not wearing a seatbelt. they say alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash. you may want to take a you may want to take a minute tonight to download our wavy weather app. you can keep track of the cold temps moving in and stay connected all winter long. it's free for both apple and android users. tonight - a man is in jail in connection with one person is dead and three others injured after the shooting at intersection of ditch

it took a team of four people armed with 350 pounds powdered calcium chloride to melt the ice. it only took 15 minutes before the car was free.. leaving behind an interesting ice sculpture. you can get 10 weather updates on the road - with our 10 weather radio partners. in tampa bay, catch us on magic 94- point-9.... and the dove 105.5 f-m on sarasota talk radio, listen to wsrq 106.9 fm. and hear 10 weather in spanish on maxima 92-5. a new warning a new warning owners... a new strain of dog flu is spreading. at 5:43, how dangerous veterinarians say it could be. but first, when it comes to managing money, it looks like floridians don't do a new survey by credit card dot com reveals that people living in montana are the best at managing their money. the study compared each state's average credit score with its median income. south dakota and north dakota rounded out the top three. florida came in at 29th. the worst state when it comes to managing money.. the investigation into the home explosion that killed a family of four in ohio continues this morning. at 5:33, what they belie

and because the pavement is so cold, they will be using a mixture of calcium chloride to treat falls. "it's very important and it gives you a foundation and something to start fighting the snow as soon as it falls down." public works tells me they will get all the roads cleared eventually, but if you have a problem spot in your neighborhood- to be sure to give them a call. reporting live, t.j. parker, 9 on your side. no matter where you live in the tri-state... you can take nine first warning weather with you.purchase the storm shield app for your apple or android smartphone...to get weather alerts on the go. a northern kentucky bengals 11-year-old son recovering -- after taking a direct hit from a full beer can thrown in the stands at saturday's game! julie o'neill talked to the father -- who was some strong words for that fan. an interview you'll only see on nine on your side.julie? this young boy a huge bengals fan-- surprised the night before the game with tickets...he's still hurting today...and his dad is fuming. you want to talk about frustration. let me tell you frustration. c

several hundred thousand tons of salt and sand to treat roads - and more than a million gallons of calcium chloride. icy conditions and speed sussex county this afternoon. state police say 74-year-old nancy leigh smith died when her car crashed into a tree on route 31 - east of route 617. another person in the car was also hurt. police believe smith may have been speeding. she was not wearing a seatbelt. they say alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash. you may want to take a minute tonight to download our wavy weather app. you can keep track of the cold temps moving in and stay connected all winter long. it's free for both apple and android users. in connection with an overnight shooting in gloucester county. one person is dead and three others injured after being shot at the intersection of ditchley road and gill lane. it happened around 12:30 this morning. 10 on your side's joe fisher has the details. deanna -- investigators say an 18-year-old hampton man is locked up tonight, charged with murder in the shoooting early this morning. ((vo)) deputies say dijon whitter shot four people,

bernie says rock salt only works with temperatures down to the single environmentally calcium chloride temps well below for your concrete. its been a lean year for snow and winter goods at businesses like small's 4bernie "it is was it is. we've been doing it for 47 years so larry ahl with monfort heights auto service has been working on years. anti-freeze january but you attention to it. 3larry "if you put too much anti-freeze in it will wiper blades are just as important... 2larry "just buy regular wiper blades, none of that winter stuff cuz you just waste your money." 5larry standard blades. they'll last you ten times what you." but first...you have to make sure your car will start... 1larry "batteries don't last but three years." and a good set of tires is a must, but one of larry's customers didn't think so... 4larry "she had three kids in the back seat, one in a car seat. edit i said do you know you've got four bald tires on this car? she said no. she said my husband never did mention it. edit i'm talking i wouldn't have took this car around the block and she's got three young kid

it took a four-man crew to dig they used 350 pounds of ice melting calcium chloride and it took 15 minutes for the chemicals to work. >>> the pentagon is trying to figure out how ten american sailors ended up in iranian waters. the sailors were captured tuesday after their boats drifted. they were released yesterday. navigation problems occurred because of either mechanical problems or human error. secretary of state john kerry says diplomacy helped defuse the situation. >>> the suspected gunman in the shooting at a colorado planned parenthood clinic says the robert dear is accused of killing three and wounding nine in the november shooting. from jail, he called our cbs station in denver. he claimed ten fbi agents followed him from his trailer that morning and he says that forced his hand. >> i felt like they were going to get me, and so i'm going to pick where i want to make my last stand. and i picked planned parenthood, babies. >> a judge ordered dear to undergo a mental competency exam. he is facing 179 charges, including first-degree murder. >>> coming up on the "morning news." an arr

workers cover the car in calcium chloride and then they pulled and pulled. the driver parked outside a restaurant along lake erie. the lake waves splashed and cover the car with several inches of ice as temperatures dropped. the man's friends and even his mom mocked him for leaving his car in the path of the windblown sea spray.>>> we are spreading support for the broncos before the big playoff game against the steelers. it is day three of our orange car magnet giveaway. we sent danielle grant to s. buckley rd. in aurora. mark. down the line. who is excited about their magnets?>> [ cheering and >> reporter: everybody is going, i just love it. so many folks are coming down in their best broncos gear. however, we have had some folks in cheese gear. regulating things. i have seen people coming gear. what is up with that?>> we understood that one person was a single span -- and bangles -- bengals fan. everybody has been good. >> reporter: we have about 200 magnets to go and we hope that everybody keeps coming down.>> play it in colorado. pretty good. all right d

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over there is yet another tank filled with calcium chloride. the chloride is mixed with salt after the snow starts to melt. for drivers as crews ready for sleet, ice and snow. loading on to tractors. >> if we get lots of ice, it's going to be big problems. >> kim: tom wooten is hendersonville's director of public works. >> we'll have to put down sand to get some traction. >> we're trying to use all the available platforms we have. >> kim: the emergency director shows us text alerts. rocky charged with making sure the county can handle if people need help. >> we've worked with our shelter team today to make sure we have staffing patterns throughout the weekend. we've also coordinated with the places that we will use as our shelter program ramps up. >> kim: back out here live tonight we have rush hour traffic with a lot of people heading home. but within 24 hours, i-26 here could be covered with snow. we'll be out here to cover it all for you. porting live from henderson county, kimberly king, news 13. >> darcel: news 13's rex hodge outside the e

fairmont hardware estimates it sold 8,000 pounds of calcium chloride alone.n which he is peak virginia, stores limited the amount of supplies per purchase. >>> you might have stocked up on ice melt and groceries, there are other things you might want to put on your store list, medications if you're do in a few days, pick them up now. if you lose power your mobile devices may be the only way to receive updates about the storm. check on your elderly friends and neighbors, make sure they have everything they need to ride out the storm. bring your pets inside don't leave them out there too long. the weather could be dangerous for them, as well. >>> you can be in for a big fine if you leave your pet out too long. >>> philadelphia police make a popular music video as a snow announcement. >>> uber is told how much it can charge in a snow emergency. i've always wanted to go to college. that helps you evolve as a person. i just feel like that's my destiny. my name is queen, and i am your dividend. giving you a live look there the admiral wilson boulevard in camden, ne

with salt and calcium chloride... to prevent and melt ice. the d-o-t says they've been preparing for winter weather conditions for months. the d-o-t 33 will have scouts out checking road conditions throughout the weekend. in addition the south carolina emergency management division activated at four this morning... and is monitoring the condition of the storm. we have crews there now... working to bring you any updates on storm preparation. on a day best to avoid the roads... and stay inside if you can. that's right. but richland county officials are suggesting before you batten down the hatches at your home... to make sure you're prepared with a winter weather kit. officials with the s-c-e-m-d suggest having these items on hand: -a flashlight with extra batteries -a battery powered radio -extra food and water -extra medication and first aid supplies. stocking-up on essentials is a must... just in case of power outages. and as we 33 make preparations for the winter weather... it's important to note that some still need shelter from the storm.

o-dot is adding calcium chloride to the salt to keep the roads from freezing. tracy. >> okay, john, thank you very much. >>> and don't forget, to download our new snow cap app for the most accurate snowfall totals, in your location, over the next 24 to 48 hours. it is available in apple's app store. >>> right now, family and friends and neighbors are remember a little boy killed in a sledding accident. news channel 5 kristin, live in north ridgeville and a vigil for hayden just got under way there. >> reporter: at least 50 people are here now, many are neighbors, walking from houses all around and this service is being held in the area where 9- year-old drew hayden had his accident on tuesday. that sledding accident. this is the hill here where he was sledding down, in his neighborhood, he sled all the way down here, and this is where he collided in the street with a car. he was sent to the hospital in critical condition. on friday, he died. this service here is going to be all about prayer and song, and people gathering. they are going to be singing. they will be saying prayers. and this

. >> crews have pretreated many roads across the state with salt and calcium chloride to prevent the d.o.t. says they've been preparing for winter weather conditions for months. >> we hook up all the equipment and we test it, it works. we do that around november. they're very effective especially if we get them at the right place at the right time. >> and just getting started, the d.o.t. will have scouts out checking road conditions throughout the weekend. south carolina emergency management division suggesting that before you batten down the hatches at home, make sure you're prepared with the winter weather kit. >> that's right. officials telling people they should have some of these items on hand. a flashlight with extra batteries. a battery powered radio. extra food and water. extra medication and a first aid supply kit. stock up on essentials is a must. just in case of a power outage and as some of us made preparations to stay inside, it's important to note not everyone has a place to go to wait out the storm. if you or someone you know is in need of a shelter, the oliver gospel

it has been removed from the spot it was in and it took a tow truck, a four-man crew, and calcium chloride to get it out and get the frozen water off . the area was turned into a tourist attraction but it is on its way out. in a there and impressive feat in the atlantic ocean, tropical storm alex is now hurricane, the first atlantic hurricane to form in the month of january since 1938. hurricane season runs from june 1 to november 30, so experts say is significant. how significant, harvey? harvey: quite significant. happened in january. in reality, that has happened a few more times, because if you t have this kind of satellite detection. but still. s an indicator of what might happen in 2016. harvey: still get excited -- don' t to get excited. it' s probably going to start weakening some. ed: and it is so far from here -- harvey: oh, yeah. but how about the islands this morning? the vineyard in nantucket both had snow. the wind came out of the west southwest, the cold air over the water, producing a stream of snow. it went right through the vineyards of nantucket, an in jenna half on the

it was eventually melted by powdered calcium chloride before wits taken off there in the to truck t that's crazy. >> oh, yeah. >>> let's take a live look outside from the downtown miami camera. 62 trees outside. >> yeah, not as cool as yesterday. but still feels nice and comfortable. now, the big change today is that we're going to see the return of the wet weather. >>> it's been one of those weeks were we have some cool weather, then some clouds and some rain and today it's going to be all about the possibility of strong storms tonight. let's get a live view from the biscayne bay camera and thankfully for now it is dry for your commute but that will be changing so make sure as you head out the door you grab your umbrellas and certainly you need the it is a wet start right now for monroe county. we have a frontal boundary lingering to the south. moisture from the gull of xico stream in. >> you can see it already from the gulf of mexico with the cloud cover. so the future radar owing that as we head throughout the d today we will see the potential for passing showers. check out tonight this

but this is calcium chloride. employees tell me that although it is more expensive than salt, about double the cost, that's $20 a pop, it is better, and at melting ice, so that's the good news here, there is still plenty of time to grab a shovel, they haven't run out of any stock yet, so if you haven't been able to get your items come on down. for now live in cherry hill, anita oh, cbs news. >> anita, thank you. our area is getting ready for snow, the nation's capitol they got some last night. correspondent craig boswell shows us it paralyzed washington dc now getting ready for rounds two. >> hundreds of crashes across the dc metro area made last night's commute nearly impossible. backups lasted late into the night, the cause, just inch of snow that froze over. >> it is crazy out here. i know it seems like just little snow, but it is really, really slick out here. >> it was a little bet they are morning, but not much. truck drivers, who had reached their shift limit, had to pull over, blocking lanes of some highwa

odot is adding calcium chloride to help keep things from freezing because it is so cold. they've been out ahead of the snow. 80 trucks and drivers on roads across three counties. they're not the only ones pulling double duty. there are several independ plow companies getting ready for a busy night. >> as soon as the weather stations start putting out 1 to 3 inches, that's what we start getting our equipment ready and getting ready to go out that night or morning. whenever it hits. >> reporter: now to give you an idea of how busy chuck might be this evening, he will hit between 100 and 150 locations over the next several hours. now other drivers that i talked to said they will hit between 60 and 70 locations. these guys will be busy. odot will be busy. we'll be busy keeping track of all of this. >> john, thanks so much. the most of the snow as a strong gust of wind and snow moved in. some people in lake county got an early start to the shoveling. residents are still trying to adjust to winter finally arriving while snowplow drivers are finally getting what they hoped for.

a towing company came out and melted the ice with powdered calcium chloride. by the way, it's 17-degrees there tonight with light snow... and the region is preparing for a possible. nor'easter this weekend./// clouds overhead today as systems migrate to the north this time. not bringing any rain unfortunately, but that could change this weekend and next weeek. winds staying light as well. ............................... ............ a lot of neighborhoods by afternoon hit the low 40's and stayed cool because of the clouds not warming up too much. 50 for some interior sections of the valley but colder to the outskirts of las vegas and certainly up at mount charleston. ............................... ......... regional temps were already near freezing up in the southern great basin in rachel and pioche. certainly colder in ely. cool conditions and same cloud cover by afternoon for mesquite all the way down to laughlin where they were milder. cool in pahrump and dropping to the 20's again out there overnight ............................... .......... the lake eff

from bags of calcium chloride to spending hundreds on a generator as possible snow totals increase, more items are flying off the shelves. the dougherty's generator has gas and is ready to go. no matter what happens, they won't be left in the dark. you can report power outages and downed power lines at peco.com or call this number: 800-841-4141. live tonight in plymouth meeting, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >> let's hope it doesn't happen, but if the electricity goes out, nbc 10 and telemundo 62 and comcast have you covered. >> plug in and power stations will be set up across the region for you to add juice to your cell phones and tablets. you can see a complete list of plug in power stations on our web site. download the nbc 10 app to find the location closest to you. >>> let's take a live look at cape may down the shore. snow isn't the only concern here. they're worried about the possibility of the worst flooding since hurricane sandy. >> let's head back to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena, a lot of people concerned about this. >> yes. and you know what? th

. >> crews used 350-pound of powdered calcium chloride to remove the ice, leaving behind just a imprintng the coast. >> i do appreciate it we are seeing this here in philadelphia a but it is just so chilly. >> at least we don't to have deal with frozen cars good we have crystal fortresses in homes. >> yes, i enjoyed that wording. that was a fun line. >> but essentially you are right we don't to have deal with any ice entrapment of any kind anytime soon. our temperatures will go on a uphill climb. but eventually we will see a storm system brewing here at home, although it looks like a primary a rain producer again. let start things off where we are not finding rain but finding that snow and this is where you want to see the the snow, right, up at area ski resorts. jack frost big boulder every morning they have been taking advantage of the cold, you can even see some icing and flakes that have settled on the camera lens here but they are pumping out manmade snow, and many other area ski resorts. in the meantime storm scan three is also showing signs of life but a lot of times the bark can

. >> equipment that will distribute multiple tons of salt and calcium chloride on to south carolina's roads to prevent and >> they're very effective, especially if we get them at the right place and the right time. >> the dot will have scouts out checking roads, paying close attention to problem areas and insuring that roads are properly treated as quickly as possible. >> we will have a staff overnight, especially more friday night into saturday when we're expecting the mass of the precipitation to get here. >> dot officials are asking everyone to stay home as much as possible as this winter weather moves through the area, but if you have to go out, they're asking you to drive defensively, and they want to reassure that they do have plans in place for whatever this weather will bring. reporting in newberry county, beth rousseau, abc columbia news. >> all right, thank you so much, beth. american airlines, southwest, jetblue and several other airlines are canceling hundreds of flights in and out of charlotte tomorrow. americans sent passengers an e-mail offering free flight changes, cre

@there are sections that the @calcium chloride and the salt @put down has kicked in. @and allowed some bit of @pavement but most of everywhere @you're going this is what @you're seeing. @it's road cover with different @lanes car carved -- carved in @by the cars. @it's still coming down. @really it hasn't stopped and @so everything is getting added @onto what's already on the @road. @in some parts we saw in chardon @earlier a couple inches on the @roads in some areas. @that's kind of an idea what you @can see out here on the east @side. @>> you definitely had the worst @of it. @now, let's see how things are @looking a little closer to @downtown tiffany tarpley @traveling around mostly the @west side where the main roads @have bern pretty good. @tiffany where are you now? @>> well, we're getting onto i @71 from the ta street exit. @-- 25 street exit. @the snow is falling and might @be a little bit hard to tell. @it is falling here. @>> but the travel conditions, @everything is going pretty @smoothly here on this side of @town heading into @downtown. @>> i just reached o

it took a team of four people armed with 350-pounds of powders calcium chloride to it took 15 minutes to free the car. now they have an interesting ice sculpture. >> that is crazy to see that. >> you need a heated ice scraper. >> that is not going to do very much. >> they had to call the big guns in to take care of that. >> they used a credit card to get the ice off. they just charged it. >>> today is a good day to download other 10 news app. we are getting prepared for weather that could be coming tomorrow. >> that's right. it could be a season with strong thunderstorms because of el nino. tonight and tomorrow a storm system will come by. it has the possibility of giving us strong thunderstorms with the chance of severe weather. we are talking tornadoes. we'll be tracking it for you all day today. we have been watching this for a week now. now we are getting amped up about it. we'll watch it hour-by-hour as forecast models come in. heading out the door the kids at the bus stop and everybody is fine. there is not even any rain out there. we have 40s on the map north of i-4. 46 carroll

odot using calcium chloride to prevent freezing. we have a plow working in this parking lot that we're in now. he's doing a pretty decent job but this blustery snow isn't you. >> thank you. >>> you know the snow might be focusing in on the east side right now but the bitter cold temperatures, you can feel them everywhere. windchill advisory in effect until noon. >> take a look behind us here. northeast ohio single digits in some place and the w. not helping -- windchill not helping taking some of us below zero. meeting is at one of the coldest spots, brunswick. how does it feel? >> reporter: i've been standing now. morning. i want to show you we have a temperature gauge here right behind us. it says 5 degrees. it does not feel like 5 degrees. when you step outside, it will feel much, much colder. again, we haven't seen windchills like this kind of all winter long so we're not really used to it. so i know a lot of people have the day off today with that snow on the east side we've been talking about all morning. and not having work t

they sold out of the calcium chloride and shovels. >> reporter: back in mamaroneck they're making sure all their crews are stocked. >> reporter: we're staffed for the worse and we're going to hope for the best. >> reporter: and so voluntary evacuation not mandatory orders here in effect in mamaroneck. and the city will activate their emergency center. channel7, eyewitness news. >>> a large portion of new jersey is now under a blizzard warning. evacuation orders have been issued in some towns along the new jersey shore. recovering after superstorm sandy. >> i'm taken the worse possible scenario, since the sandy storm, i have a new generator and i have it at a higher elevation. >> reporter: for rocky galligo and his son and grandson, it's become a routine they've become all too familiar with. power ready to go and anything in the yard that can blow away or float away being tied down. >> the last storm the water came wasn't even a big the water came right up the street just about a month ago here. >> reporter: the home sits right along the wood ridge river. sandy damaged 400 homes. this w

emergency managers, preparing the calcium chloride and salt, this system could be put to the test during the winter storm. they want residents to be in the know during snow. in addition to the stockpiles of salt, plow trucks, and crews, camden is ready in a brand-new way to aert wi ererlert residen include this weekend's snow. it's called swift 911, a free easy to use app. allows to see how important messages, old school, home phone, cell phone, e-mail, and social media. >> that was the difference between us using the system we had before and new system here. a lot of people don't always listen to phone or do things like that. but they're quick to see facebook or twitter or things like that. >> it will alert you, caution, please stay out of -- if you don't need to get outside, during these storms, please stay home for your safety. >> reporter: freeholder says, 25,000 of the 500,000 residents signed up. but with pending storm, now's the time. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> reporter: alerts about trash pickup, root closures, accidents, black ice to avoid, have it at fingertips. it all

. >> reporter: last winter he sold more than 1,000 bags of rock salt and calcium chloride combined. this year he only sold about 300. clearly this winter has been slow for snow. we lushly get 4.8 -- we usually get 4.8" in december. we only had a trace. now we usually have 2.4" but we have received none yet. this is an el nino winter which is warmer than average precipitation but often more rain than snow. and that has some people or lack thereof come spring. >> we part of a watershed area >> reporter: of course we're looking at just a dusting here in sparta. we had a burst of snow showers a couple of hours ago. that slowed down. we are seeing occasional flurries. there is another burst of snow showers moving through the area in the next couple of hours. some people are definitely looking forward to it. i'm elise finch live in sparta new jersey. with that back to you. >> thank you. >> you can get the weather on the run from our website weather app free in the itunes store >>> a happy ending to a frightening encounter. a man was arrested who nearly abducted a toddler in woodmere. cbs

that was left, a couple stragglers and everyone's in there fighting over it, and there's people calcium chloride. >> reporter: no shortage at shed. 1300 tons on hand to treat county owned roads. a county executive says the fact the storm will hit on a weekend makes is easier for >> use common sense. if you don't have to be out tomorrow, and the snow is starting to accumulate, don't on the road. >> reporter: the county will activate the emergency operation center. back here, no mandatory evacuations with this storm. they don't think it's going to affect as many people. we'll have much more on that coming up in another live report at 5:30. knack, marcus solis channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> while connecticut may not be hit as hard as its neighbors to the south, the state is not taking this storm lightly. >> this is a serious storm. probably the less serious, at least on its current trajectory than it will be in a place like washington. but people should use common sense. they should make sure that that there's nothing in their yards that can blow around. >> as a result, the governor says more than

city workers will have roughly 300,000 tons of salt to work with and another 300,000 gallons of calcium chloride. spreaders will begin laying down that mixture on city night. in terms of staffing, tomorrow at 7:00 in the morning, sanitation will have two 12 hour shifts in place with 2400 people on board each shift. plows are standing by and if needed, front loaders and melters will hit the streets. mayor de blasio voice this time around there will be better communication and coordination between the state and city. last year almost to the day in anticipation of what was supposed to be a huge storm, the mayor urged people to use mass transit. then with little notice, the mayor said things right now, alternate side parking, have not yet been nailed down. still, he is urging people to stay off the road. he did issue a travel advisory storm. >> take this very, very seriously. we are giving people a clear warning early. last time. giving people a couple of days to change their plans, to prepare. anyone who has the illusion that they will take big trips saturday and sunday, get that out of your mind.

. >> work withers used 350-pound of powdered calcium chloride to leave the mountain of crystal leavingint. we call those buffalo problems, in the philly problems. >> is that right. >> yes. >> we had a lake that was, you know, spewing that kind of moisture over our area, we will have that same problem. it is interesting weather phenomenon across the opened waters of the atlantic. guys, we're talking about the tropics in january. this usually does not happen. we have a subtropical storm named alex, first of the year, and only fourth time we have ever had a name storm, in the month of january since record began. currently, subtropical system but same win speeds of 07 miles an hour. it is close to being a hurricane, very interesting, but this is far removed from the united states coastline and hopefully it will be potentially going right through azores, and we will see how it goes. more anything it is fascinating that we are talking about this at this point of the year. remember atlantic hurricane season does not get underway until june. fascinating stuff there eyewitness weather watchers

workers say it took about 350 pounds of calcium chloride to melt the ice- to eventually move the car to the tow truck. "balester says: "this is the first time with something this severe." balester says: "there's nothing on that car strong enough that i ." officials say wind gusts of up to 47 miles-per-hour produced huge waves ... causing the water to spill over and freeze onto the parked car. i'll be there for you.... twelve years after going off the air.. rachel, pheobe, monica, chandler, ross and joey are getting back together. the "friends" cast will film a two- hour special to celebrate the show's director, james burrows. it's scheduled to air in late february. but, the actors may not be together in one room, because of logistical issues. " fafsa - the importance of filling out the fafsa form early / the outcomes with filling out the fafsa / next steps after submitting the fafsa " financial aid - scholarships/loans /grants; what they all mean and how of each " planning ahead for college expenses - tuition, room/board, fees, books, "living expenses"; before saving for college take

a tow company took about 15 minutes to remove it wednesday, pouring calcium on top with flakes of chloride and letting the ice melt. and pulling it out sideways. the sedan will be checked this morning at a collision center where it thawed out overnight. the owner said it started up right away and he expects it to be a-ok. >> great commercial for the lancer. you can freeze it and it still starts! >> that does it for us. tune into the "cbs evening news" and for news >>> i'm bill leslie. >> i'm renee chou. >> a group of people concerned about duke energy's coal ash ponds will gay her outside the governor's mansion today. they are inviting the governor to dinner. the gathering comes at the same time that duke is offering the media a tour of coal ash removal operations at the dan river station. >> town leads are meeting to talk bay chapel hill neighborhood that routinely floods. emergency managers and storm water officials are planning to see what can be done to help residents of camelot village and brookwood condominiums. >> let's check on the weather. looking good. >> it sure is. pretty. we a

submit water quality measurements from flint including ph, alkalineity, ortho phosphates, chloride, turbidity, calciumure conductivity, they have to measure all of those things at ten sites every week and hand over the results. also within ten days the snyder administration has to hand in all their lead testing results for flint for the past three years. and within three days the snyder administration has to give the epa a list of the zip codes in flint where the highest blood levels have been found. going to be a busy few days responding to this, right? oh, wait, there's more. because also in that ten-day window the snyder administration is now ordered to hand over an inventory of homes in flint, houses in flint that are connected to the city water lines with service lines that are made out of lead. and they need to hand over that lead pipe inventory in a very specific way. they have to hand it over "in excel spreadsheet or a similar format." and i know you might be thinking, okay, so michigan has to hand over a lot of data to the epa, it's not that big a deal, they can just send over their spreadshe

took about 15 minutes to remove it wednesday, pouring calcium on top with flakes of chloride and letting the ice melt. and pulling it out sideways. the sedan will be cing at a collision center where it thawed out overnight. the owner said it started up right away and he expects it to lancer. >> that does it for us. tuneg news" with scott pelley tonight. >> samantha: the interstates look great from this vantage point. we still have snow on the ground. makes sense. we haven't seen any sun. we saw a little bit yesterday, but the temperature has been so cold. it's been below freezing since sunday. so today we start to get a little bit warmer. mount vernon. this is light even if it mixes down to the surface. we have to get the roads cleared out after we saw snow overnight. so for the rest of the day maybe a flurry or two, nothing more. highs today around 37, 18 degrees warmer than it was yesterday, and this warm-up continues through tomorrow. 45 degrees tomorrow, but rain moves in late in the day. think evening commute and onward then it gets really cold again. first half of the weekend, we c