really preparing folks to get out on the roads this morning and right now i'm joined here with chris dee ton, who is the yancey and madison county dot maintenance engineer and what have you seen so far this morning? even driving in, you had to pull over and help somebody on the

really preparing folks to get out on the roads this morning and right now i'm joined here with chris dee ton, who is the yancey and madison county dot maintenance engineer and what have you seen so far this morning? even driving in, you had to pull over and help somebody on the most of the primary roads are covered with salt, they are in good shape but the secondary roads and the higher elevations are turning white now. we will have crews hitting those once daylight comes, the day shift working. but for right now watch out on the secondary roads. >> zack: even in the overnight hours your crews were working out there as well because of the wind and downed trees. what are you seeing now? >> we have had a lot of downed trees overnight. the winds have been very rough, especially in the higher mountains. we have probably had 20-30 trees down tonight. the crews are getting out, finishing up some of them right now as they are transitioned over to snow removal. >> zack: i know we have four county trucks out. we have two contracted trucks as well and they are taking out the salt. but there is other t