reporter: that sentiment echoed on the ground in boston where i rode i know what the truck driver danny lee the biggest problem you have on a night like tonight is what? >> traffic. traffic. cars on the road when they shouldn't be. >> reporter: i would like to say that new englanders are hearty. but if we get over two feet of snow, how hearty can you be to handle that? >> it's fun, the first one. after that it doesn't get, it's not fun anymore. >> reporter: all in all between what is being taken off this truck and what you have here in stock, how much salt is here available for this storm? >> thousands upon thousands of tons. we are ready. we are prepared. >> reporter: 35,000 tons of it shipped in by the container full. will it be enough? the last time boston saw two feet of snow was two years ago and it brought the city to a standstill. the record is 27.5 inches.some areas outside the city could see three feet. even this mountain of salt can't melt three feet of snow. >> reporter: people across the northeast are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. >> the bakery section has bee

reporter: that sentiment echoed on the ground here in boston where i rode along with plow truck driver danny lee. the biggest problem you have on a night like tonight is what? >> traffic. traffic. cars on the road. when they shouldn't be. >> reporter: salt helps, too. and boston has 35,000 tons of it shipped in by the containerful. just how ready is boston for this storm? >> boston is prepared. >> reporter: the coast bracing for winds of hurricane force and residents there are boarding up and hunkering down. >> we're using two by tens in order to protect all the glass. >> reporter: and tonight, a medical warning. nearly 12,000 people are injured and 100 people die from medical emergencies related to shoveling snow every year. david, the other big concern tonight, especially here in eastern new england, where the winds will be the worst, power outages. and if you need electricity to sparkfurnace, that means no light and no heat potentially for days. in what is life-threatening cold. david? >> rob marciano in boston. >>> and the ripple effect tonight across this country already. more than 6,000 fl

danny k. davis of the 7th district of illinois. congressman gregory meeks of the fifth district of new york. congresswoman barbara lee of the 13th district of california. congressman william lacy clay of the first district of missouri. congressman david scott of the 13th district of georgia. representative emanuel cleaver ii of the fifth district of missouri. relationship al green of the 9th district of texas. representative gwen moore of the fourth district of wisconsin. representative yvette clark of the 9th district of new york who is also the first vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. congressman keith ellison of the fifth district of minnesota. congressman hank johnson of the fourth district of georgia. congressman andre carson of the 7th district of indiana who is also the second vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. representative donna edwards of

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