wyff news 4's stephanie trotter has been out and about. stephanie: stephanie trotter here. we are on the northbound side of i-85 about 1000 yards south of the pelelm road exit. the easternmost lane. crews just arrived to start moving it out of the way. it is not blocking traffic. that traffic is coming through here pretty quickly. the road is wet and it does not appear to be icing over. you can see that there is a little b of slush chelating on the side of the road. temperatures drop. we will keep you updated on how quickly they can get the tree out of the way. stephanie trotter wyff news in greenville county. gabby: thank you. we want to send you to pickens county now. ni that is what aly myles is. -- that is where aly myles is. aly: four degrees and wind makes a difference. if you have been watching since the morning, it had been raining clemson and now we are getting hit with ice pellets for point. very cold out here and very dangerous. now that it is at 32 degrees, we there he liked accumulation, -- very light accumulation and it is starting to stack up a areas. not so

let's check in now with wyff news four's stephanie trotter... michael: let's check in now with wyff news 4's stephanie trotter. carol: she's moved since we last spoke with her. she is live and local in greenville county. 70: good evening, michael and carol. you can see the on and off ramps of i-85 over my shoulder. you have restaurant row, as it is called, to the locals. there are a number of sitdown large american flag down peh lham. you hear them flapping in the wind. friday afttty bu and buncombe road in greater earlier today. we met up with a couple of greer police officers taking a pitstop. they tell us that is the number one intersection for wrecks in the city of greer. we did not see any wrecks and that intersection during the two hours we spent there today, but we do see a lot of folks try to make their way through the two inches to three inches of slop starting to fill the road. a lot of them were fishtailing. one officers told us he was concerned with folks who when out thinking the road was wet from rain, that it was ok and ,>> here i

carol: stephanie trotter is right at the line. stephanie: we are here at i-85, and just within the past hour, we have started to see some light cars having trouble. their tires are spinning and are having trouble moving forward. by a different scene, as to what they were over over in buncombe earlier in the day. they say that is the number one place for accidents in all of greer, and that is on a good day. imagine what it was like today, with two or three inches of slot, and this went -- two or is what it was. there are fewer drivers out on the road, so that speaks to the trouble they are having. we asked the chief for his piece of advice. >> it is a pretty good storm. the roads are going to ice up. stephanie: right over my shoulder is i-85, both northbound and southbound. about 45 miles an hour, the road is clear. he also sought sanders out there, and there was a statement out there that 85 is their priority. that is the corridor that they want to keep open, and they have succeeded in keeping that that way today. stephanie trotter

stephanie trotter has the story from greenville county. stephanie: dozens of scenes that have come down on power and homes. greenville county has the hardest-hit areas and they range from the top of the counun to the bottom. duke energy has doubled its manpower efforts by pulling in crews like this from florida. the linemen say some jobs are quick, others take all day. >> broken poles take longer than pulling off wires. we brian griese in crews to get the work done as quickly as we can. >> after 24 hours without power, this woman has resorted to reading by candlelight and gas logs to stay warm. >> i've had enough. i've never seen anything like it. i t understand what they're doing. stephanie: inspectors say it's not as easy as it looks. before crews can touch any a safety briefing and then work on lines. folks are learning to adapt. >> if it gets to be a couple days you worry about how am i going to recharge my phone and things like that. >> duke energy officials say this should not drag out as long as last year's storm. they think they wil

greenville is where we find stephanie trotter who joins us live. whether are you finding? stephanie: more than 7,000 duke energy employees a canvassing the carolinas trying to bring heat and light. for the past 24 hours lightlye la has been limited to a room with gas logs. >> i'm frustrated because i'm scheduled. and i can't do anything. i'm not one to sit around and do nothing. i'm antsy. stephanie: down lines, blown transformers and blown poles pepper the county. no neighborhood is exempt. folks at butler springs and east north street are adjusting to >> if for a day it is things like the microwave and coffee. if it is a couple of days it sis i will have to recharge my phone. stephanie: a mile from haywood mall this crew is trying to restore power to three dozen homes. duke has pulled in teams from as far away as the midwest but the load has challenges in regard to information and communication. >> it takes a little bit to get a grip on what we have going on and who is exactly out and where and then once we do that it is pretty organized pretty fast and the restoration sp

wyff news 4's stephanie trotter joins us live and local in travelers rest, with some good must. stephanie: that is right. we will get to those in a minute. we are in front of the whistle stop in travelers rest to a light rain started falling about two hours ago. currently, 39 degrees. crews here watching closely to see what happens in the next couple of hours. >> the state has activated its snow and ice plan. crews are ready to roll with salt brine trucks after pretreating the interstate and major roads across greenville county. managers are paying particular attention to the northern mountain roads. in travelers rest the fire and , rescue department has doubled up manpower, so twice as many engines can go out if needed. the men spent the day spreading snow chains, gasing up chain saws and filling up their 42,000 pound trucks. after 13 years on the job, jamie richards has learned to use extra preparation and precaution during winter storms. clerks we've had several, we've icy roads then have other cars come down roads and have more wrecks. we watch out for our safety also. so we