Raleigh roads start to cover up with snow
GOING TO CHECK BACK IN WITH
DESTINY AT RDU INTERNATIONAL
SHORTLY. FIRST, LET'S HEAD OUT
TO CHELSEA DONAVAN IN RALEIGH
FOR US ON I-40 CHELSEA. YOU
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
PREPARATIONS FROM THE STATE
DOT. THEY'RE SENDING OUT
HUNDREDS OF STATE DOT TRUCKS
TO TRY TO GET THESE ROADWAYS
CLEAR FOR US. WHAT'S THE LATEST
AT THIS POINT?
>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK
DOWN THE I-40 HERE, NOT A LOT
OF TRAFFIC AND THAT IS A GOOD
THING. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT BRIAN
DOING GOOD WORK HERE, THESE ARE
THE ROADS. IF THEY CLEAR FIRST
AND PUT THE BRIAN DOWN FIRST,
OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT TO GET THE
BIGGEST ARTERIES. THE BIGGEST
THOROUGHFARES UP, GRIND AND
CLEARED FIRST. THEN THEY MOVE
ON THE SECONDARY ROADS AS WELL
AS THOSE RESIDENTIAL ROADS.
BUT LOOK AT THIS. SO OBVIOUSLY
WE ALL WORE NEW ALL THE TIME
ABOUT BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
AND YOU CAN SEE TO DO THIS
PRETTY SAFELY. JUST THE AMOUNT
OF SLUSH THAT'S ON THIS ROADWAY
HERE. MUCH DIFFERENT THAN
YOU'RE SEEING ALONG THE
INTERSTATE AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHY THEY'RE TELLING FOLKS TO
SLOW DOWN. I MEAN, LOOK AT IT
IS COMPLETELY COVERED. WIFE
AND OBVIOUSLY THE SNOW IS
COMING DOWN AT A REALLY RAPID
PACE HERE. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS
IS WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF
FOLKS ON THE ROADWAYS. I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT SEEING
I-40 LOOKING LIKE THAT MUCH,
BUT THEY HAVE PUT DOWN IN THIS
DISTRICT WHICH ENCOMPASSES WAKE
DURHAM, GRANVILLE PERSON AND
WARREN COUNTIES CLOSE TO
370,000 GALLONS OF BRINE ZAHN,
BRIAN RATHER AND NOW THE DOT
CREWS ARE STATIONED ALONG RAMPS
AND SHOULDERS THAT WAY. WHEN
THAT ACCUMULATION STARTS TO HIT
ABOUT AN INCH OR SO THEY'LL
START THAT PLOW RENEWABLE
RENEWAL PROCESS. AND THEN
WHAT'S INTERESTING, SHOULD WE
HAVE MORE IN TERMS OF A
WRAPAROUND STORM TOMORROW?
THEY RESET THE CLOCK. IT ALL
STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND THEY
BEGIN WORK ONCE AGAIN. SO THESE
CREWS OUT AND ABOUT AND READY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BRIAN DOING ITS
JOB. BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT IN THIS,
WE TELL YOU ALL THE TIME, JUST
STAY HOME. WATCH US. A BOWL OF
SOUP, HOT CHOCOLATE. ANYTHING
HOT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE GOOD.
AND OF COURSE, IS STAY OFF THE
ROADS. LIVE IN RALEIGH, CHELSEA
DONOVAN WRAL NEWS. YEAH, REALLY
GOOD ADVICE. THIS SOUP SOUNDS
GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW. CHELSEA,
YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS
AS WELL ABOUT THE SECONDARY
ROADS. WE KNOW WE GET A LOT OF
THOSE QUESTIONS FROM VIEWERS.
WHAT ABOUT MY STREET? WHAT
ABOUT SMALLER STREETS IN OUR
AREA
>> WHAT'S TYPICALLY THE WAY
THAT THEY ATTACKED THOSE ROADS.
>> RIGHT. SO THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO
HOSPITALS. OKAY. SO THAT MEANS
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WOW THE
INTERSTATES. I-40 OF A 5, 40
64. I-87. THEN THEY GO TO
SECONDARY ROADS. LIKE RIGHT
NOW LIKE WE'RE ON LAKE WHEELER.
THIS WOULD BE A SECONDARY ROAD.
THEN LENO, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GET OUT OF
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT MEANS
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DO OK
ON THOSE SECONDARY ROADS.
AND THEN THOSE INTERSTATES.
SO THERE IS, OF COURSE, A
METHOD TO THEIR MADNESS.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THE
INTERSTATES ALSO OPEN FOR
MUTUAL AID TO COME IN. WE
LEARNED THAT YESTERDAY FROM
WAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS. THEY NEED TO HAVE
THESE AND FIRST IN CASE THEY
TO COME IN TO GO OUT. THIS
WOULD BE THE WAY TO DO IT.
SO OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW, THIS
IS CLEAR, BUT YOU'RE STARTING
TO SEE SOME OF THE SECONDARY
ROADS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF
SNOW ON THEM. OF COURSE, THAT
SNOW PLOW PROCESS, THOUGH,
HASN'T BEGUN YET. AND I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT WILL START SOON AS