Neighbors help each other out of frozen mess on the roads
WHAT?
IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S PRETTY
CLEAR THIS MORNING. BACK TO
YOU. ALL RIGHT, ERIN, THANK
YOU. AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OVER WAKE COUNTY, OUR TALL
TOWER CAM HERE. WE HAVE HAD
CREWS.
>> ACROSS OUR AREA TODAY WRAL'S
GRACE TABLE IS JOINING US NOW
LIVE. SHE IS IN WAKE COUNTY.
GRACE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORST
SPOT YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN OUT
THERE TODAY.
>> DAN, I WANT TO ECHO A LOT
OF WHAT AARON JUST MENTIONED IN
TERMS OF THE ROADS THEMSELVES.
THE MAIN ROADS ARE LOOKING
SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN WHAT
WE SAW THIS MORNING. WE ARE
USING OUR DRIVE CAM TO SHOW YOU
WHAT THESE BACK ROADS WERE
LOOKING LIKE. BUT AS AARON
MENTIONED, THE TROUBLE SPOTS
THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THESE
ROADS ARE PLACES WHERE THE SUN
HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ITS JOB.
AND THAT'S PLACES LIKE THIS
BRIDGE HERE THAT YOU SEE AS
THIS CAR COMES OVER, YOU CAN
SEE THERE, IT'S STILL KICKING
UP A LOT OF SNOW AND UNDERNEATH
THAT SOME ICE. SO DEFINITELY
STILL SOME TROUBLE SPOTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING PEOPLE
APPROACH THIS BRIDGE GOING INTO
PRETTY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND
THEN HAVE TO SLOW DOWN WHEN
THEY REALIZE THESE AREAS ARE
STILL PRETTY SLICK. SO A LOT TO
KEEP IN MIND. AND EARLIER TODAY
WE SPOKE WITH A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO FOUND THEMSELVES
IN HAIRY SITUATIONS AND THEIR
BIGGEST PIECE OF ADVICE TO
THOSE WATCHING IT IS TO STAY
HOME. IF YOU CAN.
>> ICE AND BACK ROADS MAKE FOR
A HOUSE OF THIS COMPOUND AND
FOR A BUSY DAY FOR TOW TRUCK
DRIVERS LIKE ROBBY HORTON,
PEOPLE JUST NEED TO STAY AT
HOME. THE ROADS ARE REALLY
THEY'VE ACTUALLY SET DOWN THIS
ROAD. PLUS A COUPLE MORE ROAD.
SO IF YOU COULD STAY AT HOME
RIGHT NOW, SET TO SAIL MORE
SNOWFALL TODAY. ONLY ADDING
TO THE MESS. THAT IS NOT LIKE
THE TYPICAL LIKE WE USED TO
USE THE SLUSH AND SOMEBODY IS
FROZEN OVER EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
IT'S VERY TREACHEROUS.
>> THESE CONDITIONS AND CARS
ARE TRYING TO KEEP THAT
MOMENTUM TO GET UP THE HILL.
BUT THEN THEY RUN INTO VEHICLES
LIKE THIS MAN STUCK HERE WITH
REALLY NOWHERE TO GO. IS THE
HUGHES IN THESE THESE CAUSE?
WE JUST.
WE WE WILL REALLY SEE NO CLUED
INTO. WE PROBABLY GET TO THE
HIGHWAY. BUT WITH A LITTLE
FRIENDLY, PUT.
>> A LITTLE PLAY OF THE GAME
AND A LITTLE SAND. THE U.S.
ONE BY ONE.
EACH CAR WAS RELEASED FROM THE
ROADS, ICY GRASP.
>> SO STAND IN. THIS SITUATION
HELPED FREE SOME OF THOSE
DRIVERS. BUT I WANT TO POINT
OUT SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE WE
LET YOU ALL GO HERE AGAIN,
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
MAIN ROADS THEMSELVES NOW
LOOKING A LOT BETTER. BUT EVEN
IF YOU GO OFF THE ROAD BY JUST
A COUPLE OF FEET, THERE'S STILL
A LOT OF HIDDEN DANGERS THAT
CAN BE EASILY DISGUISED
UNDERNEATH THE SNOWFALL.
JUST WALKING OVER HERE. I
SLIPPED ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE
BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T SEE
IT. SO THIS COULD EASILY POP
ATTIRE LAND YOU IN YOUR
VEHICLE. AND YET ANOTHER
HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS. SO A LOT
TO KEEP IN MIND HERE. AND
AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER REASON TO
STAY HOME. IF YOU DO NOT NEED