>> steve: he's probably getting dizzy. >> alisyn: this happened off the coast of australia. rescuers were able to save the captain a short time later. >> steve: can't read the prompter. it is suddenly in cursive. >> eric: exactly. >> steve: meanwhile, a major winter storm sweeping through southern california. shut down a major interstate out there. muchity state experiencing its biggest temperature dips in years. it feels like winter out there. it's a totally different story here on the east coast. janice dean is joining us. when can we break t-shirts? >> later on this afternoon. you know people around new york will be wearing shorts and speedos. it goes crazy. i know eric will be out there in his bermudas. let's look at the precipitation. we've got springtime storm and a very winter storm. look how much rain we got yesterday in portions of texas. also into louisiana and mississippi. in some cases, over a foot of rain in 24 to 48 hours.