a dusting overnight, early this morning. it has stopped now, a long pause before the real storm finally hits us. we're forecasting those 6 to 8 inches here in new york city, but it won't start until later this evening. that said, we're talking about a city with 8 million people. 8 inches of snow can wreak a lot of havoc. the planning is certainly under way, well in advance of the flakes beginning to fall. it started around 7:00 this morning at the department of sanitation. we're starting to see the salt pile dwindling as almost 400 salt trucks have been going on the roads. this is a big test for new york city's new mayor, bill de blasio. he has good backup here, the commissioner for the department of sanitation, the officer of emergency management, and the fire department, those commissioners have all stayed in place. you have a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge in place to help city weather the storm that again is going to really hit us later today. it's going to be even worse on