raining. now it's sleeting again. and that's some good news. sleet bounces off the trees and hit the ground. the rain sticks to the trees, freezes, makes them heavier, and makes them want to fall over. the longer we can stay in sleet, the better. the problem is, about five miles south of here, it's probably not sleeting. it's raining hard. and it's 30 degrees. it's a bad combination, wolf. >> and we know that. the flights schedules totally disrupted as a result. charlotte is a hub. atlanta is a huge, huge hub, as well. i think it's the busiest airport in the united states. it looks pretty grim, though, right now, i take it. >> reporter: yeah, there is very, very little activity. when i looked at flight aware this morning, there was one flight that had left atlanta last night still in the air, going to dubai. that's why it was still in the air. and there were about ten planes trying to get into atlanta. but with weather like this, it's going to be tough to clear the runways, tough to clear the jetways and little areas around there. and all the planes that might be still sitting there, they're encased in ice, not going