Whether you wanted to or not. Some people had to leave the house and brave thweather. For most of us, that means shoveling our drdreway. But i i youre not careful, it can turn into a dangerous chore. Chore. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller is live right now in cedar rapids with tips from the pros on how to stay safe out there. There are a few things that you can do to reduce your risk of ending up at the er. Doctorsay it comes down to common sense. Its the first thing on your list of chores. Chores. Even though its the last thing you want to do. Do. But going about it safely can make all the difference. Difference. When people go out, especially in this weather, where we have some ice and now some rain and snow coming, that they really need to be careful. Doctors say injuries during this time are common. But you dont have to be a statistic. The common thing that well see is when people go out to shovel, theyll shovel snow off the top and fall on the ice. Ice. Weve even had people who have been blown over by the wind, getting their mail and have had fractures from that. One way to keep from sitting here instead of on elements. Right now the snow is really heavy, so you need to be careful when youre out dressed for the environment. Environment. When you get wet, which on a day like today can be ananssue, that can increase the likelihood of you getting frostbite. And since anywhere. Take your time out there. There. Its easy to say well i want to get all of this done and basically you end up giving yoursese a stress test, which my recommendation would be that you do that in your Doctors Office and not in your driveway. One unusual thing we should mention whwh theres a wind chill, you may want to consider protecting your eyes as well. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, dora miller, cbs 2 news ten at ten. Closing and cancellations continue to stream into our newsroom. For an up to the minute list look for the tab on the left side of our website. Website. Cbs 2 iowa dot com. For a day predicted to have tough commutes for many drivers some would say this was unusual. Unusual. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee continues our Team Coverage from a different perspective. Perspective. Nat pop police car. Car. Im surprised we havent seen Something Like that yet. The first icy snowfall of the season means slick commutes so far so good. But those arent the words you usually to helping Iowans Iowans especially rear enders. After detouring into ditches. Ditches. This is uncommon. Corporal jeff hartwig braced himself for cars skirting off and sliding out of lanes. Lanes. Its really fortunate that, and not normal that, we havent had something yet or somebody in the ditch just needing help. So the unusually empty roads less vehicles on the roadway are definitely a positive. And wintry mix covering them them id say the roads arent too bad but they are not great either. Isnt the typical combination. Combination. Across the corridor interstates leaving town arent bustling with high traffic either. Cars still slid into ditches and Cedar Rapids Police department helped with more than 20 crashes. Corporal hartwig says the Holiday Weekend might be the key rereon behind a less hectic wintry blast. Blast. Usually when we have the first one its usually as always, if you do need to drive, keep a fair distance between your car and the car in front of you and take it slow. Now ten at ten continues with a look at tonights other stories across the corridor. In iowa city a Faculty Group is calling for the w university of iowa president to face consequences for suggesting unprepared teachers quote should be shot. In a letter to the board of regents, chapters of the American Association of University Professors at iowas three Public University say the insensitive remark calls into question bruce harrelds leadership abilities. Harreld has apologized and said it was an off the cuff comment. New jersey governor and republican president ial hopeful Chris Christie is making a couple stops in the corridor tomorrow. First, hell hold a meet and greet at iowa citys hamburg inn at 1130. Then, tomorrow, night hell make his way to the fieldhouse in cedar rapids for a town fourthirty. The event starts at fivethirty. If you were one of the millions of shoppers who took advantage of amazons deals this holiday season, you helped break some records. The company says its prime now service which offers unlimited free twoday shipping gained three million new members in the third week of december alone. Prime members shopng on their mobile devices, more than doubled. That is cbs 2 news ten at ten the corridors top stories and tomorrows weather first forecast in the first ten minutes. Minutes. But we are just getting started. Started. Heres another live look outside right now with our cbs 2 news road warrior. Warrior. Terry . Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership m mters. Jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Be sure to join us tomorrow morning at 5 right here on cbs 2. We continue our look back at the year that was 2015. Well have some of the biggest headlines from the entertainment world over the past 12 months. Thats tomorrow cbs 2 news reached out to leaders in cedar rapids and iowa city. Both cities plan to have their crews out throughout the night, working to keep the roads clear. Clear. Lets check in with cbs 2 news photojournalist scott zimdar right now on. Cbs 2 news photographer scott zimdar reports live from the road ways during the traffic conditions. You can stay up to date on the latest Weather Information by downloading our weather app on your apple or android device. Just look for cbs 2 wx in the app store on your favorite device. Next on cbs two news. News. Heres a live look right now at the Iowa Department of transportation interchange near coralville. Cbs 2 new will continue to bring you the latest Road Conditions tonight and throughout the morning starting at 5 am. Heres a live praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. Heres a live look outside checks out crews will be working throughout the night to keep up with the snow that continues to fall in the corridor. As we deal with snow and freezing rain here, many iowans are also dealing with the less than ideals conditions as they try to travel to california to see the hawkeyes play in the rose bowl. Bowl. Cbs 2 News Reporter kevin barry has an update as he deals with delays while traveling across the country for the big game. Game. The thing is this is not all that uncommon for hawkeye fans trying to get to pasadena today, we saw a lot of people from a canceled flight to dallas last night and then a canceled flight this morning. A lot of people were upset, a lot of people wearing hawkeye gear, clearly on their way to the west coast to see the hawks play stanford in the rose bowl. The good news is, that game doesnt start for another few days so you still have a chance to get down there, even if it means amybe travel plans. Were in minnapolis, kevin barry, cbs 2 news ten at 10. Thanks kevin. Heres a look at flight awares misery map. As you can see, there are still several areas of misery or delays noted in red, especially around chicago. For those lucky enough to already be in southern california, there was a lot of fun to be had last night. Thats when iowa Football Players got their fill of prime rib by participating in the beef bowl. Bowl. Cbs 2 news sports anchor zach hanley explains the pasadena tradition. Scott and karen, the view behind me is breath taking. The view last night at lawrys prime rib, not so much for the beef bowl. Bowl. It was the 60th anniversary of the beef bowl. And its what it sounds like. Teams participating against each other on the field face off at the dinner table in an eat off scarfing down prime rib, mash apple pie. The exact about the hawkeyes eat is unknown, but the food was definitely good. It was delicious i love a good perfect for me. Me. I think cj ate the most because travis was getting a big plate and it was gigantic and the way cj face look when he sat down was funny. Funny. And coming up in sports we will have more on iowas matchup on the field against stanford. Live in pasadena, zach hanley cbs sports thank you zach. Our cbs 2 news crew will be covering all of the fun leading up to the big game all week. Make sure to tune in for our road to roses new years eve special at 6 30, right here on cbs 2. Now lets talk football. Coming up in sports. Iowa sizes up the stanford cardinal. Hear what the hawks have to say about wet here in eastern iowa. But in southern california. Its nice and warm. Thats where the hawkeyes are as they get ready for their rose bowl battle with stanford. And thats where cbs two Sports Reporter zach hanley is. And hell be following iowa football all week long. Whats going on, zach . Arriving in pasadena. The iowa defense shed some light on their matchup against the stanford offense. And it has the hawks seeing black and gold in Cardinal Cardinal eyes, chest, feet, goodits iowa versus iowa. Wait, what . I mean we just compare them to our offense sometimes with the fullbacks, the amount of tight ends, the linemen. Those guys, the play just like stanford. Our guys. I mean its not really a big difference. Its like another practice honestly. One the cardinal and white are use to. Its stanfords 3rd trip to the rose bowl in the last 4 years. But iowa doesnt care about historythey are veterans in this kind of arena i guess and this is our first time in 25 years being here. I mean if you want to look at it as an edge i guess. I guess you can, we arent to worries about it. They are focused on one thingwe are here for one thing and one thing only, you know we know why we are here and thats to win a rose bowl. Thats been our goal every time we went on the road, just not to make friends, not to do anything like that. Just here to win the game. The hawkeyes are also nearly a touchdown underdog in fridays game. I ask desmond king about that, he laughed and said great, thats just how we like it. Live in pasadena. Zh fox 28 sports. On the hardwood. Things are about to get real for the hawkeyes. Iowa went 9 and 3 in their nonconference schedule. But the games only get bigger. With the start of big ten play. The hawks kick off conference play on tuesday night. When they welcome topranked Michigan State to carver. And then saturday they travel to purdue. Another top25 team. Theres no easing into the big ten schedule this season. But thats just fine with fran mccaffery. He thinks his hawkeyes are ready to rumble. Youve gotta play those people at some point. You play em early you play em late. You play em in the middle. You space it out better. But does it matter. Youre still play 18 really tough games against really good teams. I conference play you recognize the challenge. And well do everything we can to get everybody ready. Deonte burton is off to a good start at iowa state. The transfer forward was named the big twelve newcomer of the week on monday. After scoring Twelve Points and going fiveforsix from the field in the win over cincinnati last tuesday. Burton also had seven points and three boards in his cyclone debut on december 19th against uni. Stay with cbs two terry has heres a live look outside right now. As our road warrior checks out thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at ten. Make sure to join updates. Jon welcome Stephen Colbert captioning sponsored by cbs band playing intro music stephen Whoo Whoo Whoo stephen hey welcome to the late show. Stephen Stephen Stephen hey nice