that stretch of highway is brutal to be trapped on. feeling for those drivers right now because in that area and here in dallas we re still facing subfreezing temperatures for at least another 24 hours in some areas. there is a windchill advisory in the coastal city of corpus christi. that is borderline unheard of. meanwhile, here in dallas, any precipitation that fell yesterday was more or less packed down and is now frozen on a lot of the area roadways into a complete sheet of ice. we just witnessed an accident, in fact, about 100 yards from where we re standing when a car ran into a power pole, causing a couple nearby transformers to pop. and that s an important note, chris, because as we look at the texas state power grid that was crippled and failed in many ways this time last year during a storm, we expected to have the highest level of demand placed upon it this morning with these incredibly low temperatures. at last check, the grid is performing as needed.
time, so many hopes and dreams have faded, others have been passed from one generation to the next. and among those generations, dreams are literally owning a piece of america to call your own. owning land. here s more. along highway 10 in rural south carolina, is a town called promised land. was founded in 1870. a safe place for and by formerly enslaved people. after newly lected black lawmakers created legislation to block black people when others wouldn t. are willy neal norman jr. is a promiseland descendant. when people ask where i m from. i tell them i live in the promiseland in route to the promiseland. finally free, determined to reunite with family and build new lives from scratch.
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stay tuned for that. now to that nasty storm, that snow and ice that s making life miserable for millions of people right now. it stretches roughly 2,000 miles from texas to new england. more than 350,000 people are without power right now across eight states as temperatures dip below freezing. for people trying to travel, it has been a nightmare from widespread flight cancellations to at least a quarter inch of ice on roads in places like oklahoma, arkansas, and ohio. and check out this scene in texas, multiple crashes that have blocked highway 10 leaving traffic at a stand still there, drivers stuck in their cars for hours, temperatures in the low 20s. nbc s morgan chesky is a little further north in dallas. what s it like where you are, morgan? what can you tell us? reporter: another frigid morning, and a quick note, i actually grew up in curville.