Talking about frozen pipes in houses. Today, it is as you said the problem with the cars. People are coming out and their cars wont start. They get under the hood and theyre finding that the problem is dead batteries so they are calling triple a. Weve been out riding along with one of the triple a trucks. We can show you a little bit of what hes been dealing with. Showing up at houses and the same story is told every time. They pop the hood and get out there and see the battery is no good. Its a story being told again and again and again. You talk to the triple a dispatchers and they say they are setting records in this weather. Whys that . When its this cold it takes 50 more ampage to start the battery. The battery cant handle it. They got so many calls, theyre backed up one after another. The driver just passed us right here. Hes looking for his next call. And then its going to go on and on. All of the triple a Service People are working 12 hour shift. Were continuing to work and whe
And when you get to the Higher Elevations of the mountains, maybe six inches or more before they pile up sleet and freezing rain. Best part of all this is by sunday afternoon, actually by sunday morning it ends and by sunday afternoon, were in the sunshine in the 40s. Steve rudin wishes it was in the 40s right now. I can guess, as its hes at thompsons boat house. What do you see along the frozen potomac . Yeah you know, oddly enough you talked about ice safety and just when we got here earlier, someone knocked on the van door and said hey, theres a guy thats ice skating on the potomac. Thats probably the worst thing you can do in this kind of weather. To ice skate on something that appears to be frozen. Its not. The ice is not very thick. You can see it behind me. Even though that looks like it would be fun to skate. Not a good idea. Dont do it. Boy, it was cold cold, cold this morning. We had the two hour delays and School Cancellations and records were breaking left and right up and
Inches or more. The farther west you go more impact it will be. Even in the local metro area, there could be significant impacts on the driving developing tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. Again, the key is the fact that its going to start so cold. And very slowly through the day climb through the 20s and not get close to freezing or above until late tomorrow night. Steve rudin hooks up with me in a few minutes and well give you everything you need to know about another round of wintry weather, maureen . Thank you, doug. This cold snap has been a nightmare for local drivers. Triple a mid atlantic has received a Record Number of calls for crashes and broken down cars. Maryland bureau chief brad bell rode along with a triple a tow truck driver. Brad is live with what hes seen so far. Brad . Maureen, you know what . This weather is tough on us. Its tough on our cars. They say theres a few things you should do to prepare your vehicle when you have a forecast like we do now for more
Scott well, we got our fair share. Eileen we did, but as anticipated, the rain has moved in. We will have a wet overnight but stay off the roads. Let the road crews do their job and get the snow and slush cleared. Tomorrow i think is a nice day. If you get up early in the morning, 6 00 am 7 00, it will be cold, but otherwise partly sunny and breezy. I am concerned about a lot of melting tomorrow and icy conditions overnight sunday into monday. Scott we will say in touch on that. Stay warm. Stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] scott when you thought it was safe to go outside, moore snow, freezing rain, and in arctic blast. This storm is hitting millions who are not used to the cold. Reporter from the deep south in alabama, where a pickup truck lost its battle against the roads, through tennessee, where sleet turned the streets to ice the storm spared no one. One Central Ind
And trains broke down in the cold. Marc trains also fell behind schedule because of a broken rail. C. S. X. Fired up its gas powered heaters to keep rail switches from freezing. Metro says that sometimes it gets calls from passengers concerned about the flames from the heaters. Theyre most often seen on the c. S. X. Tracks rather running parallel to metro trains near the rhode island station. This potentially historic cold snap is creating a boom for one industry. Plumbing. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in Upper Marlboro where plumbers are at work at a courthouse shut down by frigid temperatures. Brad . Yeah, the main courthouse home to the circuit or district court. They had a pipe break and it flooded out some Electrical Equipment. They have no power if there. One of the sheriffs deputies told me it is freezing in the building. It was closed today. It will be closed tomorrow. If youve got any court activities, youll want to check the website to see some things have been mov