great lakes, upper midwest to the northeast. 25 million people impacted today with that persistent snow across the west. then we could see slick roadways due to a mixture of snow and rain, even sleet in some spots. so the setup for the west, it continues. heavy snow and wind in the four corners and winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. not feeling great. by tomorrow, we have another storm system that will slide down the coast. it s going to bring heavy rain and snow to parts of the pacific northwest. we re seeing a lot of rain in some spots, especially los angeles county, possibly localized flooding there, especially where there are some burned areas. let s talk about that bitter blast because we re so cold this morning. it s 15 degrees below zero in glasgow, but 30 below zero and minus 18 in bismarck.
of the united states when he was just wishing him a merry christmas. let s turn to covid. your state has repeatedly been hit hard by the pandemic. cases are increasing to over 6,000 cases a day in the past week in michigan. what steps can michigan take mie the spread of this new transmissible variants and how are the hospitals holding up there and what could be done to encourage more of your fellow residents to get vaccinated and get their boosters? it s a problem. i am going to say it, too. i talk to the hospital in my district everyday. the university of michigan which is not by the state or the country, we are really struggling. they and other hospitals. we are talking about setting up a field hospital by next week to handle cases. i have another separate hospital system and want to protect
i m going to tell you something. it s not one call. it s several a week. my young people are listening to those calls. so are skoord board members and city council members and so are you and your colleagues on the air and so is the grocery store clerk. i was at a coney island this week and the waitress told me she d been a waitress for 35 years and she had never been treated so rudely and she was thinking about quitting. i talk to people. i had a woman that works at the detroit airport and was in tears how people are treating her. we ve got to stop. we all have to stop. we re frustrated, angry. there are a lot of things getting to us. this is america. community is the strength of america. i m going to tell you it s a line i m using a light. united we stand and division we fall. this anger has got to stop. it s seemingly growing more rampant in our society as emphasized by that let s go brandon caller to the president