okay. ravi on a good day, it s difficult to get to that region, now talking about the kind of assistance on a very huge scale that will be needed. can you give us an idea of what kind of obstacles are in the way for rescue teams to get into this region and by what means would they be able to get there? well this is incredibly hard to begin with on a good day, if you point out. so again, in kathmandu itself you know just to put this in context for our viewers, i mean this part of the world, infrastructure tends to be very very weak you know. roads aren t as wide. there isn t a robust emergency response system. the police system ambulance system health care system none of these systems are, you know what you would imagine them to be in the west while it s very different here in this part of the world.
struggling to reach people on both ends here. a major crisis for nepal. okay. and ravi on a good day it is difficult to get to that region. we re talking about assistance on a huge scale that will be needed. can you give us an idea of what kind of obstacles are in the way for rescue teams to get into this region and by what means would they be able to get there? well this is incredibly hard to begin with on a good day. as you point out. i mean so again, in kathmandu itself you know just to put this in context for our viewers, i mean this part of the world, infrastructure tends to be very very weak. you know roads aren t as wide there isn t a robust emergency response system. the police system the ambulance system the health care system none of these systems are you know what you would imagine them
165,000 of you. but that say big improvement over yesterday when 400,000 people were out of power. let s take a look at new york s times square here. cold, cold today. could actually get a few inches of snow. the travel nightmare isn t over either. there are a lot of people stranded in the airports. you re watching from the airports right now, we re so sorry. 500 flights already canceled. you know what the roads aren t much better. a car rear ended me into another car, i spun and got rear-ended again. yeah, that college student said this 30-car pileup in duluth, minnesota, it was like bumper cars. fortunately, though, here s good news, no one suffered any serious injuries. 17 people were hurt in this 100-car disaster in north philadelphia. it shut down lanes on the pennsylvania turnpike. the accident actually brought out the best in people who
1.2 million people without power. not the customer because there s only one person on the bill, on the power bill, but there s 2.58 people behind that power bill as well so we re talking 1.2 million people tonight that will be sleeping in the cold. and that could go on for a while. if you lose power, there may not be enough crews to restore power within a day or two. this can last for a while. sure. you know, we know there are some places in town here in atlanta and just south where the roads aren t even safe enough for the crews to get there yet and those crews are trying to put power lines up where they can get to the downed power lines but there are some spots so slick and unsalted that the crews can t move around. this storm isn t half over yet. snow doesn t bring down power lines like the ice is down here in the south. there s snow. you absolutely need power when you get that type of cold weather. good advice. chad, thanks very much for all of your excellent, excellent
it is freezing out here. it is 5 degrees. the real feel, it is 15 degrees below zero. it is cold here. the good news, it is a great snow day for the kids. a lot of the kids are off from school. this is the good kind of snow. not the wet, mucky kind. this is the soft, fluffy kind. there are still those that still have to get to work. new york city schools are still opened. we talked to some taking the train in. we have more snow here than in manhattan. i thought maybe they would clothclose the schools. they kept it open. i was anticipating the schools being closed. i am very surprised, also thought how am i going to get back into the city. the snow is pretty bad. i couldn t drive in, because the roads aren t dangerous and not great. but i m here.