Maryland bureau chief brad bell in frederick surveying the winter whiplash. Hi, brad. Brad hey, alison. Yeah, this was supposed to be the bulls eye. It got an awful lot of snow. They have been digging out all day in downtown frederick. A lot of businesses did not open. You can see closed signs across the street. They feared the conditions wouldnt be good enough to get people out and about. Frankly, this morning they were right. Trying to get to work when it happened southbound on i270 after sunup. He made a mistake and ended up in a ditch. Youre okay . Im okay. Brad at the time, most roadways were snowcovered but with light traffic. The 2,600 plows deployed across maryland got down to pavement quic like a lot of people looking for the pavement at the house with the snow blower on his long and very steep driveway. You get used to it. Good exercise. He had five inches on the property. 15 miles to the north was snowier. The snow total here just about seven inches. Deep enough to give rob
Had this on facebook. The models are definitely going closer to the east coast of florida, but they still remain offshore. Now, if we see this going more and more to the west, we might have to change our tune. But based on the current track, i think Tropical Storm winds are a decent chance on the east coast. High lands and polk maybe thursday and friday. Along the west coast of florida, maybe winds. Look at the spaghetti models. Lot of consensus, but there are some closer to the east coast of florida, which is why weve been saying you cant write it off yet. It could turn eventually and when it does, it could make the outer banks of the caroline as and possibly new england. We are still tracking heavy rain across part of the area. An update coming up in a couple minutes. Happening right now, president declared florida a major disaster area. This Mobile Home Park in port richey dealt with flooding several times in recent years. Ive been here, ive seen the boats going down these streets.