[captioning made possible by Constellation Energy group] cheers five straight playoff disappointments the ravens are back fighting for super bowl xlvii. It has finally arrived. I cant believe it. Welcome to the news. I am deborah weiner. I am lisa robinson. We begin with the fabulous pete gilbert live in the big easy. What is the atmosphere like finally on this super bowl morning . Well, people are just starting to wake up because they were out all night. It was crazy here. Every where you walk there was a huge crowd people so excited. I have to say the ravens fans out number them 81 i would say. I knew the ravens fans were going to represent well but what we have seen today is obvious. I have seen more ravens than San Francisco 49ers jerseys. I think half of the city is here. As the week went on you amosaw e and more purnl. Half of the town is here in new orleans. Thank goodness we are finally here on a game day. There really is a game at the end of all of this. There was news yesterd
A system ran through hire. They upped their snowplows to 40 and spreaders to 30. Maybe theyll look to do a better job the next time around so that atlanta, one of the biggest cities in america, does not go into a complete paralyzed mode. But heres the thing, robert, youre there now. I spent a number of years in atlanta, you can get a heavy thunder and rain event in atlanta, and it can shut down the city. Officials had to know with this forecast that an inch or two of snow in atlanta would be more than enough to shut down the city. Exactly. Exactly. And its topography should say it all. That really is it. The hills, if people are not familiar with the atlanta area, its Rolling Hills beginning with the appalachians in this part of the country. You just cant around with snow and ice, especially ice, one to three inches in spots on some of the enter state interstates lasd into the morning, which is what caused my situation here this morning. So yeah, i think that perhaps government officia
Lets go to these live pictures. The storm paralyzing the south is causing problems even now at this hour in georgia, and alabama, roads that were parking lots 24 hours ago are slowly starting to clear. Thats not a bad shot. But if you look here. Helicopters have been searching those who are still strands and children are escor escorted home where hundreds more spent the night on school buses. There have been 800 traffic accidents, six people have died. Robert, im looking at these pictures here, i dont know how much of a rush hour there has been in downtown atlanta, but on one side of the road it looks like there is a bit of clearing and things are starting to look better. Most people said they were going to stay home and not go to work, telling officials they were not going to use the icy roads. There are those still stranded here as many across the metro area, but i would say this, today we havent gone above freezing but weve gotten to a certain mark where the sunshine was out, and i
Thats going to be interesting. I dont know what to do at the moment. Maybe tonight, i will put some sandbag up. This is the Goodwill Store called georgy and willow. The town has been diligent. And thats the thing, with any kind of warning, any kind of preparation and with the sandbags. At the ross fire station, even with a good soaking this weekend, the town should farewell cause the rain wont come all at once. Theres going to be breaks in between the storms which is really good news. Coming at 6 00, show you the rains positive impact on marine countys water supply. John sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. Fire crews were called to the scene after several large trees fell across the road. Fire crews in occidental used their chainsaws to clear the road. According to one fireman, toppled in wet and windy weather. He also said they were lucky the downed trees didnt pull down any power lines. The weather caused major problems with sfo. They are still trying to catch up tonight. Mike meback is at
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