broken pipes. and that s the story all around the united states, and we owe them a great debt of gratitude. one way we and most importantly, just a very experienced crew and staff who have seen this before and know what to expect. you, know you know it s cold when a hearty montana base yes, this is really bad. i was just beginning, winters just beginning, can you stand three more months of this? yes, you know, of course it has an economic impact, we re seeing some travel impacts or some local ski areas in the red lodge mountain which was closed today because of the frigid temperatures. i assume that it will be close tomorrow. this is a bit unusual, usually winter is about 74 degrees all year long and sunny. but this is a bit of an exception. you know we ve had a lot of great publicity, the 0.9 people moved into 2021. so one thing i m curious about is whether this is going to
the system so dangerous, in orange county, swift water rescue crews hoisting a man to safety after a flash flood tore through a drainage channel. in sacramento county, a woman was trapped in her car for hours after a powerline crashed through her windshield unable to move until all the lines around her could be deenergized. while in higher elevations, zero visibility near lake tahoe, ski areas grateful for the snow dump, but not for the wind that rocked lift shares and ground some operations to a halt what is the threshold for a shutdown in a storm like this? it could be visibility, high winds. we had winds up to 169 miles per hour at the top of our summit. so, ultimately, we don t want people to be riding those lifts while it s very windy out there. reporter: the powerful system making its way east, passing through the great plains, bringing the possibility of