unusually, unseasonably. martha: where it has been warm. bill: some folks are happy to see some of the snow like these folks here. was out driving. that was more of a problem than anything else. the plows were not out quite yet. kind of slippery, kind of slipry. if you go slow you re okay. going too fast caused them to lose control. anticipating snow brushes, shovels, lots of rock salt, ice melt terse, hopefully some snowblowers. i m hoping for more snow. i m sorry, buffalo. i know they will be not happy with that answer. martha: this is only the beginning of course, folks. we really haven t had any winter until now. meteorologist maria molina joins us in the fox news weather center. hey maria. good to see you. we re seeing cold temperatures across the midwest and great lakes. we re seeing mild temperatures across the last weeks and months. finally back to reality. it is january.
someone with you, so if something does happen you have someone to help you. kelly: that is a very good point. we ll go through some of those issues right now, those cold weather health tips because i know in my old neighborhood where i used to live in hagerstown, maryland, this time of year when it would snow all the neighbors would come out and we would help each other shovel the snow or use snowblowers. there is always that added help. as we go through this is very important to do, right, these tips here, taking frequent breaks? it certainly is because you just don t want to put undo stress on the heart particularly if you have high blood pressure or known corn nary artery disease. you could really precipitate an event. these events can be devastating particularly if there is no one around to help you. kelly: earlier we said don t shovel, but push it as you shovel it, push it along as opposed to lift it that causes more exertion. another thing is chl, you shouldn t drink alcohol if
she worked herself a very nice pepsi deal. gregg: if she likes pepsi i like pepsi. she likes anything i like anything. martha: i don t have the pull she does. gregg: a winter wallop. folks digging out after a massive storm system that dump 16 inches of sco in the upper midwest. skiers are very thrilled. get out your wax, edge them up. businesses love selling shovels, ice melt and snowblowers. tom good to see you. has the novelty in the biggest storm in last couple of years begun to wear off? reporter: well i don t think it has worn off, gregg, on the kids. they love to go outside. they are sledding every afternoon every chance. certainly worn off on these folks. these drivers are heading eastbound into downtown minneapolis and st. paul. icy and slippery and as you can see another slow commute.
see more than a foot of the white stuff. that s actually especially troubling because the trees are not ready at all for this. the trees, still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow, high winds. those are the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. we ll have in-depth coverage of the storm with meteorologist chad myers and jacqui jeras in just a few moments. the florida highway patrol arrested a driver accused of going 120 miles per hour. that driver, a miami police officer. the highway patrol says the miami officer was on his way to a second job when he was pulled over and that he was arrested at gunpoint after ignoring multiple warnings to stop. and wikileaks founder julian assange could learn next week whether he will be extradited to sweden. assange deanalyze the accusations saying they are an attempt to smear him because of his work as head of wikileaks which has published confidential u.s. diplo
car. took her about four hours, we still don t know what happened to the shovel. this could be a good war of the roses type thing. a $10 shovel. do you have to go that crazy? bury her car? it s the principle. the if the shovel was free, there s a principle involved. bring the shovel back. rob marciano s in the extreme weather center. i love the fact that he s a sales cameraman. he taped himself doing the entire thing. clearly he s got his place rigged with security cameras for just such an offense. the squirrels better watch out in that area. you never know. there are delicacies or intrick sees with using a shovel. a shovel will get your car out, but a snowblower s not going to have that agility. i can see why he d be upset and taking necessary precautions or rheetributions after that. 40 in new york, 12 in chicago. the snow from the blizzard sticking around. over 50 inches of snow for the fourth year in a row in chicago. snow shovels and snowblowers in high demand, n