hello again, i am jeff barnd. and i am jennifer gilbert. we knew the snow was coming. but as far as the timing. it was a perfect storm for disaster. absolutely. chief meteorologist vytas reid is in the sky watch center tracking the snow, and so far the totals. karen parks is live in north baltimore where roads are shut down. gridlock was a huge issue. but first keith daniels in belair where the most snow is expected. live at baltimore pike and kenmore avenue. snow has stopped here. few flurries falling. people that live in harford county have seen about 9 inches. when you think of weather like this, you think about driving conditions. there is a plow truck right now. the road conditions, roads are covered. crews were out, rolling through with plow trucks. busy. and people that live here, have been busy too. now, some people spent the day digging their way out of snow from round one. including one man that is making room in his front yard for his pickup truck. they
in icy glaze, is the welcome mat for any boater on this cold january day. there is a frozen tundra along the water s edge. and ice midstream up ahead. a solid mess. all through the channel. the boat, av sandusky is out breaking up the ice on tributaries around the chesapeake bay. the weight of the boat is used to breakup solid mass. if it is really thick, you know, the vessel won t really plow through it. what happens is it rides up on top of the ice, and the weight of the vessel pushes through. it is a tedious process. sometimes through narrow channels. sometimes, for some reason, it is like really hard to storm you will use a lot of rutter. job is essential. up middle river this year, 4 inches or better of ice up there. in years past the powerful boat has been able to break-thru ice 12 inches thick. that s what she is built for. you get in shallow water work, and that kind of thing. doesn t move fast. eight knots. but it is strong. on the eastern sho