wednesday or thursday, maybe beyond. three inches potentially in the next 48 hours to seven inches up farther to the east and of course in the mountains, that s where we ve seen lralready seen tremendous amount. nine feet of snow. alpine meadows, 53 inches. this is great powder but they had a wind gust over 160 miles an hour. so you re not skiing up there. that s high avalanche danger as well. those are the issues that we re seeing right now with this storm. it encompasses the western half of the country and getting into the colorado rockies, also beginning to stretch into minnesota and minneapolis, you ll see three to six inches of snow tonight. that is on top of a very frozen field where they are playing monday night football. a little bit of snow across eastern massachusetts. that shouldn t be bad. the eastern half of the country for the most part i think clear skies tonight. we have a lunar eclipse. that s right.
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there s maybe blend. you ve got to have your faith in country, but also some say don t do too much, but find that little balance. one other thing, too, about this research in the 30s, generally, it was middle to upper class white men who were the ones answering this poll. you may have gotten a different answer if you talked to the women of that era. of course. thanks. 10:30 on the east coast. here are some stories ahead. tensions subsiding finally on the korean peninsula after a military drill failed to draw a response. pyonyang says there s no reason to retaliate. also this morning, much of the west coast reeling from a massive winter-like storm. the effects range from several feet of snow in the northern elevations to heavy rain in southern california. there s a big development in
views. ocean view boulevard, not so nice today. the entire western half of the country pretty much in this thing. you get less in the way of wind. decent amounts of snow, but here in parts of california, when you ve got flow that s coming straight in like that, and just banging up to the sierra nevadas, you re just getting hammered. that s nine feet at mammoth lakes. five or six feet in alpine meadows. category 5 wind gusts in some areas. we ve got serious problems now. pch near malibu has been shut down in spots because of a rock