Holidays. However, Fairfax County fire and rescue, they are asking that you prepare for the cold now. Fairfax county Fire Fighters showing you some of their cold weather gear. Their focus as temperatures drop, staying dry. Cold and wet is a bad combination. Reporter these crews are the ones that respond to local medical emergencies. They know how bad it can get. When situations worsen, if you get stranded somewhere and youre not prepared, you know if you dont have a bag with extra mittens, extra gloves, extra sweatshirts, blankets, things like that. Be ready for the elements. Reporter meantime inside, fire station 11 along route 1, Community Volunteers and Fire Fighters rushing to get these coats out the door. The need this year was much bigger than it was last year. Reporter in october they handed out about 2,500 coats to kids. But teachers recently noticing the growing need and local businesses and Fire Fighters delivered. We try to have a good supply but this operation here is key f
Southeast. It freezes in a freeze but right now its completely iced over. We found out that the city is well aware of the problem. Everyone from d. C. Water officials to mayor bowsers office themselves. They have been contacted about the problem and nothing has been done. The people here want one thing. It cant be a spring that runs water. If it was a spring the water wouldnt come so much. We are not doing anything with it. We have no means of anything like with it. Somebody has to be responsible. Q is live look at the flowing a live look at if flowing water. It doesnt stop. I contacted the city and they told me they sent an inspector out here and they are wor out where the water is coming from. No one complains about having extremely high water bill. We will let you know what they find out. That is the latest in southeast d. C. Im q mccray for news news. Michelle thank you. They are pretreating the roads for snow overnight. Chief meteorologist bill kelly is tracking the alert. Bill we
Summer. Sheena parveen is standing by in the weather center. Its 11 00, fall officially starts at 4 02, i guess five hours and two minutes. Start counting down, pat, fall will be here this afternoon. If you like summer still, it will still feel like summer. We have a lot of clouds around. Overcast skies currently, all from whats left of jose, still spinning off the new england coastline. That storm does not want to move out to sea just yet. But its 80 degrees already, so it will stay warm as we go through the day today. Yesterday, jose was a Tropical Storm. Now its just a remnant low. But it is still managing to bring us clouds. We dont expect rain from it, but clouds will be with us, more sunshine as we go through the afternoon. If youre exercising today, well be around 86 degrees by 4 00 p. M. By 7 00 p. M. , 81 degrees. Hurricane irma is around the turks and caicos. Ill show you the new track of this and our weekend forecast, pat. All right, sheena. More now on the fallout f maria.
Home. She was in sierra leone working with doctors without borders. When she arrived back to the u. S. , now hickox says she is not a risk to the public. She doesnt have any symptoms of ebola. She tested negative for ebola. She believes being forced into quarantine would violate her civil rights. Theres no legal action against me so im free to go on a bike ride in my hometown. What is the s court order . I dont know. The issue with that court order is a judge would have to determine that hickox poses an Immediate Public Health risk in order to issue that order. Well be watching today to see what happens at court regarding this. As you can see, hickox now back home. Thats the latest here from the live desk. Barbara. All right, thank you so much. The man in charge of the governments response to the ebola crisis in atlanta is in atlanta today. Ron klain will get an update at the centers for disease contro some have criticized klain for keeping a low profile since he was appointed ebola cz
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