the blue is where it s snowing very hard. we re talking 2 to 3 inches an hour. we ve had reports of thundersnow. literally it s lightning and snowing at the same time. connecticut, rhode island, and some spots of massachusetts. now long island is just a mess. i ve heard reports of 6 inches of snow, and an inch of sleet on top of it. and now we have snow and rain and sleet. long island is a miserable place right now, with the high winds and the crazy mixture of winter precipitation. and it s not fun right now in boston either. winds are now up to 50 miles an hour. same with newport. martha s vineyard, vineyard haven, all the same. eastern mass is where most of the power outages in rhode island are going to occur. already a foot of snow on the ground in many locations of rhode island. we re going to add another foot probably in the next six to eight hours. i think the one good thing when most of us wake up tomorrow morning, it will be over with. hopefully the plow crews by about noon can
come down, once those poles come down, you re going to have to remove all this snow before you can get in there and do some of the repairs. so it s kind of a twofold problem here. and unfortunately one that they ve warned people once you do lose power, especially if it s a severe case, it s going to be probably a week before you get that power back on, even though there are many crews on standby to get in there and help with the situation. the problem again, though, is to get the snow out of the way first. then we can get in on some of these roads and obviously get these power poles back up and the power lines back up. we ll see how that situation mounts tonight. the good news is here it is at nightfall on a friday night. most people are off the roads. the airports, even though they re not closed, are literally shut down as well. so we got mostly everybody that we needed to get out of harm s way. and now we have to hunker down and ride this thing out. it s going to be a long night, and
control. we re talking still the potential, someone from boston to providence has a chance of 30 inches of snow. and melissa, the highest they ve ever had is 27.2 inches. this is going to be top 10, top 5, who nose, maybe even number one by the time it s all said and done. i know obviously a lot of the governors have been making the decision to get cars off the road. what is the primary danger other than the traffic danger that is faced for residents in these areas? unfortunately, there is always some knuckleheads that are going to go out there on the roads when everyone has been told to stay off of them. now it s snowing up to about 3 inch answer hour. this is where the cars get stuck. it snowed so hard, the plows can t keep up with it. and then you re in the middle of some interstate, in the middle of nowhere, and you have to call the rescuers to come get you and you ll be stuck for 12 hours. there will probably be hundreds of people stuck tonight. i m sure they minimized it, but
rnc chairman reince priebus tries to diversify his part in the same his his predecessor did moving to take away a constitutional right. all that is coming up, yes, beyonce. but when begin tonight with the massive storm that is battling the northeastern region of the country. at this hour, a state of emergency has been declared by the governance new york, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine, and new hampshire. residents in all six of those states are now facing what is shaping up to be a winter blizzard of historic proportions. at this point some of the heaviest snowfall is expected in the boston area, where forecasters are warning about the possibility of more than 2 feet of snow. massachusetts governor deval patrick banned all traffic from the roads after 4:00 p.m. tennessee today that is the first travel ban of that kind in more than three decades. and some shoreline residents in massachusetts have been asked to