Storms track. Robert ray is in atlanta with the impact on the airports, but were going to begin with diane in pittsburgh with a look at how the storm is effecting the roads. And diane, based on what im seeing, those roads are slick. Yeah, snow continues to come down. It has been coming down for hours now. There is probably between two and three inches of snow on the ground here. We were talking about people earlier, and they were not plussed by all of in. In 1950 the pittsburgh area saw 2. 5 feet of snow. It is predicted this area will get about a foot of snow. It should be over by tomorrow night. At least thats what everybody is hoping. Including this woman. I have a lot of people coming in from columbus, but they are not driving until thursday, and i think the weather will be fine then. Reporter now the Pennsylvania Department of transportation has road crews out working 12hour shifts. So far there havent been any major accidents. We were looking around to ohio the next door neighbor
Could be facing a very long trip. A huge winter storm is causing problems in at least 34 states. Aaa estimated more than 43 million beam will travel this holiday weekend. Most travelers are driving, and the storm is having a huge impact on the roads. Robert ray is in atlanta, we will get to him in a moment. We begin with what is happening on the roads. It has been snowing here all day, and the National Weather service predicts by the time the storm blows through, it will have dumped up to a foot of snow on pittsburgh. Pittsburgh greeted the snow storm with plows, salt, shovels, and aceps of humor. Its fun. Its fun. Yes, it is fun. Its pittsburgh weather. The storm that pummeled the mid section, barreled east today, coating highways with a sleet and snow. In washington, icy roads snarled morning traffic. In pennsylvania the department of transportation put road crews on 12 hour shifts to keep highways clear for Holiday Travelers. The sidewalks were bad. The week of thank giving is tradi