Reporter yes, thats right. I have his gloves on. And doug said it. Even if youre bundled up the way i am, it still goes right through you. Were by the clarenden metro station. When people get off they are moving quickly because it is dangerously cold. Im the one going to freeds out here. They told me it was going to be below 10 tonight. How am i going to survive out here . Reporter kevin waters said he might sleep on the street in arlington tonight. He told us nearby shelters were full. We called and they said theyd look for kevin because they never turn people away. The lady brought me two blankets, small blankets right here. Its hard, you know what i mean . It is real hard out here. Reporter wind chills are near 0 and falling dangerously. Im really from up north, boston, and this feels like boston. This feels like boston, yeah, its that cold. Yeah, this is boston cold. Reporter deborah greenfield positive this is just too cold for arlington. Because its just to the bone. It cuts thro
Night if not colder. I think tonight will be colder. We have a wind chill advisory in effect now until noon tomorrow. The wind chill will be between 5 and 15 below 0. Well be tracking it as we move through. So cold tonight, continuing right on through tomorrow, but heres the good news. We could circle that right there. Much warmer next week. Well be able to thaw out for at least a little while. Much more on that coverage and including another wintry storm coming up on monday. See you in minutes. So, there is reason for hope. Thank you, doug. Team and coverage of the cold takes us to arlington tonight. We found people there wearing layers of scarves, layers of coats, even face masks to try to keep warm in this cold. News4s Kristin Wright joins us now. Kristin, i heard you say earlier you were wearing your photographers gloves to stay warm . Reporter i am. I did bring my gloves. They just werent warm enough. So, these ones are nice and toasty because youre going to need it. All this even
See some ice on area roads and sidewalks especially. So, were going to have much more on this. Were going to take you hour by hour. Something we havent seen in close to three weeks, guys. Were going to like this one. Boy, all right. Might be flipflop weather. Lots of schools in our area decided to let the kids out early so they could get home safely. Big changes today and perhaps tomorrow morning. News4s amee cho continues our Team Coverage now in aspen hill. She talked to parents and administrators about the days tough call. Hey, amee. Reporter hi, jim and wendy. It was tough because they had to make that call early in the morning when they still werent sure what was going to happen. Its looking okay out here. It was sleeting a little bit on and off earlier. Roads are looking good. We did see a lot of early school closures. As you can imagine that made for some very happy kids and their parents took the news in stride, too. As buses loaded up and kids headed home, one student had a ve
In dulles. These are some of the areas we have had issues with around the south, ashburn, sterling, ive seen a lot of reports about herndon. Ive seen ice and spots over towards gaithersburg. Up towards frederick county. Once again, ice is going to be a big issue especially on the secondary roads, sidewalks and on the driveways. Remember that, guys. Much more on this. Ill see you back here in about ten minutes. Okay, doug, thank you. Our Team Coverage continues with the difficult decision for School Superintendents today. Many made the move to close school early before the weather moved in. That means parents had to make an unexpected trip to gather up their children. News4s amee cho is in aspen hill tonight. Amee, most parents taking it all in stride . Reporter hi, doreen. Yeah, they are. As you take a look behind me, you can see the roads arent that bad right now. That is some good news. And the parents we talked to said they didnt mind the early release. They just want their kids to
Spring tonight. This is tough news for employees and also the residents of Silver Spring there. Reporter absolutely, jim and pat. Discovery employees tell me that they just got the news at a town hall meeting midday, and they say they are still trying to take it in, absorb it and figure out what it means to them individually. For some, they will be required to relocate. One employee told me Discovery Communications is a great place to work. It has been a good run. Many of the 1300 employees of Discovery Communications cross Georgia Avenue to get lunch daily. Theyre a big part of the economic engine that has revitalized downtown Silver Spring. But theres now concern over what will happen when these discovery employees are transferred elsewhere. Suspect that some of restaurants will lose a significant amount of market share. Every time i come down here, i see, like, employees from the discovery building come to get lunch and stuff like that. Now its going to be a little bit slow. Reporte