obviously perry, we re not going to get storm surge here however that doesn t mean it won t be dangerous and as we get this wind hitting me right now, the concern here in perry will be the wind speed, and, again, it s expected to really deteriorate here, the conditions over the coming hours or so. willie, yesterday the authorities here as they have in other parts of florida have said if people did not evacuate once the winds reach 45 miles an hour here, they re just not going to be able to help them. they had to close an emergency shelter here. they made that decision actually bused residents to a nearby county because they had to impose a curfew here worried about these conditions, so, again, the latest here in perry is that we re starting to see the power flicker on and off in parts of this area. the wind is really starting in the last 20 minutes or so to pick up here. we re getting pelted with rain and we expect potentially we see the power lines swaying over there. we re a safe dis
the cable which measures over a mile and is a substantial cable is dragging against the ground and is picking up and interfering with power lines, everything in its path and if you had power flicker and go out, well, that s the worst possible scenario that this thing is doing across the countryside. and one more thing, whoever this student was who was looking out the window he needs to be commended for looking out the window. i tried it for years and never saw anything that exciting but that s pretty fantastic that he spotted this. zachary boyd should get some credit for that. well, thank you for calling in and sharing what you witnessed. so we have an eyewitness account from a teacher in the state of pennsylvania who said not only did they look up and see it but it was visibly dragging its cable. tom costello, and taking out the
over, and people have been sliding continuously. now, last night, several people had to abandon their cars, because they simply couldn t get through some of the roads. there was just total gridlock, because clouds had not been able to come through, and the other issue, as you mentioned, are power outages. with all that ice, if you look at the power line, the ice is accumulating up there, and can you can see it on the trees. where we ve been we have seen power flicker and transformers making noises clout t s through morning. roads only plowed once because it s been extremely difficult to get out on to the roadways. just a very, very icy situation here. this is a tleed would taroad th you right into the parking lots here. a very dangerous situation. chris, back to you. beankhia, thank you for the reporting. ice more of a problem than snow. linging it in the d.c. area,