Right now wbtvs Ashton Pellom is live and on your side with simple ways to protect your home when it is below freezing. Reporter good morning, christine. These are common sense, they can cost hundreds of thousands of damage to your home if you dont do them. We spoke with experts over at michael son, they want to tell to you let the faucets drip, especially on the outside wall. Also leave cabinets open in your home the warm air cancer can you late and the pipes wont freeze. Garden hoses should not be connected to the faucets. Experts tell us that is the no. 1 device that will freeze and cause an issue. Get out there and disconnect those hoses and lastly, experts say if disaster occurs, you need to know where your emergency shut off valve is, that is important. These tips can help you protect reporting live in uptown share, Ashton Pellom, wbtv on your side. Christine you can track the next round of Winter Weather any time using the smart phones, very handy download the wbtv weather app.
Good information here. Reporter good morning, john. Yeah, a lot of these things are common sense but we spoke with experts at michael son, they say people forget to do it all time and ends up costs thousands of damage to the home. Get right to it, the folks at michael son tell us you should let the faucets drip if they are on an outside wall. Also leave your cabinets open so the warm air cancer can can circulate. Garden hosts should not be connected to the faucets. This is the no. 1 device that will freeze and cause an issue. Get out there and disconnect the hoses. Lastly, if a disaster does happen, know where the main shut off valve is to your home, that way all the tips put together you can protect yourself until below freezing weather. Reporting live in uptown charlotte, Ashton Pellom, wbtv on your side. John wherever you plan to go weather app with you. You can check the forecast right on your mobile device. Christine now to campaign 2016, were nine days away from the republican pr
But ran out of time and manpower to get the job completely done by the third day. The School District is still unsure tonight what will or if any changes will be made to address next weeks storm. Cms hired contractors to help with the removal of snow and ice and custodians they are responsible for making sure schools are clear and safe for students and staff to use. Now, cms is monitoring the weather and tells me that at the appropriate time, it will make those decisions that are needed. And the School District tells me that those decisions will be based on making sure students and staff are safe. Well let you know what cms decides. Dedrick russell wbtv on your side. Now is the time to download the weather app so you can track the winter storm with the Firstalert Weather Team it is a mother in landis facing charges after investigators say her 20monthold child overdosed on pills. That child was rushed to the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. 26yearold Shannon Clement cha
Staying busy it is not bad. If they see a major weather event on monday it could cut into the number of people driving from charlotte, hickory and even morganton. Road crew say they have the roads clear and there is nothing to worry about. Stay uptodate on the wbtv first alert weather app. Go to wbtv. Com closings to get updates on school and business closings because of the weather. Maureen we have breaking news out of cabarrus county. Authorities need your help. They want to find this man who is accused of statutory rape involving a child. His name is gregory powers, junior. We are told he liviv in harrisburg, but he left the area on tuesday and could be in the charlotte area or headed to south carolina. He is driving a 2011 white plate hhrls and thats the tripe of truck i should say and the tag is tvw2126. If you have seen this man and recognize his face, make sure to call the maureen new on primetime we now know the name of the driver sought for a deadly hitandrun on i h of 77 that
To the north and as it pushes to the north if our temperatures stay below the freezing mark in mecklenberg county and union county we could have another wave of freezing rain. Theres more rain where that came from. The heavier rain has not gotten here yet that is good timing the light rain out of the way and the colder temperatures here comes the heavier rain during the overnight period but im glad to say the temperatures will be going up. Heading down after the sunsets temperatures going up just a tad around the freezing mark by 6 30. Going up, upper 30s by 10 30 in the 40s by tomorrow morning when that heavy rain moves through it should not be frozen. More on the forecast and when we see things clear up in a little bit. Thank you. We are monitoring conditions from throughout the wbtv viewing area. Lincoln county had a slippery start to the day and where we find sharon smith live now. What are the latest conditions like . Been a misty mix and we are getting tiny snowflakes. I dont kno