right now wbtv s 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 don t 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 won t 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 t
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, we re nine days awa
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 week s 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. we ll 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 first-alert weather team it is a mother in landis facing charges after investigators say her 20-month-old child overdosed on pills. that child was rushed to the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. 26-year-ol
the forecast by downloading the free weather app. a local mom faces charges after her 20 mold old daughter overdosed while in the bed next to here. a friend found shannon clement and her baby girl was unconscious. the 9-1-1 call was released. we will warn you it is difficult to understand. tell me exactly what happened? i don t know we come here and the mom was sleeping and the baby [inaudible] what do you mean sucking air? difficulty breathing. yes. david whisenant has been following this story and is live from salisbury. i understand you spoke with friends of the mother who are defending her. do we know what happened? well, at least police are telling us what they believe happened. they say that shannon the mother was in bed with her daughter and fell asleep the girl picked up the pills and ate like they were candy. the next-door neighbor said it was a terrifying scene when police showed up at 416 south wednesday. they walked out the front door one of the me
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 up-to-date 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 that s 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 hit-a