NCDOT to brine more highways, bridges
SHOWING THE PROBABILITIES FOR 1
, THREE, AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
THE D.O.T.
SURE IS BUSY TODAY.
ADAM OWENS IS IN RALEIGH AND HE
HAS MORE ON THAT.
ADAM.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE PREPARING
THE TRUCKS AT THE D.O.T.
YARD IN RALEIGH.
THEY ARE GETTING THE BRINE
READY IN THE SALT READY AS
WELL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TRUCKS
THERE.
I JUST SPOKE TO AN ENGINEER
HERE AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT
AS THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW
FORECAST, THEY ARE REVISING
THEIR ATTACK.
THEY WERE JUST GOING TO HIT THE
BRIDGES AND SOME OF THE AREAS
THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY SLICK
BUT NOW THEY ARE GOING TO
EXPAND WHAT THEY ARE WORKING
ON.
THEY ARE GOING TO HIT A LOT OF
THOSE MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND
THOROUGHFARES.
SNOW CAN CAUSE A LOT OF
HEADACHES IN THE AREA.
IT IS A GREAT FORECAST IF YOU
ARE A HARDWARE STORE.
WE VISITED HUDSON'S HARDWARE
STORE EARLIER TODAY.
THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF BAGS OF
SALT AND ICEMELT.
THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE
FRONT DOOR SO CUSTOMERS CAN'T
MISS THEM.
AND SALES ARE PICKING UP.
CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO INTERESTED
IN'S SHOVELS AND SLEDS.
IF THE EXPECTED AMOUNTS GO UP,
THEY WILL BRING IN MORE
PRODUCT.
WHEN IT DOES GET SNOW, YOU
DON'T SELL MUCH ELSE.
EVERYTHING ELSE SHUTS DOWN.
AND AT HUDSON'S HARDWARE, THEY
KNOW A LOT OF US ARE
PROCRASTINATORS.
THEY EXPECT THE BIG RUSH TO
HAPPEN SOME TOMORROW. BACK TO