Snow falling pretty good in Durham
THERE IS A HANDFUL OF DELAYS.
>> MARK, THANK.
YOU.
>>> SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING FOR A
FEW HOURS NOW IN DURHAM.
>> JOINING US LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN WITH THE SITUATION
THERE.
I SEE THE BULL BEHIND YOU.
A BIT MORE SNOW ON THE BULL WE
SAW AN HOUR AGO.
>> DAVID, YES.
THERE HAS BEEN A NOTABLE
DIFFERENCE IN ACCUMULATION
SINCE I CHECKED IN WITH YOU ALL
AN HOUR AGO.
THE BULL HERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD
INDICATER OF THAT.
HE NOW HAS A NICE FURRY COAT ON
TOP OF HIM.
AND WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A
DIFFERENCE OUT HERE ON THE
ROAD.
SO THIS IS THE PLAZA.
OF COURSE OF COURSE, WE IN
DOWNTOWN DURHAM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROADS, YOU
CAN SEE THEY ARE COVERED IN
SLUSH.
IT APPEARS AT THIS POINT IT HAS
NOT BEEN CAUSING ANY ISSUES FOR
DRIVERS.
CERTAINLY, THESE ARE THE KINDS
OF CONDITIONS IN WHICH DRIVERS
WILL WANT TO TAKE IT A LITTLE
MORE SLOWLY LIKE THIS PERSON IS
RIGHT HERE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE
OUT AND ABOUT HERE IN DOWNTOWN
DURHAM.
IT HAS JUST BEEN SO LONG SINCE
WE HAVE SEEN SNOW HERE THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WE TALKED TO ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
IT IS SNOWING.
THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE I LIVED
THAT HAS ACTUALLY SNOWED.
>> I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE THE CITY IN A WHOLE NEW
WAY.
THAT IS A POSITIVE THING.
>> AND I CHECKED IN WITH THE
CITY ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY
ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO
GET READY FOR THIS WEATHER, AND
THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN
ICING THE SIDEWALKS.
SORRY.
THEY HAVE BEEN SALTING THE
SIDEWALKS IN PREPARATION TO TRY
TO COUNTER ANY ICE THAT MAY
FORM.
THEY DO HAVE PLOWS OUT READY TO
GO AS THEY ARE NEEDED.
DAVID?
>> SARAH, THANK YOU.