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Certainly a mess out there.

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And our big problem--

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a lot of times, we get snow,[br]and the temperature sometimes

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will even go up[br]after the snow ends.

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But, in this[br]particular case, we're

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going to stay well[br]below freezing.

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So it's almost like a tundra[br]out there with respect

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to the temperatures and the[br]air mass, extremely cold.

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We've got one of those[br]dry, powdery snows.

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And as it settles on[br]some of these roadways,

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we're getting the ice[br]that's developing.

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And it will probably stay[br]there for quite a while.

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A lot of folks, they just need[br]help out there on the roads.

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Right.

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And I'm not sure that that[br]help is coming anytime soon.

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Just be careful.

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Take care of each[br]other out there.

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You were just talking[br]to your husband.

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Yeah.

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We had been kind of telling[br]you, we're here with you.

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My husband's in traffic[br]trying to get to our son.

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My son texted me that[br]they were starting

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to serve lunches at their school[br]because the kids are stuck.

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Their parents can't get to them.

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And my husband said[br]he had picked up

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a couple of parents who had[br]gotten out of their cars who

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had gotten stuck too.

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So it is happening[br]all over the place.

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I mean, we haven't seen the[br]northern band really fizzle

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much.

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It just keeps re-intensifying.

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So if we can go to our[br]VIPIR, we can see the radar,

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and we can see the[br]temperatures overlaid.

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You can see it's[br]definitely cold enough

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for this to continue to stick.

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And we've seen the one intense[br]band that moved through.

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We were out interviewing Bart[br]Starr, the former great NFL

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quarterback with the[br]Green Bay Packers,

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about an upcoming interview[br]for "Good Day Alabama."

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And so, now, all of a[br]sudden, the snow comes down,

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and you see what 280 looks[br]like going eastbound.

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A lot of people, like[br]this young lady here--

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maybe you can see way down[br]there, far side of the--

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in the middle of[br]the road there--

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Kerry Nivens, if you can see[br]that-- people have abandoned

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their cars at this point, just[br]getting up, losing patience,

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and realizing they're not[br]going to get anywhere.

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So they've now[br]abandoned their cars,

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and they are going on foot.

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We see a lot of people do[br]that up and down this road.

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We've seen a couple of[br]fender-benders here.

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Luckily, there was nothing--

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--cars, I mean, move over here[br]to the side, and cars trying

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to get back on Lakeshore.

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A lot of these cars have been[br]turning around in front of me.

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So I'm not sure what's[br]ahead of me exactly.

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But I've been on the road[br]for about 30 minutes,

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and I've gone less than a mile.

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I'm at the Jefferson County[br]Emergency Management Agency.

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What I'm hearing from people[br]downstairs is, a big problem.

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County and city[br]sand crews are out.

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They're trying to get to[br]those roadways that need sand.

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But cars are jamming[br]the roadways.

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They can't go down those[br]roads because vehicles

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have jammed them up.

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Authorities are out trying[br]to move the vehicles off

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so the sand trucks[br]can do their job.

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But it is a tedious[br]process right now.

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And they're doing what they can.

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People are being[br]asked to be patient.

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If you're out--

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--enjoy themselves.

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Let's get an update now.

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Let's go to Britton Lynn.

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She has been looking at[br]the traffic conditions.

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We know it's a mess, but[br]she has specifics for us.

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Yeah.

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And this is a look.

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I'm just going to take us[br]through a few cameras real

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quick and try to tell you what[br]I know as fast as possible.

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Red Mountain Expressway[br]at University

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continuing to look the same.

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It is not moving.

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And I'm surprised I'm[br]even seeing cars--

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this is the[br]southbound by the way.

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But I'm surprised I'm[br]even seeing cars over here

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in the northbound lanes.

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I've barely seen any.

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It is very, very[br]slick right here,

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Red Mountain[br]Expressway northbound.

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I've been watching cars[br]slide off the roadway.

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Got a lot of black[br]ice in this area

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you really want[br]to watch out for.

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Another spot, this is[br]I-65 at Alford Avenue.

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I haven't seen a car come[br]through in the past 30 minutes.

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I've been just sitting,[br]watching this camera.

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At one point, there was[br]a jackknifed 18-wheeler

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in front of here.

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I've seen dozens[br]of people walking.

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I've never seen so[br]many cars stranded.

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So this is I-65 northbound.

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You cannot get on I-65[br]northbound right--

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The neurosurgeon at Trinity[br]Medical Center, Dr. Zenko

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Hrynkiw--

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hope I said that right, Doctor--

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he walked six miles yesterday.

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He got a call when he[br]was at Brookwood Medical

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Center about a[br]patient at Trinity

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who had a brain hemorrhage.

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He started to drive to[br]Trinity Medical Center.

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Couldn't get there.

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Roads were all[br]messed up, obviously.

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So he just left his car--

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hoped it wouldn't[br]get towed away--

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and he hiked it.

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He walked about six miles over[br]to Trinity Medical Center,

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did the surgery.

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And the surgery, from what[br]I understand, went well.