YESTERDAY'S STORM
LEAVING BEHIND SOME
BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS IN
SOME AREAS--
SKY DRONE 12 CAPTURED
THIS IMAGE OF THE SNOW
COVERED TREES IN
SCITUATE.
(MM)
AS THE CLEANUP
CONTINUES--
WE'RE HEARING FROM
PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE
HARDEST HIT AREAS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH--
CONTINUES OUR LIVE
PINPOINT WEATHER TEAM
COVERAGE NOW--
FROM NORTH SMITHFIELD.
(KW)
WE ARE LIVE IN NORTH
SMITHFIELD AT
SLATERSVILLE RESERVOIR
- WHICH HAS THAWED
OUT.
WE CHOSE THIS PLACE TO
SHOW YOU WHAT WEVE
EXPERIENCED TODAY -
DESPITE REPORTS OF 13
INCHES OF SNOW IN NEXT
DOOR BURRILVILLE AND 8
INCHES HERE - THE
WARMER TEMPERATURES
HAVE HELPED MELT MUCH
OF IT THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
A UTILITY POLE SNAPPED IN
HALF ALONG BRONCO HIGHWAY
IN BURRILLVILLE SERVES AS A
RED FLAG SIGNALING ANY
NATIONAL GRID TRUCK PASSING
BY TO STOP AT BILL ANDREWS
HOUSE.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T COME.
IN ALMOST A WEEK.
HE'S HAD TO RELY ON A
GENERATOR.
"It has run except for four
hours
since last Friday at 3:30 in the
afternoon. I keep running down
the
gas station and getting gas."
AN EXPENSIVE WEEK FOR BILL -
AND NO ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN
POWER WILL BE RESTORED AT
HIS HOUSE.
-NATS OF SNOW FALLING-
WEDNESDAY'S HEAVY WET
SNOW WEIGHED DOWN ON
TREES ALREADY VULNERABLE
FROM LAST FRIDAY'S
NOREASTER.
-NATS OF CUTTING TREES-
CREWS - EXHAUSTED -
WORKED NONSTOP TO CLEAR
THE LINES AND KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON FOR AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
-NATS OF SHOVELING-
DOWN THE COUNTRY ROADS -
RESIDENTS COMPETED WITH
THE SUN AS TO WHO COULD
CLEAR THE SNOW FASTER.
AS THEY SHOVELED THE HEAVY
WET SNOW - PEOPLE DODGED
EVEN HEAVIER WET SNOW
CHUNKS MELTING FROM THE
TREES.
: "Everything stuck up in the
trees is
coming down because I assume
we're above freezing temperature
now so it's just going to be
coming
down so I assume I could shovel
all
day if I had the time."
OFFICIAL REPORTS RECORDED
13 INCHES OF SNOW IN
BURRILLVILLE - BUT THAT TOTAL
WAS BEFORE SUNRISE - AND BY
LATE MORNING - ALL BUT A FEW
INCHES REMAINED.
A BIT MORE THAN THAT
LINGERED ON BISHOP HILL
ROAD IN JOHNSTON - BUT
PUDDLES IN THE ROAD -
INDICATED A THAW OUT THERE
AS WELL.
(KW)
SEVERAL TOWNS IN
NORTHERN RHODE
ISLAND CANCELED
SCHOOL TODAY.
BUT THE SNOW HASN'T
BEEN A SETBACK FOR
EVERYONE.
NEW AT 6 - HEAR FROM A
UNIQUE GYM BENEFITING
FROM THIS WEATHER.
LIVE IN NORTH
SMITHFIELD, I'M KAIT
(HE)
FIRST AT SIX --- WE'RE
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS
AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL
START OF SPRING --- BUT
MANY RHODE ISLANDERS
PROBABLY FELT LIKE WE
WERE STILL IN THE DEAD
OF WINTER THIS
MORNING.
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THE SECOND BIG STORM
IN LESS THAN A WEEK
BROUGHT---- SNOW WITH
IT THIS TIME ---
SKY DRONE 12 OVER
FOSTER EARLIER TODAY ---
SHOWING SCENES MOST
PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE
AROUND CHRISTMAS, NOT
NECESSARILY IN MID
MARCH.
(HE)
AND THIS HEAVY SNOW
HAS CAUSED PLENTY OF
PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE TONIGHT,
BEGGINING WITH
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH.
WE ARE LIVE AT
SLATERSVILLE RESERVOIR
IN NORTH SMITHFIELD
WHERE BEHIND ME IT
LOOKS LIKE SPRING.
AROUND ME - SNOW IS
PUDDLING - AS THE LATE
WINTER WARMTH MELTS
MUCH OF WHAT FELL
OVERNIGHT.
HEAVY.
-NATS OF SHOVELING.-
WET.
-NATS OF SNOW FALLING.-
SNOW.
-NATS OF SHOVELING-
THE BACK BREAKING KIND.
THE KIND SO HEAVY -
VULNERABLE TREES SNAPPED
UNDER THE LOAD - CAUSING
POWER OUTAGES IN
BURRILLVILLE.
"No power..."
THE KIND SO WET - IT ALSO
MELTED QUICKLY IN THE MID-
MARCH SUN.
OFFICIAL SNOW REPORTS
RECORDED 13 INCHES IN
BURRILLVILLE - BUT AFTER
SUNRISE - AND TEMPERATURES
REACHING 40 - ONLY A FEW
INCHES REMAINED BY MID-
MORNING.
A WORKOUT FOR
HOMEOWNERS PUSHING THE
SNOW AS IT DROPPED IN HEAVY
- PAINFUL - CHUNKS FROM THE
TREES.
"It's quite a workout."
BUT THE SNOW - AND RAIN -
HAVE MEANT MORE BUSINESS
FOR ONE GYM - SPECIALIZING IN
CYCLING.
"When people can't go outside."
A POSITIVE SPIN ON AN
OTHERWISE DREARY WEEK OF
WEATHER.
THIS WEATHER OF
COURSE DIDNT COME AT
THE BEST TIME - SEVERAL
SCHOOLS WERE
CANCELED FOR TODAY AS
TOWNS STILL TRY TO
CLEAN UP FROM LAST
FRIDAY'S NOREASTER.
LIVE IN NORTH
SMITHFIELD, I'M KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.