MORE
MORE ABOUT THE FORECAST AND WHAT TO EXPECT THROUGH THE REST@ OF THE NIGHT.
BUT WE WANT TO GO NOW TO MIKE
SLIPHER WHO IS OUT IN4@ THE SNOW
QUESTIONMARK.
WHAT DO YOU4@ SEE IN MIKE?
MAYBE SOME SNOW4@, MAYBE SOME
RAIN?
IT SEEMS LIKE A MIX IS EVERY
OTHER MINUTE HERE JUST THE MOST@
INTERESTING THING THAT I HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS THE
TRANSITION FROM JUST WET ROADS
TO SLUSHY ROADS WAS SO4@ DRAMATC
.
I MEAN WITHIN NOT EVEN A
QUARTER4@ OF A MILE YOU WENT FRM
ROADS THAT WERE PERFECTLY FINE
TO ROADS THAT WERE SNOW AND
SLUSH COVERED .
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS
VIDEO THAT WE TOOK ON THE DRIVE
OVER IN WESTBROOK RIGHT NOW IN
PORTLAND.
JUST RAIN4@ ROADS A LITTLE SLUSY
BUT REALLY NOT THAT BAD BUT AS
SOON AS YOU MOVED A HALF MILE A
MILE AWAY FROM THE WATER ITSELF
,WE STARTED TO SEE MORE SNOW
GET MIXED IN WHICH MEANS4@ THAT
THE ROADS THEMSELVES BECAME A
BIT MORE DICEY4@ HERE LOCALLY
DEALING WITH SLUSH, DEALING
WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW
ESPECIALLY ON SURFACES LIKE
GRASS.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING
THAT4@ I HAVE4@ LEARNED FROM THS
IS THAT I SHOULD REALLY START
BRINGING MY SNOW GOGGLES WITH
ME BECAUSE THE WIND AND SNOW
COMBINATION DOES NOT FEEL THAT
GREAT ON YOUR EYES.
BUT YOU KNOW, LESSONS LEARNED4@
NEXT STORM I'LL BE MORE
PREPARED.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT UP NORTH
A LITTLE BIT TO MALLORY.
SO MALLORY, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
OH, MIKE, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND
NEEDING THE SKI GOGGLES4@ AND
THERE ARE MANY TIMES BUT WE'RE
HERE IN NORWAY AND WE4@ HAVE JUT
ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF HEAVY WET
SNOW AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S
STILL A SNOW GLOBE OUT HERE.
I HAVE BEEN STANDING OUT
PROBABLY FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES
NOW JUST GETTING THINGS READY
NOT JUST FOR FUN BUT IT'S IT'S
DEFINITELY COMING DOWN.
POWER HAS FLICKERED A LOT.
THANKFULLY WE'VE KEPT IT SO FAR
AND THE TRANSITION TOOK A WHILE@
TO OCCUR SO VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE'RE SEEING ALONG THE
COASTLINE.
BUT OUR TRANSITION4@ WAS ABOUT 1
30 THIS MORNING AND IT HAS
STAYED SNOW SINCE.
HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE
FREEZING AND WE ARE SEEING THE
SNOW.
I CAN HEAR ALL OF THE DRIPS
COMING OFF OF THE ROOF SO WE
KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL4@ SEEING
THOSE TEMPERATURES ABOVE
FREEZING AND THE SNOW IS
ACTUALLY FALLING OFF OF OUR
CARS THAT ARE OUTSIDE TOO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
PILE UP THE SNOW IS EXTREMELY
HEAVY AND WET, EASY SNOWBALLS4@
SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN
WITH THIS LATER ON.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP
THINGS COVERED HERE FROM NORWAY
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
NIGHT.
WE'LL SEND IT UP TO DON UP ON
THE COAST4@.
THANKS VERY MUCH, MALLORY
SITTING IN THE KITCHEN AND GLAD
OF IT.
TONIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
SNOW, HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HERE ON
THE COAST IN SOUTH BRISTOL IT
IS WINDY.
IT'S ABOUT THIRTY SIX DEGREES.
WIND IS HOWLING OUTSIDE
PROBABLY4@ 30 MILES AN HOUR
SUSTAINED I WOULD THINK A LOT
OF NOISE FROM IT AND WE'VE HAD
A LOT OF RAIN.
IT IS REALLY WET HERE4@ SOGGY
GROUND STANDING WATER IN OUR
YARD STREAMS4@ ARE HIGH SOME A
FEW POWER OUTAGES HERE4@ IN
LINCOLN COUNTY, A FEW MORE IN A
COUPLE SURROUNDING COUNTIES BUT
WON'T BE SURPRISED AT ALL IF WE
LOSE POWER.
FRIEND OF MINE IN JEFFERSON
JUST4@ EMAILED TO SAY THEY'VE
LOST POWER.
THAT'S IN THE INLAND PART
OF THE COUNTY WHERE AS OF HALF
AN HOUR AGO IT STILL WASN'T
SNOWING YET4@.
BUT WE SUSPECT AS IT COOLS OFF
IT WILL BE AND WE'LL KEEP OUR
FINGERS4@ CROSSED THAT THE POWER
STAYS WITH US.
WE'LL SEE BACK TO THE STUDIO.
HEY, DON .
ACTUALLY TO ME IN LEWISTON AND
IT IS WINDY AND SNOWY.
IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY WET4@ NOW I
THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE ON
MY JACKET HOW BAD IT IS AND
IT'S P4@RETTY SLUSHY.
WE4@ CAN LOOK AT THE GROUND HERE
AND YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WET
AND SLUSHY AND SLIPPERY SNOW
AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT
OF WATER.
SO DEFINITELY TAKE IT SLOW IF
YOU'RE OUT ON THE ROAD TONIGHT
I WHEN I DROVE HERE I TOOK BACK@
ROADS THAT TOOK ME THAT WAY FOR
SOME REASON AND REALLY SLIPPERY
,REALLY SLICK.
SO BE CAREFUL.
GO SLOW.
I KNOW JESS WAS TALKING ABOUT
SOME POWER OUTAGES AT THE TOP
OF THE SHOW ABOUT 770004@ ACROSS
THE STATE.
THAT'S 75000 WITH SKEMP AND TWO
THOUSAND4@ WITH FIRST LAST CHEC.
I SPOKE T4@O OFFICIALS FROM BOTH
OF THOSE COMPANIES AND THEY ARE
PREPARED TO TAKE CARE4@ OF THE
SNOWFALL.
OFTENTIMES THAT SNOW
COMBINATION WITH THE WITH THE
WIND CAN RESULT IN TREES COMING
DOWN AND LIMBS COMING DOWN ONTO@
ONTO OUR POWER LINES AND WE ARE
READY TO GO4@ DOWN IF NEEDED.
BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO4@ GET
THROUGH SOME OF THIS REALLY BAD
WEATHER BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO
WORK AND IT'S NOT OFTENTIMES
SAFE TO WORK IN THESE
CONDITIONS.
SO DEFINITELY IF YOU ARE LOSING
POWER BOTH COMPANIES ARE
SUGGESTING TO CHARGE YOUR
PHONES WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE
POWER JUST IN CASE AND PROBABLY
TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING YOU
NEED WHILE YOU HAVE THE POWER
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY
YOU KNOW, THE STORM AS POWERFUL
AS4@ WAS SAYING.
BUT FOR NOW I'M GOING TO SEND
THINGS OVER TO SAM ROGERS4@4@.
HE'S AT HOME IN MOUNTAIN.
SAM, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
YEAH, JACQUI, I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE WHAT MIKE SLIPHER4@ WS
SAYING A FEW MINUTES AGO.4@
THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ROADS IS UNBELIEVABLE DRIVING
HERE TO VERMONT FROM BANGOR AS
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE WIND IS
REALLY PICKING UP AND IT'S
STILL RAINING AND HERMINE BUT
IT WAS SNOWING4@ BANG OR IT WAS
RAINING IN B4@ANGOR OR SNOWING N
HERMINE.
NOW IT IS BACK TO ARRAIGNMENT'S@
AND LUCKILY I HAVE SNOW GOGGLES
ON BECAUSE IT'S SO WINDY BUT
THE SNOW IS ACTUALLY THIS GREAT
SNOWBALL SNOW LIKE MALLORY
MENTIONED AS WE SEE CHLOE TEBOE
THROWING A GREAT SNOWBALL
MENTIONED AS WE SEE CHLOE TEBOE THROWING A GREAT SNOWBALL4@ THERE.
BUT HERE BEHIND4@ ME AT MOUNT SI
HERMAN EXCUSE ME HERMAND4@AD SKI
AREA THE WIND IS STILL
ABSOLUTELY RIPPING RIGHT NOW
BUT OWNER BILL WEIR SAID THAT
HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE
WAS GOING TO BE A SEASON THIS
WINTER4@ ACTUALLY WITH OTHER
OWNERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS ON
OTHER SKI MOUNTAINS4@ IN MAINE
MET TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE
REOPENING PLANNED FOR THIS4@
SEASON.
THE BIG CHANGE IS GOING TO BE
THE LARGEST.
THERE REALLY WON'T BE LARGE.
THE STATE'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE
SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS TO
CHANGE IN THEIR BOOTS IN THE
PARKING LOT AND REALLY USE THE
LODGE AS A WARMING HUT.
BUT SPEAKING WITH WHITCOMBE
EARLIER, HE SAID THAT THEY'RE
GRATEFUL TO BE HAVING THIS
SEASON AND HELP OUT PEOPLE'S
MENTAL HEALTH. 4@
PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO IN THE WINTER
AND IT'S TRUE IF YOU CAN GET
OUT AND GET SOME FRESH AIR,
IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY
FEEL BETTER.
SO4@4@ WHAT I SAY IS OK FOLKS, E
ON OUT, TAKE A LESSON4@, GET SOE
FRESH AIR AND LET'S ENJOY THE
WINTER AND MAKE THE ONE OF THE
GREAT THING THIS YEAR4@ AND NOW
AS YOU CAN SEE, BILL IS VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE SKI SEASON
4@WHICH IS GOING TO START HERE N
HARMON AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE
DRIVING TODAY, PLEASE BE
CAREFUL4@.
LIKE JACQUI WAS SAYING, THE
ROADS ARE VERY SLIPPERY.
IT'S A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW4@ UP
HERE WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE
THAT SLUSH ON THE ROADWAYS.
BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT
OF FUN OUT IN THE SNOW HERE
TODAY.
IT'S WET.
IT'S COLD.
BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEND
THINGS TO A WARMER ENVIRONMENTS
HANDED TO4@ THE BACK TO YOU.
OH,