BRIAN/STEPHANI
E, IF WE TAKE A
LOOK AT THE
ROADS, THERE'S
A LOT OF
POWDERS STILL
MAKING IT A
LITTLE SLIPPERY.
HERE'S HOW
FOLKS IN OUR
REGION ARE
HANDING THIS
WINTERY
WEATHER.
SOT: SYLVIE
BUTEL,
BURLINGTON, "I
LOVE FRESH
SNOW LIKE THIS."
AFTER SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW
FELL IN JUST A
FEW HOURS,
MANY IN
BURLINGTON
WERE STUCK IN
THE SAME
SITUATION AS
SYLVIE BUTEL.
SOT: SYLVIE
BUTEL,
BURLINGTON,
"NOW I'M
GETTING TO MY
CAR AND
CLEANING WHAT,
CLOSE TO ONE
FOOT OF SNOW?
YA!"
AND WHILE
SOME LOVE THE
SNOW,
IT CAN MEAN
SLIPPERY ROADS
AND POSSIBLE
POWER
OUTAGES.
SOT:CIARAN
CANAVAN,
BURLINGTON
ELECTRIC, "ANY
ISSUES WE'LL
GET 'EM FIXED AS
QUICKLY AND
SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE."
BUT EVEN WITH
ALL THE SNOW
BUILDING UP ON
TREES AND
WIRES,
BURLINGTON
ELECTRIC SAYS
STORMS LIKE
THIS ONE DON'T
TYPICALLY
CAUSE THE
LIGHTS TO GO
OUT.
SOT:CIARAN
CANAVAN,
BURLINGTON
ELECTRIC,
"WE'RE NOT
REALLY
ANTICIPATING
ANY MAJOR
PROBLEMS. WE
HAVE A VERY
RELIABLE,
ROBUST AND
WELL-
MAINTAINED
ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM HERE."
REPAIR CREWS
STILL TAKE THIS
WEATHER
SERIOUSLY,
BUT SAY THEY
ARE USED TO
LOTS OF SNOW
THIS TIME OF
YEAR.
THE WINTER
WONDERLAND
DOESN'T BOTHER
SYLVIE BUTEL
ONE BIT, EITHER!
SOT: SYLVIE
BUTEL,
BURLINGTON, "I
HOPE YOU ENJOY
IT AS MUCH AS I
DO."
NOW IF YOU DO
SEE A POWER
CREW WORKING,
BURLINGTON
ELECTRIC SAYS
THE BEST THINK
TO DO IS SLOW
DOWN AND GIVE
THEM PLETY OF
SPACE.
LIVE IN
COLCHESTER,
RENEE
WUNDERLICH,
NBC5 NEWS.
RIGHT NOW--
WE'RE KEEPING
AN EYE ON
VERMONT
PLOWS--
USING THE V-
TRANS PLOW
FINDER MAP.
IT SHOWS YOU
EXACTLY WHERE
THEY ARE ON THE
ROADS IN REAL
TIME.
YOU CAN SEE
THERE ARE SOME
OUT NOW.
AS ALWAYS--
MAKE SURE YOU
MOVE OVER AND
GIVE PLOW
DRIVERS PLENTY
OF ROOM TO
WORK.
THIS STORM
PROVIDED THE
TOWN OF
PLATTSBURGH'S
NEW HIGHWAY
SUPERINTENDEN
T WITH AN EARLY
TEST IN HIS NEW
POSITION.
THIS WAS TIM
DUBREY'S FIRST
STORM HEADING
THE
DEPARTMENT.
HE GOT THE JOB
LAST WEEK.
DUBREY HAS
BEEN WORKING
THE PLOWS IN
PLATTSBURGH
FOR MORE THAN
A DECADE.
UNDER HIS
DIRECTION-- ALL
14 OF THE
TOWN'S PLOW
DRIVERS COVER
CLOSE TO A
HUNDRED MILES
OF ROADWAY.
MAKE SURE
YOUR CAR IS OFF
CITY STREETS
BEFORE YOU
HEAD OFF TO
BED.
A PARKING BAN
HAS JUST GONE
INTO EFFECT IN
BURLINGTON.
WITHIN THE
NEXT TWO
HOURS THERE
WILL ALSO BE
BANS IN
PLATTSBURGH
AND WINOOSKI.
YOU CAN GET
THE LATEST
WEATHER
INFORMATION
WHEN YOU
DOWNLOAD THE
MY NBC-FIVE
MOBILE APP.
WHEN A BIG
STORM ROLLS
THROUGH - WE
SEND YOU
ALERTS ABOUT
SCHOOL
CLOSINGS AND
PARKING BANS.
YOU'LL ALSO
HAVE ACCESS TO
THE LATEST
NOW- CAST.
A HEADS UP TO
NEW YORKERS--
THE
GOVERNMENT IS
OFFERING HELP
TO FAMILIES IN
DANGER OF
RUNNING OUT OF
HEAT OR HAVING
SERVICE SHUT
OFF.
HOUSEHOLDS
CAN APPLY FOR
HELP THROUGH
THE FEDERAL
HOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM--
STARTING
MONDAY.
14-POINT- FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS
WILL BE UP FOR
GRABS.
GOVERNOR
ANDREW CUOMO
SAYS THIS YEAR
HAS BEEN
ESPECIALLY
TOUGH BECAUSE
OF COLD
TEMPERATURES
AND RISING
ENERGY PRICES.
HE SAYS THERE
HAS ALREADY
BEEN A 40-
PERCENT
INCREASE IN
REQUESTS FOR
HELP--
COMPARED TO
LAST YEAR.
VERMONT FISH
AND WILDLIFE IS
CRACKING DOWN
ON A BAITFISH
WHOLESALER.
ACCUSED OF
BRINGING IN
NON- NATIVE
SPECIES.
THE AGENCY
SAYS THIS SMALL
FISH CAN DO A
WHOLE LOT OF
DAMAGE TO
NATIVE FISH AND
WATER QUALITY.
MOSQUITO-FISH
ARE ORIGINALLY
FOUND IN THE
SOUTHERN
UNITED STATES.
HOG ISLAND
WHOLESALE BAIT
AND TACKLE IN
SWANTON WAS
CITED.
FINED MORE
THAN TWO-
HUNDRED
DOLLARS AND
FORCED TO
DESTROY THE
BAITFISH THEY
HAD.
THE AGENCY
TRACED THE
MOSQUITO-FISH
BACK TO A FARM
IN ARKANSAS.
ALMOST A
THOUSAND
POUNDS OF
DIFFERENT
MINNOW SPECIES
WERE
DESTROYED
THERE AS WELL.
COMING UP -
HOW USING A
DATING APP -
LEAD TO AN
ALLEDGED
ASSAULT ON THE
CAMPUS OF U-
V-M.
PLUS...
A PROGRAM
THAT HELPS NEW
MOMS WHO ARE
SUFFERING FROM
ADDICTION.
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