WELL,
WELL, HAPPY FRIDAY. WELCOME TO MORNING BILL. INDEXER SHOT.
I'M BRITTANY BEGLEY.
RIGHT NOW PG&E SAYS ABOUT FORTY
FIVE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS ARE
STILL WITHOUT POWER FROM
TUESDAY NIGHT'S STORM.
MORE THAN 30 CREWS HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT IN FROM OUT OF STATE TO
HELP GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO YOU.
METEOROLOGIST ROB CARLMARK THE
BIG STORY ALL WEEK IS THE
WEATHER.
ARE WE GONNA GET A BREAK OR
NOT?
WE'RE GOING TO GET A BREAK AND
WITH ANY WEATHER PATTERN YOU
DON'T GET THE BREAKS.
YOU GET AN REAL TROUBLE.
THAT'S WHEN THE SNOW DOESN'T
STOP.
THE RAIN DOESN'T STOP.
YOU HAVE FLOODING.
YOU HAVE CLOSURES.
YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF ISSUES
THAT PILE THE ONE THING THAT TO
END IT ALREADY IS THE WIND.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT'LL
GIVE CREWS A SAFE OPPORTUNITY
TO GET AFTER THOSE LAST
CUSTOMERS THAT NEED TO BE
ONLINE.
AND ALSO IT WILL NOT THREATEN
ANY NEW TREES COMING DOWN
BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SATURATED
AND WET.
AND JUST TAKE A BIG GUST FOR
SOME OF THESE TREES TO COME
OVER SO WE DO NOT SEE THE WIND
IN THE FORECAST FOR A WHILE.
LET'S GO OUT AND SHOW YOU SOME
OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT FIRST OF ALL.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT SOME
LINGERING LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW
FOR THE VALLEY SPOTS.
IT'S MOSTLY JUST CLOUDS WITH
SOME SPRINKLES, MAYBE EVEN SOME
HEAVY DRIZZLE THAT KEEPING
THINGS KIND OF DAMP.
BUT GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
BECAUSE THE COOLER DRY AIR IS
MOVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
STILL GETTING DRILLED CENTRAL
SIERRA AND SOUTHERN SIERRA
ABSOLUTELY STILL GETTING SOME
SNOW AND I WOULD EXPECT AT
LEAST SOME SNOW FLURRIES IF NOT
SOME SHOWERS FOR THE MOUNTAINS
ON AND OFF THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAY WON'T AMOUNT TO THAT MUCH
BUT IT'LL KEEP THE FLAKES
FALLING FROM THE SKY FOR A GOOD
PORTION OF THE DAY.
TEMPS IN THE 40S RIGHT NOW.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE
WENT THROUGH WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SNOWSTORMS IN A WHILE
FOR JUST THE SHEER AMOUNT THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN JUST TWO DAYS.
YOU COULD SEE MAMMOTH OVER A
100 INCHES OF SNOW.
THAT'S NUTS, KIRKWOOD.
EIGHTY EIGHT INCHES AT THE TOP
62 AT THE BOTTOM AND I COULD GO
ON AND ON.
BUT THE REALITY IS THIS FOR THE
RESORTS IN SAYING AND THEY'RE
TAKING THEIR TIME TO OPEN UP
LIFT SAFELY.
MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS HAVE AT
LEAST SOME AREAS THAT ARE
CLOSED FOR AVALANCHE CONTROL OR
AT LEAST TRY TO GET THE LIST
BACK ONLINE AND DUG OUT.
SO CHECK AHEAD IF THAT'S YOUR
DESTINATION FOR THE VALLEY
SPOTS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CLEARING AND
LOOKING AHEAD TO A NICE DRY
WEEKEND.
BRITTANY, THIS HAS BEEN ONE
OF THE BIG .
I MEAN THIS WAS ONE OF THESE
STORMS THAT NOT ONLY WAS COLD
AND WE SAW THE SNOW BUT IT WAS
REALLY WET.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT VALLEY
RAIN TOTALS, HOW MUCH WE'VE
SEEN.
AND GUESS WHAT?
GOT ANOTHER STORM ON THE WAY.
WHENEVER YOU SAY GUESS WHAT, I
GET A LITTLE NERVOUS.
THANK YOU.
SO MY EX METEOROLOGIST ROB
CARLMARK WE'LL ST. PAUL'S
FAMILY AND LIFE CENTER IS
SERVING AS A SAFE HAVEN.
TODAY THE CHURCH IS PROVIDING A
SAFE WARM PLACE TO GO AMID THE
COLD WEATHER.
TWO OTHER WARMING SITES IN
SACRAMENTO OPEN THEIR DOORS
LAST NIGHT THANKS TO OUTRAGE
FROM SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL.
THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY WAS OPEN
ALONG WITH A SAFE PARKING LOT
AT CITY HALL.
PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO CALL TWO
ONE ONE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, LET ME
SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
THIS IS 80 AT KINGVALE.
MY GOODNESS.
YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW.
IT IS A WET MESS.
ALSO CARS PULLED OVER ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD.
A PORTION OF 80 WAS SHUT DOWN
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS LAST NIGHT
DUE TO YOUR DRIVING CONDITIONS.
OF COURSE THAT IS THE TOP STORY
WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS US TO
ABC 10 XXXX ONE TEST.
WHO WAS THERE ALL
MORNING GIVING US UPDATES AS
CREWS SLOWLY OPENED THE
ROADWAYS.
TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES OF IATA
IS OPEN.
FINALLY THOUGH, DRIVERS ARE
STILL GOING TO HAVE TO COME
THROUGH HERE WITH SOME CAUTION
.
WE SPOKE WITH SOME HAVE BEEN
WAITING SINCE LAST NIGHT ARE
HAPPY TO JUST FINALLY BE ABLE
TO GET THROUGH HIGHWAY 80 FROM
COLFAX TO THE NEVADA STATE LINE
HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THANKS TO CONDITIONS
LIKE THIS LEADING CARS TO SPIN
OUT IN SEMI TRUCKS TO
JACKKNIFED AS THEY TRIED TO GET
THROUGH THE TREACHEROUS
CONDITIONS.
ONE PERSON WE SPOKE WITH
YESTERDAY THOUGHT HIS FOUR
WHEEL DRIVE WOULD BE ENOUGH.
I STILL GOT STUCK TRYING TO
TRYING TO GET HOME.
I HAD TO HAVE A TRACTOR PUSHED
ME OUT THE FOUR FOUR WHEEL
LOADS WASN'T CUTTING IT GOT TO
FOUR A.M. FRIDAY MORNING ON OUR
WAY UP.
>> HE SPUN I 80 WHERE WE SAW
DOZENS OF TRUCKS LITERALLY
SIDELINED BEFORE COLFAX AS THEY
WAITED TO GET THROUGH THE
CLOSURE FURTHER UP THE ROAD
WHERE SNOWY CONDITIONS AWAITED.
BUT IT WASN'T JUST SEMI TRUCKS
WAITING OUT THE CLOSURE.
WE SPOKE WITH ONE FREMONT MAN
WHOSE TRAVEL PLANS WERE MAJORLY
DELAYED.
WELL, I LEFT LAST NIGHT SO OPEN
TO GET UP HERE.
I'M TRYING TO GET TO EIDO.
I THOUGHT I'D GET UP HERE, JUST
GET READY.
SO I FOUND I GOT THE LAST ROOM
AT THE HOTEL DOWN THERE IN
AUBERT'S OVER IN THE 5:00 A.M.
HOUR CALTRANS REOPENED THE
EASTBOUND SIDE OF 80 FROM ALSO
TO THE NEVADA STATE LINE TO
PASSENGER CARS WITH CHAINS THEN
BIG RIGS WITH MAXIMUM CHAINS.
EVENTUALLY TRAFFIC RE-OPENED ON
THE WESTBOUND SIDE AS WELL.
AN END TO THE MASSIVE TRAFFIC
NIGHTMARE DRIVERS ENDURED
OVERNIGHT.
AGAIN JUST BECAUSE THE CLOSURES
HAVE LIFTED DOESN'T MEAN THERE
HAVEN'T BEEN PROBLEMS.
TRAFFIC HAS BEEN SLOW IN SOME
SPOTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE AND AT ONE POINT
THIS MORNING AFTER REOPENING,
CALTRANS HAD TO HOLD TRAFFIC AT
DONNER SUMMIT BECAUSE OF SPIN
OUTS THAT HAS SINCE REOPENED.
BUT REMEMBER CALTRANS IS
REMINDING