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A BALL
A BALL SLEDDING. I GOT TO SEE THAT YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE A BUSY
MORNING FOR YOU.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND SLEET
THAT SLAMMED INTO CENTRAL OHIO
OVERNIGHT.
MANY OF YOU WERE SLEEPING.
YES.
LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
NOW ALMOST EVERY COUNTY IN OUR
AREA IS UNDER A SNOW EMERGENCY
.
PIKE COUNTY JUST DOWNGRADED
FROM A LEVEL THREE TO LEVEL
TWO.
SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF
PROGRESS FOR FRIENDS DOWN
SOUTH.
AND JUST A REMINDER LEVEL TO
SNOWWARRIORS MEANS THAT YOU
SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD
UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
NOW THE COUNTIES IN RED THOSE
ARE LEVEL THREE SO YOU CAN ONLY
BE ON THE ROAD IF YOU'RE AN
EMERGENCY WORKER YOURSELF OR IF
YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY YOURSELF
BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT GET
ARRESTED IF YOU TRY TO GO OUT.
LET'S GET A CHECK ON THE
FORECAST RIGHT NOW.
JEFF BOUCE, I THINK WE MIGHT
GET JUST A HAIR MOMENT TO
BREATHE TODAY.
YEAH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A
LITTLE BREAK BUT WE DO HAVE THE
NEXT ROUND OF SNOW ON OUR SIDE
SO IT JUST KEEPS ON COMING.
BUT AT LEAST A LITTLE BREAK
TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
WATCHED OUR WINTER STORM
WARNINGS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
GETTING DROPS THROUGHOUT THE
SHOW.
NOW WE JUST HAVE THEM IN THE
FAR NORTH.
SO GOOD NEWS THERE.
THINGS ARE IMPROVING AND THE
WORST OF THE WEATHER HAS MOVED
OUT OF HERE.
BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE A LOT OF
SNOW THERE AS WE LOOK UP AT THE
ZOO AND ON OUR RADAR WE STILL
HAVE SOME FLURRIES OUT TO THE
WEST OF US IF YOU LIKE.
SNOW SHOWERS CAN'T BE RULED OUT
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS.
SOME FLURRIES COLD, COLD, COLD
AS WELL MID TO UPPER TEENS TO
RIGHT AROUND 20.
THE WINDS ARE NOT HELPING.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE ARE
BLOWING ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO
10 MILES AN HOUR.
WE HAVE THOSE REAL FEEL
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS.
IT FEELS LIKE FIVE IN
MARYSVILLE, SIX IN TOWN, NINE
IN NEWARK AND LANCASTER EIGHT
AND CIRCLEVILLE LONDON.
SO IT'S COLD AND YOU'RE GOING
TO NEED TO GIVE YOURSELF A
LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO SCRAPE OFF
THAT ICE TO GET THAT SNOW OFF
YOUR WINDSHIELD.
GIVE YOURSELF AN EXTRA FIVE TO
10 MINUTES AND IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'LL BE DEALING WITH COLD
CONDITIONS TODAY IN A COUPLE OF
FLURRIES.
CAN'T BE RULED OUT IF YOU LIKE
SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THEN MOSTLY
CLOUDY AND A HIGH OF 20.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TIME THE
NEXT ROUND OF SNOW HAD COMING
UP IN JUST A BIT.
BUT FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK
TO MOLLY.
BUT SHE HAS BEEN WATCHING THOSE
ROADS LIKE A HAWK.
MOLLY, HOW ARE THEY LOOKING?
WELL, JEFF, UNFORTUNATELY NOW
WE DO HAVE A FEW INCIDENTS OUT
THERE ESPECIALLY AS MORE PEOPLE
HITTING THE ROADWAYS THIS
MORNING AND THE CREWS ARE JUST
TRYING TO KEEP UP.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LOWER
RIGHT HAND CORNER OF YOUR
SCREEN, WE'VE GOT A CRASH
BLOCKING THE LEFT LANE OF 70
WESTBOUND AND THAT'S GOING TO
BE BETWEEN HAMILTON ROAD AND
JAMES ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO WATCH FOR THAT THIS MORNING
I WOULD SAY AS FAR TO THE RIGHT
AS YOU CAN.
WE ALSO STILL HAVE A CRASH ON
THE EAST SIDE OF OUR RAMPS AND
I'LL TELL YOU THEY UPDATED IT'S
THE RAMP FROM INCUE I70
SOUTHBOUND I70 WESTBOUND.
WE ARE SEEING PRETTY HEAVY
DELAYS THERE BUT REALLY WE'RE
SEEING THOSE DELAYS ACROSS THE
BOARD.
A LOT OF ORANGE AND YELLOW ON
MY TRAFFIC MAP AND AS YOU CAN
SEE TO A LOT OF OUR MAJOR
HIGHWAYS YOU CAN SEE THE
PAVEMENT THERE EVEN THOUGH
WE'VE GOT SOME BLOWING SNOW
IMPACTING OUR LANE LINES.
BUT IN AREAS LIKE HERE AT I70
AND LEONARD AVENUE YOU CAN SEE
LEONARD AVENUE STILL PRETTY
WELL COATED WITH SNOW AND WE'RE
SEEING THAT AND A LOT OF OUR
RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
CHRISTOPHER FROST HAS BEEN
SHOWING US ALL MORNING LONG
WHAT THE HUOSE RESIDENTIAL
STREETS LOOK LIKE.
KRISTA, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING
IN WORTHINGTON RIGHT NOW?
YEAH, IT'S REALLY HIT OR MISS
MOLLY AND THESE RESIDENTIAL
AREAS PLOWS HAVE BEEN THROUGH
SOME OF THESE ROADS BUT NOT ALL
OF THEM.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
SEEING THERE'S PAVEMENT RIGHT
IN FRONT OF US.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY THE LANES AND
WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT HERE IN ONE SECOND YOU'LL
SEE THERE'S ANOTHER ROAD RIGHT
HERE THAT WE'RE APPROACHING
THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED AT
ALL.
SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S VERY HIT OR MISS RIGHT NOW
EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL IN
BETTER SHAPE HERE IN
WORTHINGTON TODAY THAN IT WAS
IN COLUMBUS.
THOSE MAIN DRAG HERE,
WORTHINGTON LOOKING A LITTLE
BETTER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE
CLEAR THAN WE SAW IN COLUMBUS.
NOW THERE ARE STILL SOME SNOW
AS YOU SEE ON THE ROADS IN
FRONT OF US BUT SOME SLICK
SPOTS EVEN IF THEY'RE CLEARED
OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKING
YOUR TIME BECAUSE THERE COULD
BE ICE UNDERNEATH THE SNOW OR
IF IT'S BEEN CLEARED OFF, YOU
DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLY
REFREEZING OR SOMETHING ROADS
YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT
VERY EASY.
NOW THE MAIN DRAGS IN COLUMBUS
HIGH STREET YOU'RE GOING TO
WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME BECAUSE
EVEN THOUGH PLOWS HAVE HIT
THOSE SPOTS, IT'S STILL HARD TO
SEE SOME LANES IN SOME AREAS.
SO ANYONE IS OUT THIS MORNING
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE IT
VERY SLOW.
WE'RE GOING MAYBE 10, 15 MILES
AN HOUR ON THESE BACK
RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE HIGHWAYS
AND THINGS ARE STILL MOVING A
LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN NORMAL.
SO THE BEST ADVICE THAT I CAN
DO THIS MORNING IS JUST TO TAKE
IT EASY, TAKE IT SLOW IF YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT, DON'T DO
IT.
AT LEAST GIVE THE PRESS A
LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO TRY TO
CLEAR OUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A
FEW MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND JUST
REPORT BACK AND SEE WHAT THINGS
ARE LIKE IN SOME OTHER AREAS.
BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE ON
THE ROAD, CHRISTOPHER I70
BUISNESS.
THANK YOU.
AND AS WE SAID EARLIER, NEARLY
EVERY COUNTY IN OUR AREA IS
UNDER A LEVEL TWO OR THREE SNOW
EMERGENCY MEANING YOU SHOULD
NOT BE ON THE ROADS UNLESS IT
IS NECESSARY.
NOW OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE REALLY DRIVING THROUGH
AND CHECKING THE CONDITIONS ALL
MORNING.
AND LET'S GET TO TINO RAMOS
NOW.
HE'S BEEN DELAWARE COUNTY IN
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SO PROBABLY
FIVE OR SIX HOURS NOW THAT IS
UNDER A LEVEL TWO SNOW
EMERGENCY AND IS IT IMPROVING?
IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROADWAY
BEHIND YOU IS FAIRLY CLEAR.
UGINO YEAH.
CREOLA WE ARE SEEING AN
IMPROVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF WORK TO DO HERE BUT WE CAN
TELL YOU THE TIMING OF THE SNOW
ENDING REALLY MAY HAVE PLAYED
THE BENEFIT OF DELAWARE COUNTY
HERE WE DECIDED TO GO INTO
DELAWARE, THE CITY I'M GOING TO
WALK UP THE STREET HERE REAL
QUICK.
YOU CAN SEE WE NOW HAVE
PAVEMENT HERE.
THERE IS NO ICE.
IT'S NOT SLICK HERE.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS .
AND THE THING IS THOUGH, SOME
OF THE OTHER ROADS, THE MAIN
ROADS THAT HAD THROUGH DELAWARE
COUNTY LIKE ROUTE 23 STARTING
TO LOOK A LOT BETTER AS WELL.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO TOO
BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT INTO THE
AREA PROBABLY ABOUT ONE 30 THIS
MORNING WE CAN TELL YOU THOSE
CREWS WERE WORKING HARD BOTH
THE COUNTY OF DELAWARE AND
ODOT.
THEY WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH
LAYING ASFAULT, PUTTING THE
PLOW TO THE GROUND.
EVENTUALLY THEY GOT MOST OF THE
LANES CLEARED AND WE CAN TELL
YOU EVEN SOME STRETCHES OF
ROUTE 23 THEY ARE BACK UP TO
NORMAL SPEED NOW IT'S THE
COUNTY ROADS, THE SIDE STREETS
THAT ARE STILL SOME OF THE
PROBLEM.
OF COURSE WE SAW SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OVERNIGHT WITH
SOME OF THE SNOW AS WELL.
SO IT'S STILL TRICKY AS YOU
HEAD OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.
MEANTIME BACK HERE WE CAN TELL
YOU THE CITY OF DELAWARE WAKING
UP RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE NOW PLOWING ALL THE
LOTS NOW PLOWING THE SIDEWALKS.
SO STILL A LOT OF WORK TO GO
HERE AND IT'S STILL A LITTLE
TRICKY TO TRAVEL BUT WE ARE
GETTING BETTER.
WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE
COMING UP.
IN DELAWARE, THE NEWS THANK YOU
AND WE WILL ALWAYS ALERT YOU TO
THE LATEST CHANGES AND THE
CONDITIONS OUT THERE WHEN IT
COMES TO THIS WINTER STORM HERE
ON WAKE UP SEABASS, WE GOT YOU
COVERED ON AIR AND OF COURSE
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TV APP AND
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