TO CASES INVOLVING HER FAMILY.
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RIGHT NOW--
THE CLEANUP CONTINUES---
AFTER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WAS
HIT WITH A ----SECOND ROUND OF
SNOW OVERNIGHT.
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THIS LATEST ROUND OF SNOW ---
CANCELED SCHOOL FOR THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
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STATE POLICE SAY THEY ONLY
REPONDED TO -----TWO WEATHER
RELATED ACCIDENTS OVERNIGHT.
IN BOTH ACCIDENTS--
A CAR HIT A BARRIER.
LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT.
STATE POLICE SAY--- THE PUBLIC
HEEDED THE DOT'S WARNING TO STAY
OFF THE ROADS--
WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL.
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THE STORM DID CAUSE TRAVEL
DELAYS ON THE ROADS --
AS WELL AS AT T-F GREEN AIRPORT.
AND --- IT FORCED DETOURS ON
SEVERAL RIPTA ROUTES.
TAKING A LIVE LOOK--
AT THE ROADS RIGHT NOW---
WHICH ARE CLEAR AND DRY TONIGHT.
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WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THIS LATEST STORM AND IT'S
IMPACTS.
TONY WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE
TONIGHT--
IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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MOLLY O'BRIEN IS LIVE IN
WARWICK--
ONE OF THE MANY COMMUNITIES
WHERE STUDENTS HAD THE DAY OFF.
BUT FIRST--
WE GO LIVE TO BRITTANY SCHAEFER.
SHE'S IN NEW BEDFORD--
WHERE SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE
DEFENDING THEIR DECISION TO HAVE
SCHOOL TODAY.
BRITTANY?
MIKE, CAROLINE NEW BEDFORD
SCHOOLS HAD A TWO HOUR DELAY
TUESDAY.
THE DISTRICT TELLS ME IT WAS A
TOUGH DECISION AND THERE WAS
ACTUALLY MORE SNOW THAN THEY
EXPECTED.
ROUND TWO OF THE SEASON'S FIRST
SNOWSTORM DUMPS UP TO EIGHT
INCHES IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS.
MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANCELLED
SCHOOL TUESDAY, BUT NEW BEDFORD
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPTED FOR A
TWO-HOUR DELAY.
THE SCHOOL'S MANAGER OF
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS TELLS ME THE DECISION
WAS MADE LAST NIGHT.
: WE WERE SURPRISED LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE BY THE CRACK OF
DAWN BUT THEY CALL HAD BEEN
MADE. HAD WE KNOWN EARLIER THAT
THE SNOW TOTALS WERE GOING TO BE
UP MAYBE THIS DECISION WOULD
HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF.
THE DISTRICT SAYS ALL BUSES
ARRIVED AT SCHOOL WITHOUT
INCIDENT THIS MORNING AND SAYS
THE ROADS WERE EVEN BETTER FOR
THE RIDE HOME.
ARTHUR MOTTA TELLS ME THE
DECISION TO HAVE A TWO-HOUR
DELAY RATHER THAN CANCEL SCHOOL
WAS A TOUGH ONE.
: WE ARE NEW ENGLANDERS AFTER
ALL SO THIS SHOULDN'T BE TOO
MUCH OF A HASSLE. WE WILL BE
VERY CAREFUL NEXT TIME AND THIS
PARTICULAR STORM AND WE
CONSULTED OUR METEOROLOGICAL
SERVICES THROUGH THE CITY OF NEW
BEDFORD WAS A CLOSE CALL. WE
WERE RIGHT ON THE CUSP AND THEN
IT STALLED AND LINGERED.
MOTTA SAYS DECISIONS TO CANCEL
SCHOOL ARE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
: IT'S A CAREFUL BALANCE TRYING
TO GIVE PARENTS ENOUGH TIME. IF
YOU CALL IT AT THE CRACK OF
DAWN, BACK WHEN I WAS KID YOU
LISTENED TO THE AIR-RAID SIRENS
AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING BUT
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS
ANYMORE.
THE SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL
THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY IN
NEW BEDFORD BUT MOTTA TELLS ME
EARLY DISMISSAL WAS NOT
CONSIDERED.
NEW AT SIX HOW SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS IS CLEANING UP ALL
THIS SNOW.
FOR NOW LIVE IN FALL RIVER
UNCOVERED, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
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FIRST AT SIX --- IT'S TAKEN A
COUPLE DAYS...
BUT OUR FIRST WINTER STORM OF
THE SEASON HAS *FINALLY* MOVED
OUT.
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WE DIDN'T GET A TON OF SNOW ---
BUT WE GOT ENOUGH TO MAKE
GETTING AROUND TRICKY.
TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM OUR
JAMCAM --- CONDITIONS OUT THERE
ARE CERTAINLY BETTER COMPARED TO
THIS MORNING, THOUGH IT WOULDN'T
HURT TO BE CAREFUL ON SIDE
STREETS.
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EARLIER --- WE GOT A BRIEF TASTE
OF SOME BLUE SKIES AND SUN...
JUST IN TIME FOR A NICE-LOOKING
SUNSET.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
---
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TONY
PETRARCA --- AND EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MOLLY O'BRIEN ARE
STANDING BY.
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FIRST ---WE GO LIVE TO BRITTANY
SCHAEFER IN FALL RIVER.
MIKE CAROLINE THE SNOW HAS
STOPPED HERE IN FALL RIVER.
THIRD STREET IS CLEAR BUT
EARLIER WHEN WE WERE DRIVING ON
SIDE STREETS THERE WAS STILL
SOME SNOW AND SLUSH.
THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW HERE IS
MAKING DIFFICULT WORK FOR PEOPLE
SHOVELING.
NATS
ONE-YEAR-OLD HAZEL KATE IS
MAKING SNOWBALLS IN THE SEASON'S
FIRST MAJOR SNOW STORM.
Erin Kate, Mother/ New Bedford
Resident: This is her first time
actually in it this year so she
likes it. She likes to look at
it from inside a lot too but she
seems to be enjoying herself
even though she's just standing.
Definitely makes it more fun
than the usual just shoveling
out gives you a different
perspective.
PEOPLE ARE LEFT CLEANING UP
AFTER ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW BLANKET SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS IN ROUND TWO OF
THE STORM.
JOE MEDEIROS TELLS ME FALL RIVER
GOT HIT HARDER THAN HE EXPECTED.
Joe Medeiros, Fall River
Resident: I think this is more
snow than we got last winter. I
thought 1-3 inches and it seems
a lot more than just 1-3 inches.
It's a little bit wet and heavy
but I just want to get rid of it
before it freezes later on.
MEDEIROS WAS OUT SHOVELING WITH
HIS TENANTS TUESDAY.
HE SAYS IT'S BACK-BACKING WORK
BUT HE'S THINKING ON THE BRIGHT
SIDE.
Joe: I don't really mind it. It
gives me a workout. I haven't
really been working out lately
so this is getting all my
muscles going I'm careful and
taking a break.
Rui Melo, Fall River Resident:
We do all this house all the way
around for the neighbors and
stuff. I'm so tired.
HERE IN FALL RIVER SCHOOL WAS
CANCELLED TUESDAY... BUT LOOKS
LIKE WEDNESDAY CLASS WILL BE
BACK IN SESSION.