Is we're getting a number
of updates from MedStar.
I actually have the updated numbers
for you in just a moment here,
but I also especially want to mention that
MedStar just announced that they are now
suspending red light and siren responses.
They say that yes, it is very dangerous
for a lot of people to go out.
That does not exclude folks
who are first responders,
folks who are trying to help,
the people who are perhaps
in a desperate situation,
whether it's on the roadway,
whether it's a hypothermia.
Situation,
which they've responded to eight of those.
Let's get to those numbers right now.
The updated numbers from MedStar just
within the last 30 minutes here,
there's been over 100 and.
48148 responses from MedStar.
Another thing that they're telling us
is that there are eight hypothermia
related responses as well,
seven of those patients taken to hospitals,
A5 in serious condition.
So obviously we're talking about the roads,
but there are a number of warming
shelters here just across the overpass.
From where I'm at right now,
there are 9 responses for falls
from people slipping on the ice.
You could see of course some
of that glow on the roadway.
But that also translates
to sidewalks as well.
So you do got to be careful
if you are headed outside.
That's the situation that's
happening here in Tarrant County.
But I know that Tarrant County,
Denton County,
they are the first to really
receive some of that precipitation,
some of those colder temperatures
that we've seen.
So let's toss it over to Chris who's
in Denton County with the latest
there. Chris, what are you seeing?
Yeah, Megan, we wanted to get off the road,
so we pulled off and we are just
watching now the situation on I-35.
Earlier I mentioned just how it is
still a very thick sheet of ice.
And if you take a look,
you'll also remember that I was saying
that the 18 Wheelers were having
issues with the slopes on I-35.
If you've ever been on this
stretch in Denton,
you know how 35 has some inclines
and declines as you see how the
18 Wheelers are going through.
But look at this incline right here.
This is a spot last night where we saw a
lot of trouble right here by buckey's.
It was hard for the 18 Wheelers
to get up that hill.
They just kept slipping and sliding.
It caused a huge traffic backup.
No issues like that right now this morning.
But I also noticed a lot of the 18 Wheelers
have pulled off to the side of the road,
so they might be waiting it out.
They might be waiting this morning
and she'll take a look here.
You can see that some are coming right at
us right now as they try to get up that hill.
So still a very, very slick.
Situation, I will say kind of depending
on where you're at on the highway,
the road condition really does vary.
We have noticed the no plows out this morning
and where they plow it's a lot smoother,
not near as bumpy,
but there are plenty of areas that they
haven't been able to get to yet and it's
still very treacherous and with possibly
more freezing rain in the forecast.
We'll see how that changes today.
So we will keep you apprised
of the situation on the roads.
Right now I want to send it out
to Sean Giggy in Dallas County
who's keeping an eye on those.
The problem?
Spot bridges and overpasses,
Sean.
Yes. And we are actually on an overpass
right now just in front of the high 5,
which is where 635 and 75 meet.
We are looking N on the north side of
Dallas and the overpass we're on right
now does have ISO on top of it right now.
And these are going to be problem
spots as the morning goes on
and some of that participate.
Precipitation comes in because
there is no warmth underneath
these bridges and overpasses.
And as I said, as you can see,
it's all clear right now on the high 5,
but we expect as the morning
goes on that it will get slicker.
It may be more treacherous out here,
spots like this as you try
to navigate to work.
If you have to be out this morning
I have reached out to the Dallas
County Office of Emergency Management.
I have not heard back from them,
just to see if there are any
problems spots right now on these
bridges and overpasses,
but we will,
we will keep an eye out for this.
We did see Tarrant County last night,
some people struggling to get up
up bridges and overpasses.
And and that will probably be a lot of
the case in Dallas County today and
we'll keep monitoring this here in
North Dallas throughout the morning.
Tiffany Liu has been in Collin County.
Tiffany,
how's it looking there?
Yeah, Sean, you know,
we have seen those regular slick spots,
overpasses, highways.
But Thomas Costly and I came into
this neighborhood and we wanted
to light up the street just to
show you what is happening really
outside of your door because this
light is shining on the street here.
You could see that there is ice on the spots.
I'm just going to kind of glide over here.
It's extremely slippery.
So you want to be careful if you do have
to head out the door today to go to
the grocery stores or anything like that.
But the Collin County Sheriff's Office
is encouraging people to stay home.
I do want to run you through a
little list that they had that they
tweeted out actually of different
spots at where problem areas.
They said that FM 3286 on the bridges
between branch and Lucas are impassable.
The bridge on Hwy.
78 more Lane and Levon Textile was notified
for both of these areas last night as well.
Hwy.
205 and Rockwall County.
There was a major accident that shut down
both northbound and southbound lanes.
McKinney police also posted about
a problem area they say Stacy Rd.
Customer near the old SPCA is iced
over to avoid that area if possible.
It's what we say every time there
are icy roads, those bridges,
those overpasses,
those ramps and of course don't forget
those neighborhood streets are going
to be issues when you are driving.
The roads in general are not
very friendly today.
And of course,
I'm also keeping an eye on Encore and the
outages that we could possibly be facing,
keeping an eye on ERCOT and the grid.
I'm going to have all that
for you coming up at 6:30.
Margaret,
send it back to you.
On Tiffany, we'll just say real quickly
that right now it looks like ERCOT
and Encore are in good position.
So Greg was talking about more ice coming
between 7:00 and 9:00 this morning,
but right now everything's OK.
Yeah, we'll see how that changes.
But I will say, you know,
in terms of those warnings
to stay at home if you can,
when I was driving in Fort Worth yesterday,
the roads I was on were were pretty
free and clear and that almost gives
you a false sense of confidence.
And when you see just how bad it has
been for some folks in this area and you
talk about the mist freezing on the roadways,
you may think it's fine out there,
but when you find yourself in trouble,
you're going to wish you stay at home.
So if you can.
Today or reminder,
stay home safe, dry, warm.
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