Let's send it out to Chris Sadie
to see how things are looking up,
up and didn't this morning.
El Tashara, things are looking up.
That's a good way to put it because
this ice slowly starting to melt
because of the rain that came last
night and then also again this morning.
It's just kind of a slow drizzle right now.
But I don't know if you remember yesterday,
I had those blocks of ice again.
I have one, but you can kind of
tell it's starting to melt a little.
I was able to kind of pull this one apart.
So the ice is getting softer.
That is good news.
Lots of slush over there on
the road behind me.
It is spotty ice rather
than that consistent sheet.
Movies we've seen over the past
couple days now over on 35,
take a look at this video.
We got this earlier.
The Interstate and the service Rd.
Pretty clean,
definitely cleaner than we've seen
over the last two or three days.
So that is the good news.
I'm looking at it right now
and I'm seeing cars go,
maybe not full speed,
the full speed limit,
but they're definitely going faster than
they have over the last couple of days.
The other big thing we're watching with
the freezing rain is power outages.
Not too many in Denton a little more.
And 100 over since the last time we checked,
however, didn't electric
municipal or didn't municipal.
Electric, I should say,
is warning people if they
see a downed power line,
how to report that?
Definitely you want to stay away
and they have their crews out to
fix those if those problems arise.
So things definitely looking up.
We can definitely see the end
over here in Denton right now.
I'm going to send it over to
Tiffany Liu in Collin County.
Are you getting close to the end there,
Tiffany? Can you feel it?
Are you anticipating it?
Absolutely,
Chris. So I can feel it and I am feeling
it because I don't wear gloves today.
I'm not wearing a hat today.
It's feeling really great.
But yes, like you mentioned,
there is still some nastiness.
You can see there is slush
on the ground, it is wet.
So you still want to take caution
when you're going out the door today
if you're walking or you're driving.
I really do want to give a
shout out to Walgreens has been
open 24/7 people working there.
And you know we have to get things from the
pharmacy and we need mark over here at 7-11,
wonderful but open this entire time when
so many of us stayed at home or just.
Needed some food to eat.
They stayed open.
There are so many essential workers
that we absolutely want to thank.
Obviously the firefighters here in McKinney,
they added extra firefighter
paramedics to their crews,
also dispatchers in Plano.
They spent nights at work,
away from their families.
There were essential workers in Frisco
who had to stay the night at the hotel
just to be there to answer the call.
And as we were telling so
many people to stay home,
others had to go out for work.
And of course,
we're meeting so many wonderful people here
today in McKinney where their work is.
Just about to get started,
we spoke to a tree service company who
already has a really busy day ahead.
It's sad to see all the trees break
because trees are breaking right now.
We've had 13 calls already this morning.
And trees are breaking and the ice
you can see on the on the trees,
the ice is making them sag
and they just snap and break.
And it's sad because I love the
trees and I want them to live.
I don't want to have to cut them down.
Now, he told me that
you're looking at these trees right now.
Some of these have icicles on it.
There's one that is slumping over,
but it's actually not bad to the
point where it needs to be cut down.
But he says it'll be pretty obvious.
You'll hear that snap,
and they're going to want to call a tree
service company and arborist to clean
that up just to make sure it is safe.
Let's send it to Megan over in Fort Worth.
How's it looking
out there in Grant County?
Yeah, Tiffany and I I gotta say,
there is only so much white chicken
chili that one can consume in a
matter of three days before they
never want to eat that again.
So if you want to switch it up,
if you want to head to the grocery store,
I'm headed here at El Rio
Grande in South Fort Worth.
What can you expect when you do head here?
Because there is a little bit of discrepancy
between those main roads and here.
So let's take a look at what people have
been dealing with when they've been going
to the grocery store for some residents.
Finding an open grocery store
has been the difficult task.
Call ahead, see if it's open.
But when you actually get in,
a lot of the store shelves have
been empty from folks of course
stocking up before the storm and
then that delay in transportation.
So staffing also might be limited today.
And hey,
if you are making the call to
see if the store is open,
why not just ask to see if they
have the items that you need?
And let's talk about that discrepancy
that I mentioned earlier because on
those main roads we're driving here this
morning and they are pretty slushy.
A lot of the ice that was
there yesterday has melted,
but here in the parking lot you can
actually see that there is a refreeze a
bit and So what looks like potentially
slush is actually really slippery.
The last thing that I want anyone to have
to do is to make a trip to the orthopedic.
So please be careful.
Try and park as close to the
actual store as you can get.
And here's another little tip.
Walk with your knees bent so that
you don't have one of those slip
and falls end up on your. Back.
That is not good for anybody.
But of course that's the situation
here in Tarrant County.
I'm going to send it back to
Mark and Kara in the studio.
OK,
it sounds
like someone has a personal experience
with that white bean, so Yep.