00:00He's live from Grenada, Mississippi. This is one of the areas we're concerned about
00:05ice. We're concerned about even some rain and thunderstorms in this general area. Aaron.
00:12Yeah, good evening, guys. That's absolutely correct. Now, it's almost kind of a calm before
00:17the storm right now. It's the sun is shining. There's a very few clouds in the sky, but it's
00:22almost as if it's like a daunting message before what we are expecting to receive here. Now,
00:26there is potential for this area in such a widespread area that some of these places could
00:31exceed over one inch of ice. And now for some perspective of that, it only takes about a
00:37quarter of an inch of ice to start losing tree branches. We're talking about not only doubling
00:41that, but potentially tripling that in an area that isn't necessarily used to dealing with winter
00:46weather. Earlier today, there were a large amount of tree and tree cleanup and power crews in the
00:52area posting up to immediately be ready to respond as soon as the storm essentially passes. Now,
00:59a lot of folks down here have kind of been telling me that they do get their winter weather, but
01:04typically with the magnitude of what we're going to be dealing with with this winter storm,
01:08it's something that they don't see too often that south and it really stretches their resources down
01:12here to the max. Yeah, that context that you gave, that's part of the reason we're saying the south
01:18is pretty much going to shut down this weekend. Now, on the screen just now, we were seeing some
01:22of the resources that are placed and ready to go. Tell us about what you've been seeing as far as
01:26preparations.
01:29Yes, I've seen as many plows as they possibly probably have down here. You know, it's not like
01:34the northeast where they have dozens and dovens of those crews and salt piles on standby. The south
01:40does get their winter weather, but to this caliber, there's only so much that they can really do down
01:45here across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas as well. And unfortunately, the cold snap behind
01:51this could also introduce a kind of hidden danger. So as the ice comes through here and eventually
01:56passes, there's a non-zero chance that some more regular rain could fall behind that, followed by
02:02a sharp cold surge, and it could lead to what we call a flash freeze. So this is going to be a very
02:07long, several days, prolonged event here in the south. And the concern is very much rising amongst
02:14residents. But the good news is, I have seen a lot of folks in the grocery stores, hardware stores,
02:19prepping and taking those necessary precautions to be without power for several days amongst this
02:24cold.
02:25And I just wanted to briefly ask you, I know you just had the experience of your lifetime in Juneau,
02:28Alaska, after a record month of snow. How does the demeanor of people ahead of a winter storm
02:33contrast between Juneau and Mississippi?
02:37Well, basically, the difference is with Alaska, when you think Alaska, you do think lots of snow. So a lot of
02:43the folks, you know, they're not necessarily new to dealing with the snow up there versus the south,
02:48where it's typically somewhat warmer in the winter months, they kind of get those wintry mix kind of,
02:53you know, occasional snow storms, one to three inches of snow here and there. When we're talking
02:57numbers that we haven't seen in some probably five to 10 years, the folks down here, they don't
03:02really know necessarily know how to deal with it. They are hoping for the best. And I quote from someone
03:07earlier, that they're hoping that they don't get much, but they're preparing to be without power for the
03:11worst. So the atmosphere is very different, simply due to those difference in climates and
03:16resources. They got a lot of heavy machinery in Alaska, and they don't necessarily have that down
03:21here. And when you're dealing with ice, even storm chasers aren't immune to those hazards that are
03:25going to be inevitably around this area. So that's something that we even got to watch out for here
03:29as well, bring extra supplies and prepare for those worst conditions as well.
03:34All right. Well, nobody puts on more miles than Aaron Rigsby, I think. He's been all over the place.
03:38Good stuff. Aaron, love your coverage from Juno. Really good stuff there. And from this storm as
03:42well. We'll look forward to more.
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