00:00Leslie Hudson joining us.
00:02Well, I'd say Charlotte is a pretty town, but today, well, I'll tell you, if you like white, it's spectacular.
00:09Yes, and thank you for that description, Bernie.
00:13I very appreciate it, especially this early in the morning.
00:17But I'll tell you what, you know, folks are now starting to get out and about and kind of look at some of the damage.
00:22And you can see a car.
00:24We think this probably was from last night, or at least I think it might have been from last night,
00:27because there is no tracks here this morning, but maybe the slush is already washed over.
00:32But clearly, this car did not have a great night, was out and trying to probably get home
00:38and ran into one of the trees here, potentially, not really sure.
00:42But we've seen at least a half a dozen cars like this here in the Charlotte Metro.
00:48And then we've seen some folks coming out to check stuff out.
00:50So we have joining us now is Heaven and Stevan Williams.
00:56And we just saw them checking out the car as well.
01:02So you guys are from Gastonia.
01:03Originally, we live here.
01:06We were both born and raised in Gastonia.
01:10So not too far from where we live, but we are residents of Charlotte.
01:16Okay.
01:16So tell me, how long have you guys lived here?
01:18Were you here for the, probably not for the 2002 big ice storm?
01:22What are you guys thinking about all of this today?
01:24Well, I was very young in 2002.
01:25I have pictures of all the snow, much more than this.
01:31But we're just trying to buffer down at home, make sure that we don't lose power.
01:36And if we do, having everything we need, not going outside, not driving, because we don't
01:41want any wrecks or any accidents.
01:44And just being safe, having fun as a family.
01:46So I know school, obviously, it's a Sunday, but school is probably going to be closed tomorrow.
01:50Do you guys have some plans to keep your little one active, you know, when you're trying to
01:55deal with all this cold weather and this icy weather, which is supposed to get worse today?
01:58Yeah.
01:59He's three.
01:59He has.
02:00Oh, yeah.
02:01So he's not in school.
02:02Yeah.
02:03He has daycare, probably closed.
02:05He has a Toy Story kind of room.
02:08Every toy you can imagine.
02:09So we're just keeping him busy with that and movies while we have power, snacks.
02:15And yeah, that's it.
02:16Good stuff.
02:17All right.
02:17Thank you so much, Heaven.
02:19And Seven, I love their names, you guys.
02:21So you can see the freezing rain is coming down.
02:24You know, we're expecting more of that to come this afternoon.
02:28As Barney was talking about and Anna, that that heavier band, we've been watching it, tracking
02:32it on the radar.
02:33You know, it's headed our way.
02:35So this is still the pregame, if you will, of this Super Bowl ice storm, I've been calling
02:40it.
02:41So we're going to try and localize ourselves and get positioned because we think that freezing
02:45rain, of course, is going to just turn into a big layer of ice.
02:48So we're trying to get into a spot where we can continue to show you what's going on.
02:52But, you know, just so interesting to see you guys, the cars that no doubt are going
02:58to be stacking up today for folks that are either don't have all wheel drive, underestimate
03:03the power of the roadways here.
03:05The highways have actually been decent.
03:07We've been on them several times this morning.
03:10But here, when we get off of some of these exits to see how the city's doing, we're seeing
03:14this play out more and more.
03:16Reporting live from Charlotte, I'm Leslie Hudson.
03:17We'll send it back to you.
03:18Well, since we're talking about the big game, how about getting some nachos, getting some
03:22pizza, and just sit in today and watch a little TV, of course, NFL games later on.
03:28Way to do it.
03:29Leslie, we look forward to talking to you later on this morning.
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