Rain could complicate matters as NCDOT prepares roads for snow
DELAY-FREE.
>>> THE SNOW POTENTIAL HAS THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION PREPARING FOR
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE
ROADS.
WRAL'S CASEY CUNNINGHAM HAS
BEEN REPORTING FROM AN NCDOT
FACILITY FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS
NOW AS THEY GET READY.
CASEY.
>> Reporter: I AM SO HAPPY IT'S
FINALLY GETTING LIGHT OUT
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DYING TO
SHOW YOU THIS.
LOOK AT THIS LINE OF TRUCKS
BEHIND ME.
THEY HAVE GOT THE PLOWS OUT.
THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW THE D.O.T.
IS GETTING READY FOR ALL THIS.
YOU CAN SEE THESE PLOWS
ATTACHED TO THE FRONT OF THE
TRUCKS AS WELL.
THEY ARE ALL GETTING STAGED AND
HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 24
HOURS.
AND YOU MIGHT SEE THESE TRUCKS
OUT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT D.O.T.
IS ALSO ADDING MAJOR ROADS TO
THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
TREATED.
YESTERDAY THEY WERE FOCUSING ON
BRINE.
TODAY IT WILL BE SALT.
WE GOT TO WATCH THAT PROCESS AS
THEY GOT THESE TRUCKS READY.
I WANT TO PULL UP THAT VIDEO
NOW.
YOU CAN SEE -- IT WAS REALLY
NEAT TO SEE.
WE ARE EXPECTING RAIN LEADING
INTO THE STORM.
SO THAT COULD COMPLICATE THINGS
AS CREWS ARE TREATING THE
ROADS.
BUT THE D.O.T.
ENGINEERS TELL ME THE BRINE IS
STILL GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE AS
LONG AS THERE'S NOT MORE THAN
QUARTER INCH OF RAIN.
OUR METEOROLOGISTS ARE SAYING
THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN THAT SO HOPEFULLY
THIS WILL NOT WASH THE SALT AND
BRINE OFF OF THE ROADS BUT IT'S
DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH
DRIVERS WHO SAY THEY ARE
PLANNING ON STAYING OFF THE
ROADS.
>> I'M GOING TO QUIT BEFORE IT
START SNOWING.
>> WILL THEY KEEP YOU OFF THE
ROAD TOMORROW?
>> DEFINITELY.
I DON'T DRIVE IN THE SNOW,
PERIOD.
>> Reporter: THAT'S PROBABLY A
GOOD SOLUTION.
THAT WAS PHOTO JOURNALIST JOHN
PAYNE WHO WAS TALKING TO
DRIVERS OUT AND ABOUT THIS
MORNING.
THAT WAS AN UBER DRIVER SAYING
SHE IS GOING TO BE QUITTING AND
GETTING INSIDE BEFORE THE SNOW
STARTS.
AN IDEA THAT IS RECOMMENDED
FROM CREWS FROM THE NCDOT,
STATE OFFICIALS AND ALSO THE
HIGHWAY PATROL.
THEY HAVE POSTED THIS TO SOCIAL
MEDIA, OFFERING TIPS FOR
DRIVERS WHO MIGHT HAVE TO GO
OUT IN ALL THIS BUT SAYING THE
BEST IDEA IS TO STAY OFF THE
ROADS IF YOU CAN.