WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE
COMMUTES MIGHT BE LIKE TOMORROW
MORNING AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
HOPEFULLY, THE DRIVE HOME
WILL BE BETTER THAN THE DRIVE
TO SCHOOL OR WORK THIS MORNING.
THE STATE PATROL SAYS THERE
WERE HUNDREDS OF ACCIDENTS
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
ANGELA DAVIS JOINS US FROM
GOLDEN VALLEY.
Reporter: IT WAS A MESS.
NOW LUCK.
IT'S SNOWING AGAIN JUST IN TIME
FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE.
PEOPLE THIS MORNING SAY THEY
SAW THEIR COMMUTE TIME DOUBLE,
EVEN PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE BUS.
METRO TRANSIT SAYS AT ONE POINT,
76% OF THEIR BUSES WERE RUNNING
AN AVERAGE OF 31 MINUTES LATE.
BY LUNCHTIME, THE EAST METRO HAD
THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND.
PARTS OF ST. PAUL AND MAPLEWOOD
WERE COVERED BY FOR INCHES OF
SNOW.
I AM FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SO I LOVE IT.
Reporter: BUT IF YOU WERE
BEHIND THE WHEEL THIS MORNING,
YOU ARE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC.
IMAGES OF THE MORNING COMMUTE
SHOW A SLOW AND STRESSFUL DRIVE
FILLED WITH CRASHES AND SPIN
OUTS.
PEOPLE WILL SAY THIS IS
BEAUTIFUL BUT ARE NOT ONE OF
THEM.
I IMMEDIATELY THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE A LONG COMMUTE.
Reporter: SHE SAYS HER 20
MINUTE DRIVE TOOK 45 MINUTES
TODAY.
THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SKATING ON THEIR LUNCH BREAK
SAY THEY ARE DAY GOT A LATE
START AS WELL.
IT TOOK OVER AN HOUR ON THE
BUS.
Reporter: WE FOUND
NEIGHBORHOODS IN MAPLEWOOD AND
ST. PAUL WITH SNOW-COVERED
SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS AND
PLENTY OF SHOVELS IN MOTION.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO TAKE
IT EASY.
THIS WET SNOW IS VERY HEAVY.
Reporter: RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK AT 394
IN GOLDEN VALLEY.
YOU SEE THE LIGHT SNOW COMING
DOWN.
THE ROADWAY APPEARS WET, BUT
THE SPEED LOOKS ALMOST NORMAL.
WE DO KNOW AS THAT SNOW
CONTINUES TO FALL, THE ROAD
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE.
MAYBE, SOME FOLKS LEFT
EARLY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
CONDITIONS AND A LIVE LOOK AT
THE ROADS COMING UP LATER ON.
A COUPLE SNOW EMERGENCIES
IN BLOOMINGTON, ST. LOUIS PARK
AND WEST ST. PAUL.
MORE CITIES COULD DECLARE SNOW
EMERGENCIES AS THE SNOW
CONTINUES AND BEGINS TO
ACCUMULATE.
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL HAVE
