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MORE THAN 150,000 KIDS ARE
GETTING A LATE SEASON SNOW DAY
TODAY.
THE STATE'S LARGEST SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE CLOSED TODAY.
THAT INCLUDES ST. PAUL, ANOKA-
HENNEPIN AND MINNEAPOLIS.
SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS ARE
CLOSED.
MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SAY THEY CALLED OFF CLASSES
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT
FOR BUSES TO GET DOWNSIDE
STREETS AND BECAUSE CHILDREN
MIGHT NOT BE VISIBLE BEHIND
THOSE TALL SNOW BANKS.
ANGELA DAVIS IS IN OUR MOBILE
WEATHER LAB TO SHOW US THE SIDE
STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
HOW ARE THEY LOOKING?
YEAH.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE
DONE.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I AM GLAD
THAT I AM NOT DRIVING RIGHT
NOW.
I AM WITH PHOTOGRAPHER GRANT
VERODON.
WE CAN GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT
THE STREETS HERE LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS
RIGHT OFF OF PENN AVENUE SOUTH
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT MANY DRIVERS
ARE DEALING WITH AS THEY'RE
TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF
GARAGES AND PARKING SPACES AND
DRIVEWAYS.
THIS IS WHAT STILL REMAINS ON
THE ROADS AFTER ALL OF THAT
SNOW FELL ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
YOU CAN SEE STILL THE TALL SNOW
BANKS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ROADWAY IS
STILL COVERED WITH SNOW.
WHY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT IF
YOU WERE A SMALL CHILD TRYING
TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO A BUS STOP.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SCHOOLS
WERE CLOSED TODAY HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS AS WELL AS OVER IN
ST. PAUL AND MANY OTHER
DISTRICTS.
OVERNIGHT WE CAN SHOW YOU VIDEO
OF THE WORK TRYING TO CLEAR THE
STREETS.
CREWS WERE WORKING THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT, OVERNIGHT TO GET RID
OF THE MORE THAN FOOT AND A
HALF OF FRESH SNOW THAT FELL
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS NOW
IN DAY TWO OF ITS SNOW
EMERGENCY.
THAT MEANS YOU CANNOT PARK ON
THE EVEN NUMBERED SIDE OF A
NONSNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE UNTIL
8:00 TONIGHT OR UNTIL THAT SIDE
OF THE STREET IS FULLY PLOWED.
AS FOR THE HIGHWAYS LIKE 94 AND
35 W AND 35 E. WE CAN GIVE YOU
AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT TRAFFIC
LOOKED LIKE THIS MORNING.
I'M SURE MANY TRIED TO GET
AHEAD OF WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED
WOULD BE A SLOW COMMUTE.
THE LANES ON THE HIGHWAYS ARE
CLEAR FOR THE MOST PART.
THEY LOOK GOOD.
WHEN YOU EXIT ON TO LOCAL
STREETS LIKE WE ARE SEEING HERE
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.
STILL JUST SNOW PILED UP ALONG
THE SIDEWALKS, COVERING THE
ROADWAYS AS WELL.
METRO TRANSIT SAYS PEOPLE ARE
RIDING THE BUS AND THE LIGHT
RAIL LINES BUT THEY'RE
EXPERIENCING SOME DELAY.
AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING ABOUT
A THIRD OF THEIR BUSES WERE
BEHIND ABOUT 7 MINUTES.
THE BLUE AND GREEN LINES ALSO
EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS.
THIS STREET HERE, WE'RE JUST
OFF OF PENN AVENUE SOUTH OF
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON A LOT OF
THE CITY STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS
AND ST. PAUL, THE CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE ACROSS THE DAY.
IT'S QUITE A TASK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW.
ALSO THE CITIES ARE REMINDING
HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
OUT THERE AND SHOVEL THOSE
SIDEWALKS.
IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE WALKING
SUCH THICK, HEAVY SNOW.
