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Gov.
Kathy Hochul (D) joined News
12 on the phone to discuss how
the state prepared for these
dangerous conditions.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) joined News 12 on the phone to discuss how the state prepared for these dangerous conditions.

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Alex Calamia. I feel like this is the perfect Sunday to just cozy up inside. I agree because I stepped outside briefly and was like, just so surprised at how dark it was Jen. And it's because of how thick the clouds are, but the rain is becoming a lot more scattered, a lot more drizzly and then eventually it just dissipates this evening. So you might be able to actually manage to go out without an umbrella, especially after sunset. The work week is totally dry. So that makes life a lot easier for us to plan. You do see that the rain chance is still more 50% through 10 o'clock. So that does mean that odds are you're at least dealing with drizzle and a little bit of mist until close to midnight. But then the rain chance drops off pretty quickly and we're not talking about a lot of additional rain. So you see uh totals including this morning, maybe a half of an inch or so. So that's manageable. Unfortunately, because it's been raining all day, the roads are a little slick. Visibility is a little reduced. So give yourself some time to get to where you have to go temperature right all day for the lower parts of Westchester County and the rest of us. Poughkeepsie, Kingston pine bush. You're in the mid forties, you drop very briefly into the thirties. Tonight. In the Upper Hudson Valley, there could be some frost in a few cooler neighborhoods. The rest of us are warmer. We're in the forties. It looks ok. Monday a little bit cooler in orange, Ulster County in the higher elevations. Most of us though get close to 50. We have a lot of sunshine in the morning and then clouds push in around lunchtime tomorrow, but those clouds do not produce showers. It's dry a less than 10% chance of rain on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So this is your entire work week that's looking dry, but it cools down. So we go from 52 Wednesday to 45 on Thursday. Um, actually 45 on Tuesday by Thursday though. You're at 41 degrees. So that's the coolest afternoon out of the bunch. First night of Hanukkah. You're down to 32 for that Friday morning and then we rebound to the fifties for next weekend. So it's a

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LIVE ON THE PHONE: Gov. Hochul gives update on state’s response to today’s storm

Our story. Watch coverage does continue this morning with even more information for you coming from the governor. She joins us now on the phone, Governor Huckle. Thank you for the time. Well, thank you. And I hope everyone's hanging there. All right, with the classic nor'easter that we're experiencing. Happy March to all of us, right. March madness. One strikes once again, different kind governor, please talk to us about the state of emergency that's in effect. How long do you expect that to continue? And what is your team doing in response to the regions that we know are being hit a little harder than others with this? Right. Well, we stood up our emergency operations center at eight a.m. yesterday and we've been literally through the night working to make sure that the crews are in the right places are snowplow teams from the D O T and that we are doing an exceptional job. They've been out there throughout the night, but the rate of snow is very high. It's about two inches an hour in many parts of the region as we speak. Here's one dynamic that is somewhat positive is that we don't expect to have severe whiteout conditions because the weather is going to continue with the snow coming down. But the winds won't really kick in until 11:00 early this afternoon. And that combination with a little bit of a lessening of the snowfall should make it better. But the bottom line is really simple. This is a day to stay home because our plows are doing a great job now because there's not much traffic. But if people start going about their everyday business and think it's not so bad. I can see fine. Uh they're gonna paralyze our ability to be able to make the roads clear so we can get back to normal as soon as possible. We do have 51,000 homes without power right now. Are we have over 8000 utility crews that were brought in even before the first snow fell to make sure they can be pre positioned to get the power on as soon as possible. So we have some counties hit harder than others. Duchess rental ear Are both expressed about 5000, but again, we're in constant communication with the crews to get up there, get the power on as soon as possible. Yeah. What message do you have for those people right now at last check were at about 17,000 customers without power in just the area that we cover. Governor. Yes. And the crews are out there already. They've been deployed. They know where to go and a lot of people starting to wake up now and realize their power was out during the night. So we're expecting more calls to come in, but they can go out when the weather is not dangerous. So, if you don't see, cruise on your street right away when the snow is falling hard, they have to wait until it's a safe time for them to be on the roads as well. So it's, it's happening, you know, in real time, there's power being restored as we speak, but there's more power lines that are coming down because of the enormous weight of the snow. This is at least double the normal amount of weight, for example, 1.5 ft is actually the equivalent of three ft of weight on the power lines and it's just making them drop very quickly. And that's the challenge we're facing right now. Wind gusts are also something that we're following here throughout the Hudson Valley governor as we expect the wind to really ramp up in the afternoon. How will that hinder crews? How do you obviously encourage their safety as well while also needing to get the job at hand done? Right. I was out speaking to our crews just yesterday afternoon, you know, wishing them well, they go through the night, it's very treacherous for them and when the wind kicks up and starts either the snow that's coming down at that moment or where there was snow that accumulated and just blows across the road. It is so hard for them to see other vehicles on the road. So you may think that the truck can see. You don't assume that. So the basically, if you want our crews to do their jobs and get us through this event sooner, people stay home. That also allows our utility crews to get out there and start restoring power to all of our neighbors. And that's really important. All right, Governor Kathy local. Thank you so much for joining us, giving us that update. We really appreciate your time. All right. Thank you, everybody, stay home and stay safe.

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