THAT.
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY
INDOORS.
THIS MORNING IS LASTING
THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
LET'S GO TO DREW BOLLEA HE IS
LIVE TO TELL US HOW THIS STORM
IS IMPACTING TRAVEL THROUGH THE
SIERRA.
THIS IS A BIG TIME BLIZZARD.
Reporter: IT SURE IS.
AND IT'S IMPACTING TRAVEL BY
MAKING IT COME TO A STOP.
WE'RE APPROACHING 24 HOURS NOW.
THE STATE LINE HAS BEEN SHUT
DOWN.
FOR THE TYPICAL 8,000 TRAVELERS
A DAY, THEY'RE UNABLE TO MOVE
ON 80 THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND
ANOTHER ROUT OR JUST SIMPLY
WAIT IT OUT.
MEANTIME CALTRANS WORKERS ARE
WORKING.
THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FORCED
CALTRANSS TO CLOSE I80 FOR 72
MILES FROM COLFAX TO THE
NEVADA LINE.
WE GOT HERE AND DECIDED TO
SEE IF THEY WERE GOING TO OPEN
OR NOT.
Reporter: MEANTIME THE SNOW
BLOWING MACHINES WERE ALREADY
GOING.
AS HE WORKED TO CLEAR ONE
SLUSHY LANE OF HIGHWAY INTO
TWO.
ANIS KNOWS THIS ROAD BY HEART.
FOR SOMEONE WHO PLOWS NOW,
THIS IS MONEY.
THIS IS GOOD.
I LOVE IT.
Reporter: THESE MASSIVE
MACHINES CUT THROUGH 6 FEET OF
SNOW.
AND LAUNCH IT OVER BANKS.
THE SLOW AND STEADY PROCESS
MOVING 3,000-TONS OF SNOW IN AN
HOUR IN AN EFFORT TO WIDEN THE
ROAD.
A PRIME EXAMPLE THIS SEMI HAD
TO BE DUG OUT OF A SNOW BANK
AFTER IT GOT BURIED IN A FEET
OF SNOW.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THE
JOB.
THE FLOW SLOWS DOWN AND TRAFFIC
SLOWS DOWN.
Reporter: ONLY EMERGENCY
VEHICLES AND GAS TANKERS WERE
ESCORTED THROUGH THE
TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS.
CALTRANS CREWS SAYS THE ROAD
WILL OPEN UNTIL THEY CAN ENSURE
DRIVER AND CREW SAFETY.
SO WHEN EXACTLY WILL THAT
BE?
WHEN WILL THAT TAKE PLACE THAT
THEY CAN GET THIS ROAD OPEN.
THEY MIGHT GET IT TO ONE LANE
BY TOMORROW MORNING.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE THEY HAVE I80
BETWEEN COLFAX AND THE NEVADA
STATE LINE FULLY OPEN.
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