MAJOR SNOWFALLS.

JESSICA IS LIVE IN NEW JERSEY

WHERE THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A

STATE OF EMERGENCY.

JESSICA

Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN

WARNING ABOUT SO SEVERELY FOR

THE WEEKEND, OFFICIALS HERE

HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUT BRINING

THE STREETS, WE HAVE SEEN GUYS

HERE TONIGHT AT THIS MUNICIPAL

GARAGE WHO HAVE BEEN FINE-

TUNING THEIR PLOWS AND SPOTS

SPREADERS SO THEY ARE IN TIP

TOP SHAPE AND READY TO GO AS

SOON AS IT STARTS SNOWING FIRST

MET CLOUDY SKIES ABOUT TO BURST

WITH SNOW AND RAIN, THE STREETS

THAT ARE JUST DOTTED WITH SLUSH

FROM THE STORM OVERNIGHT, ARE

ABOUT TO GET SLAMMED WITH ICE.

IF THERE WAS EVER A WEEKEND

TO STAY IN AND BID WATCH --

BINGE WATCH SOMETHING, THIS MAY

BE IT.

DECLARING A STATE OF

EMERGENCY, NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR,

URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE

ROADS ALTOGETHER.

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY HOME,

SO THAT ROAD CREWS, WHETHER

STATE, COUNTY, OR LOCAL, CAN DO

THEIR JOBS.

IT IS LIKELY TO BE A BIG JOB

FOR ANYONE TASKED WITH KEEPING

STREETS CLEAR AND THE POWER ON,

PS ENG HAS CREWS POSITIONED

AROUND THE STATE, THEY WERE

CHECKING OUT TREE LIMBS THAT

COULD PULL DOWN WIRES TODAY.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE

WILL FACE IS MOVING AROUND, AND

GETTING TO THE DAMAGED LOCATIONS

BECAUSE OF THE SNOW THAT IS

EXPECTED.

IF WE GET THE RAIN EXPECTED,

THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR

US.

IN THE SUBURBS OF NEW JERSEY

, HOMEOWNERS ARE STILL HAUNTED

BY A MONSTER STORM LAST MARCH,

THAT LEFT MANY OF THEM IN THE

DARK FOR A WEEK OR MORE.

AS PEOPLE PREPARE FOR THE STORM

IN YONKERS,

I HAVE MY SHOVEL, MY GLOVES,

MY SNOW BOOTS.

THEY SAY CON EDISON BETTER

BE DOING THE SAME.

PLEASE HELP US OUT.

LET'S NOT HAVE WHAT HAPPENED

LAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

IN THE FREEZING COLD,

ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY.

IT IS A POPULAR TIME FOR

TRAVEL AND MONDAY COULD BE A

WILD CARD AS THE DEEP-FREEZE

SETTLES IN.

THIS LOCAL FAMILY IS GOING UP

SKATE -- UPSTATE TO SKI.

AND HOPE WHEREVER YOU ARE,

THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WINTER

BLAST WON'T BE AS BAD AS WE

THINK.

JUST DRIVING I THINK IS

REALLY THE BIGGEST, AND YOU

KNOW THE ELDERLY ALSO, I THINK

THAT IS A CONCERN, ALWAYS

LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.

THAT IS A NICE FRIENDLY

REMINDER AND THE UTILITIES IN

BOTH NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

ARE PROMISING US THEY HAVE CREWS

PRE-POSITIONED AROUND THE

STATES, IN CASE OF ANY

EMERGENCIES.

THEY ARE REMINDING EVERYONE

WATCHING TONIGHT, IF YOU COME