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the roads are. these are a few accidents reported in montgomery county. there have been crashes in virginia and the district. fortunately no reports of dates at this point. news 4s derrick ward has more on the october snow. at this vdot trucks got their loads under chilly skies and road surfaces that were wet. 200 trucks were out on virginia roadways. a few minutes drive southwest and the efforts were needed and appreciated. in leesburg it looked like november rather than the end of ...

fortunately, there was enough time for the road crews to gear up and for everyone else to stock up on the essentials. >> its been a mad rush of people getting, you know, salt, calcium, shovels. i mean, we sell shovels, its amazing how many shovels we sell. >> new england is no stranger to snow, but not before the leaves have finished falling. >> its much too early. im not ready. >> like it or not, a preview of winter. brian moahr, nbc news. in fact, hraopbgt skyline drive and points ...

we test out the out of pocket calculator. >> thanks for joining us this saturday night, im maurine. >> and im will thomas. we will kick things off in the weather center. a wild weather day, snow in october, whats going on? >> absolutely. it was really not supposed to happen this way. it was a storm that hit just about all of our area with some wet snow, accumulating snow. a little bit of rain fall. very uncommon. we went from a trace to some areas in the district to 14 inches out in we...

will go to annie on the weather terrace. >> you can see the cold air mass that has been left behind. once the storm went on through. dropping lots of snow in some locations. and in fact here on the weather terrace, i see a little bit of snow, even on our patio furniture. here is a look at some of the snow that has fallen. cascade maryland, a lot of snow. in maryland, in clarksburg, thanks to harold sending in those pictures for us today. snow totals around the area. here is a little sa...

It period and now that i have kids, it is like a definite not going to happen. we now go from man against nature to man against beast, or in this case, bull. michael floyd has been riding bulls for more than seven years. >> theres no greater adrenaline rush. i have raced cars, raced motorbikes, they are all a buzz. >> but nothing he says compares to riding a bull. >> its the ultimate sort of man against beast. i mean, you have 10-15 odds. they just want you off. >> the saying goes if you mess ...

Rather than sort of something like that. >> michael is still riding bulls and holds no ill-will toward viking. he says it is all part of the sport. >> i dont think he was trying to injure me as such. but he was doing what comes naturally to him. he saw it as having a fight. if you go through life too scared to try something, you might as well wrap yourself up in the cut wool. theres an old saying that what doesnt kill you will make you stronger. coming up, a kayaker goes over a 27-foot waterfa...

Some air and ended up getting more air than i bargained for. >> not content with just getting his rider off his back, viking throws michael into the air. >> the throw in the air didnt hurt at all. he hooked me between my legs and on the other side of my ribs and he just gave me a free ride and nodded his head. wasnt much at all. >> the australian cowboy flies 12 feet up and 20 feet away. >> my first thought was when i was up in the air, looking down at the numbers on the top of the chutes and i ...

I was supposed to be fourth out and all the nicer bulls had been taken already and i ended up with this bloke. >> this bloke hes referring to is actually a 1,500-pound bull named viking. >> his horns were shaped like a viking like the old viking helmets. the owner said to me, if you -- this is the money bull. you make the ride on him, you got the money tonight. it took me seven, eight minutes to get on his back, in the chute, and he tried to get me off a couple of times in the chutes. >> the rid...

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