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Travel nightmare. were going to get an update on air travel in just a moment. but the roads are also a major concern. officials from the federal government and state leaders and local officials are all now pleading that people stay inside and off the roads as much as possible. we have all of this covered at this hour. lets start with meteorologist allison chin char. who is getting the brunt of it right now. >> right now it is most of the area in the central u.s. that is where youre seeing the co...

Minus 59. again, the concern there is that frostbite sets in five to ten minutes when dealing with numbers like that. here again, not much better. denver currently the wind chill minus 37. des moines, minus 34. even amarillo, texas, minus 26. so again, even places you dont normally think about being cold are dealing with this same blast of cold air. we also have the same system that is now sliding off to the midwest and into the northeast. this has a lot of snow for some midwestern states. over ...

Im sure of it. beneath the station is a subterranean world. 2000 feet of tunnels 30 feet down, carved into the walls impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers. a frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping...

Impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers. a frozen, constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scott: were in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and...

>> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scott: were in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the sout...

>> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the flr comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scott: were in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the south ...

A frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scott: were in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat ...

A frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. >> scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. >> anthony: requiring constant maintenance. whats supporting this roof? >> scott: compaction of the snow. >> anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. >> scottwere in the process of taking the ainsaw depth off the walls d ceg to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. >> anthony: pretty amazing feat of enginee...

Left behind by long-gone workers. the frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passage way. >> requiring continent maintenance, its important he let us know. >> were in a process now of taking the depth off the walls and the ceiling. its a lot of work. >> the lowest recorded temperature at the south pole is 117 degrees below zero. >> were roughly minus 59. i could tell you that it scorches the lungs and creeps through your heavy way. >> weve melted it and enormous down there with 12 mill...

The front row of the press box, they gave us ice scrapers to scrape ice off the windows every five minutes to everybody could see the field. but the worst -- and we talked about this the other day, 1982 freeze bowl cincinnati against san diego. they played again today. 40 degrees. back then, minus 9 actual temperature. minus 59 wind chill factor. ohio river froze over. the press box heater broke and it was also cold back at the hotel. that is the worst and coldest day of my life. >> how long is ...