now in addition to the snow, we're very concerned about some of the ice that's been accumulated, and it seems like the i-20 corridor is kind of that magic place where we're seeing the freezing rain, there and southward. sleet and snow mixing in on up to the north, so the worst of the snowfall accumulations, we think, are going to be somewhere in this area across northern mississippi, northern alabama, northern georgia, and then as we get into the carolinas the storm system continues to progress a little bit. this cold air has been in place, and what makes the storm so brutal is that we've got that ice accumulating. what happens is as this low tracks down to our south, cold air is in place. we've got warm air overriding the top so it comes down as liquid precipitation and freezes on contact, and that's when we're talking about the power outages and roads being closed down. many, many accidents reported across mississippi as well as into parts of alabama. we're hearing terrible news out of birmingham, along i-65. lots of accidents reported there. i hear it's nearly gridlock in