of transportation facility. we've seen dozens of trucks getting filled up with salt to head out to fight this snow as it gathers. the federal government is closed tomorrow. schools are closed tomorrow. simply because they don't want to be in the position that atlanta has been in recently. the carolinas are in right now. there are going to be 4,000 trucks out here by midnight, working these roads as fast as they can. right now that is the beltway around washington that you hear so much about and this traffic has been moving steadily. but we know as the hours go on, that will not continue. anderson? s >> how much does it take to clear roads in a storm like this, tom? >> reporter: the simple truth is, if this snow is coming down at 1 or 2 inches an hour, they can't do it. they can salt, scrape, do all they want. but they can't really stay ahead of snow that fast. nonetheless, if you say once this storm passes, as i mentioned, they'll have about