the chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of that major disaster, back in 1986. major. >> garrett: ed o'keefe, thank you. now to the weather. winter storm warnings were in effect today from tennessee to maine, and the east coast tonight is preparing for a possible bomb cyclone this weekend. let's bring in lonnie quinn with the forecast. lonnie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, major. a bomb cyclone, a storm that rapidly intensifies in 24 hours. that's what this is going to do. you have two pieces that will be merging. snow from ohio to arkansas, that merges with some weather putting severe storm down around the panhandle. by tomorrow, you're looking at snow all along the adirondacks up into northern new england. severe weather tomorrow will be in the carolina coast, and look at this picture. you only pick up maybe an inch, possibly three inches around the big city, washington, new york, boston. you get inland to the spine of the mountains half a foot, maybe be a foot of snow. but the problem is it's coupled with real strong wind. that's the bomb genesis we're talking about. you get to saturday 6:00 p.m.,