>> you are in a better position than shaq is. however, with those plunging temperatures and all that rain that they had a couple hours ago, it's certainly still very much a dicey situation out there on the roadways. thank you for that. i'll let you go. let me come to you, katie. in the last hour, we have seen more and more cancellations. you have a lot of folks wanting to get home for the holidays amidst all this. this is mucking up some plans as they are trying to move around the country here ahead of christmas. what more are you learning there? >> reporter: absolutely. the timing could not be worse. this is the biggest two travel days of the holiday season. yesterday and today. and already this morning, we were aware that more than 5,000 flights had been cancelled. 500 out of chicago just this morning. and we were aware of system ground stops happening in major cities too. denver, charlotte, seattle, washington, d.c. since that time, some of the