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Keep you going. the machines are moving slower, too. we're monitoring the commute in chicago. aaa reports 192% increase in assistance calls over a past two days. cars with dead batteries, flat tires, people locked out of their cars after they're trying to warm them up. on the tollways, state troopers are responding to crashes and spin-outs but there is enough ice on the roads, ramps and bridges to create slippery conditions, unexpected conditions. people walking in the commute are having a tough time. they have to keep moving and wearing all those layers. the chicago fire department busy today...

People who travel maybe once a year. traveling with their children. so those long lines that you see at the security check points and check in at the counter with baggage and luggage and gifts with, those are longer than they seem because people tend to take a little bit longer than the business travelers who do it all the time. so maybe the road trippers are on to something this year. gas prices as low as they are. in 27 states gas is under $2 a gallon now. that's good news. the weather is expected to snarl automotic travel as well. aaa tells us they expect over the holiday period to be rescu...

Claim. it's going to take a while to clear these areas? >> the power line, power poles debris strewn all across the road. some of them were completely unpassable. you would have to bring in heavy equipment to plow the road to get through. nails, flat tires. the lot of it wasn't passable. >> a lot of this stuff sounds routine. but a tornado, there's something unique about it. not just in the bizarre nature of how it looks, and touches down and the fascination. we're going to play for you some sound now. just so you can understand the violence of the energy at play with one of these things touch...

Where planes have to go back to the airport. we've had minor items such as a valve that doesn't work, it gets sticky and you don't take the time to maintain it properly, you figure i'll get through the rush season. then one day you've got a plane full of passengers and it fails all together. then you can't take off. we see that as well. >> neil: are we seeing more than other summers? >> i don't think so. >> neil: there are so many planes flying now, it just seems that way? >> that is part of it. the other part of it everything is made aware, everything that happens i should say. if you go to t...