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My eyes here. the thing is it's raining so hard and it is so windy it's difficult to stand and it almost feels like little ice pellets when it hits your face. my producer and i just before we came in the air with you, she said, "is there eyes? is there any hail in this?" there is not, but that's what happens when the wind is coming at you sideways and being driven by 50-mile plus per hour winds. here in galveston, we've been going down hill. we have lulled earlier in the day where it would rain like this, then we were fine, not a drop is falling. hasn't been that way for the last several hours...

Is in danger because he's he's assisting that situation and i doubt that travel was necessary for that individual. >> we've got live team coverage right now with our reporters fanned out across half a dozen states all day today. cal perry checking out the conditns in new york city, ann thompson inston where conditions are getting worse over the next several hours. let's head about 20 miles north to ridgefield, new jersey. blake, i've been watching you all morning. it was actually hurting you for a little while because it was hard. >> reporter: that's right. you mentioned that transition to sle...

Klotz, he is outside at 48th and sixth avenue where because we are surrounded by sky scrapers but the wind is howling. it's out there, isn't it. >> it is. because of the skyscrapers you get breaks here and there. it tunnels. the ice pellets, small snow pounds you in the face to make my eyes water a little bit. we are seeing snow here at this point. that's not the case for everyone up and down the east coast. places in the south where we're looking at more of a rain-snow mix. that's the case in washington, d.c. also the case in the philadelphia area. still for us, we are still looking at solid ...

For this monster storm. let's get to rob schmitt who is live outside in new york city. good morning, rob. rob: good morning, guys. i keep volunteering for these weather assignments. some day i will learn. windy and sleeghtd right now. getting hit in the face with ice pellets which is harder to take than snow. you see on the ground here maybe three or four inches on the ground at most at this point. and we are still under this -- expecting this blizzard to show up. can i tell you i'm no janice dean but this is not 2 to 4 inches per hour as they were anticipating yesterday. this is not going to ...

You've been there all morning. walk us through the dangerous road condition, the crashes. what's going on out there? >> this is one of the places where the snow really is living up to its potential. it's 8 inches so far. it started at blowing snow. then it became thick, heavy, wet snow. right now it's more like little ice pellets. if i hold the microphone up, you might able to to hear what's hitting my face. sounds like rain drops but those are ice pellets. you want to know. roads. let he hop over here. this is a road that's been plowed here in downtown ridgewood, new jersey. they've been tryi...