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And don't put it near a fire source. that's not just necessarily a fireplace. what about your air events? what about your space heaters? keep them away. or even better get a flame resistant fake tree. rob: you got to do the real tree. >> that is by far the safest. rob: fresh and green not as likely to light up. >> keep watering it. that's going to make it as safe as possible. don't put candles next to trees. you have a about 6,000 fires a year are because people put candles near the christmas tree. rob: those are the two things that go together arranged the holidays. what's your next tip. >> w...

All right. stay in bed, gentlemen. get your wife out there with the shovel. just kidding. >> he's kidding, guys. meanwhile, the northwest is bracing yet again for another powerful snowstorm. people this philly are scrambling to find snow supplies as the national weather service says the storm could dump up to a foot of heavy wet snow in parts of the state. >> in fact i drove from philadelphia down to d.c. and couldn't find a single bag of salt from anywhere in between. >> been to walmart, been to target, been to home. now here at lowe's and no space heaters in all of philly. is that amazing?...

In the past few minutes we've started to see the first precipitation of the day. a little bit of rain, and we expect sleet over the next couple of hours turning into snow later this evening. and emergency officials here in columbia, south carolina, are watching this very closely. people here just aren't used to this type of weather. they've got their emergency operations center ready to go, and they have all nine of their snowplows ready to go, here in columbia, south carolina. they just have a few of them. they also get a few -- a little bit of help from the state, as well. but when you compa...

Cold weather advice dolled out in florida where wofl warned people not to use ovens to heat their homes and be careful using space heaters. >> make sure there's nothing combustible within three feet. the space heater will heat up the item and eventually combust. >> wtrf visit add local zoo to see what it's doing to protect the animals in outdoor exhibits. the zoo director said all animals have heated shelters and they could special equipment to keep them warm. >> we have electric heat pads or heat blocks that the animals can lay on that farm stores sell. water trough heaters. we make sure they...

Telling you in northeast for people who are already here, people planning to come here, about the storm? >> reporter: yeah, they're being very aggressive about warning people about this cold. folks don't realize just how cold it is and how they can get frostbite being out here. they're saying that just emergency crews should be out here. the plows, and people dumping snow, maybe tv reporters doing live shots. they're also warning people at their homes to be careful about space heaters and electric blankets and plugging in too many things and the possibility of fires because it's a very cold ni...