(17 Feb 2003) SHOTLIST
Washington D.C.
1. Pan from close up to wide of snow blower in action
2. Close up to snow shovel
3. Wide shot of man pushing snow shovel
4. White House in snow storm
5. Pan left from the White House to Treasury Building
6. Wide shot of Pennsylvania Avenue blanketed with snow
7. The US Capitol amid blizzard
8. People walking in the snow
9. VOX POP (English)Thomas Hood, passer by:
(Reporter: do you think you will get out of here?)
"I'll definitely get out.The last time I was here was 1979, in a big storm at my sister-in-law's house. And this is Deja-vu all over again. I am never coming back here to visit her on Washington's birthday. Sorry Camille! I love you, but, enough is enough."
10. Union Station in snow
11. Interior of Union Station, empty Amtrak waiting area
12. People sleeping in Amtrak waiting area as they wait for trains
13. Woman sleeps on bench, pan to couple sleeping on bench
14. Sign in snow saying Airport Closed (Reagan National Airport)
15. Snow plow pushes snow at airport tarmac
16. Snowy planes.
17. Monitor at airport showing cancelled flights
18. Pan from monitors at National Airport to empty airport hall
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Nathan Taylor, stranded traveller:
"It really doesn't matter. I just want to get home. Just home."
20. Crews spraying de-icer on airplane
21. Snowbound planes
New York City
22. Wide high shot of snow-blanketed buildings and streets
23. Medium shot of people trudging through snow on sidewalks
24. Man with snow blower, boy with shovel
25. Medium shot of crowd of people trudging down the middle of Broadway because the sidewalks are so clogged with snow
26. Medium shot plows clearing snow from street
27. Medium shot of woman crossing the street through swirls of blowing snow
28. Medium shot of woman being helped across street as she climbs a big snow embankment
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Klein, New Yorker:
"Oh, I think today is beautiful. And I'm off today in any case, so I'm going to get to spend all day at the gym, and then go to the movies later on. I love it!"
30. Medium shot group trudging through snow as they cross a street
STORYLINE:
Washington DC and New York City were on Monday experiencing the worst blizzards to hit the eastern US in seven years.
The snow storm shut down much of the region on Monday, which is Presidents Day - a national holiday across the US.
The severe weather halted some air and rail travel and is being blamed for at least 16 deaths.
The snow was part of a huge system that had charged in from the Plains and up the Ohio valley during the weekend. It also produced rain, mudslides and floods in the South and Appalachians, and ice that snapped trees and power lines, leaving more than 235,000 customers without electricity.
New York City reported blizzard conditions on Monday, and some New Jersey and Delaware beach communities had flooding caused by a storm surge and a full-moon high tide. Philadelphia had 17 inches (43 centimeters) of snow.
About 18-22 inches (46-56 centimeters) were expected in New York City.
The major airports at Philadelphia and Washington were closed on Monday except for one runway at Washington Dulles International Airport.
New York's LaGuardia closed all its runways; Newark and Kennedy officially stayed open but almost all domestic flights were scrapped. Amtrak canceled about 25 percent of its Northeast trains.
It was the region's worst snowstorm since the blizzard of 1996, when at least 80 deaths were blamed on the weather.
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