North Carolina Still Short on Power
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's talk a little weather, or leftover weather, I should say. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in the Carolinas after last week's big ice storm. Reporter Volonda Calloway of our affiliate station WRAL joins us from Raleigh, North Carolina. How many people still without power there?</s>VOLONDA CALLOWAY, WRAL CORRESPONDENT: Carol, a whole lot of people. But those numbers are really coming down. One of the most frustrating things, though, about all this is a lot of people who are sitting in the dark can look right up the street and see that their neighbor's house is all warm and cozy while they're sitting there in the dark wondering when they'll get lucky. CP&O; reports that in North and South Carolina about 116,000 customers are still in the dark. Now, many people are going into their fifth day without power at this point. Now, power crews from here locally, as well as out of state, are working hard to get electricity restored. But it's a frustrating job for them, too, because so many power lines are down. Meanwhile, folks with problems to their electrical boxes first have to call a private electrician to get that fixed before the power will work. The North Carolina National Guard has been called out and members spent the weekend going door to door checking on people and letting them know about resources that are available to them, including how to heat their homes safely and about shelters -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Yes, good idea. Volonda, thanks for the update. We appreciate it.