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Mike Tobin reports from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
- Duration 1:47
- Date Dec 21, 2012
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Weather center alert now Fox News on this first day of winner.
Shows the midwest digging out after the first major snowstorm we have seen -- this year.
Folks in Ohio and Pennsylvania Western New York facing -- storm warnings this after a storm ripped across the central part of the country.
Mike Tobin live at Chicago's O'Hare international airport -- the look in there Mike good morning.
You know bill if you're getting on your planet JFK -- -- LAX and you're not delay.
By that big O'Hare ripple effect you can thank the guy who built Lake Michigan and put it right next to Chicago let's take a look at the big board for proof.
As you look at big board no red.
Flights are -- and along.
There are some forty flight cancellations out of here but -- -- -- -- to have me you're out of reasons everything from not.
You know mechanical problems to bad weather places appoints -- the -- played a big crowds right now but that is because.
There are so many people you've got all the sailors from Great Lakes going home right now for the holidays some 200000 people are going home for the holidays going through O'Hare alone.
So you will have crowd you've still got to get to the airport early it's the busiest travel day of the year but -- looks like you're going -- see grandma you're gonna make it.
Some big or criticizing all the cancellations are ready because they waited for snow and a lot of it did not hit -- well I did not hit in that area.
What's going on the rest of your -- right.
-- of Wisconsin in particular got clobbered some twenty inches of snow in Dane County where Madison is located.
About 30000 people without power there and Indiana the northern two thirds of Indiana are covered with snow a lot of people without power central Illinois.
Also got snowed on but here in Chicago had that warm air coming off the lake turn -- -- -- -- things are cooking along at -- bill they won't last you know -- thank -- -- Mike Tobin Jerry -- -- okay.