MORNING'S COMMUTE.

CBS 2 NEWS.

GOVERNOR CHRISTIE JUST

LIFTED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY

FOR NEW JERSEY AS LONNIE SHOWED

US NORTHWEST JERSEY SAW SOME OF

THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS THIS

DAY.

VANESSA MURDOCK MADE IT TO

SPARTA WITH THE MOBILE WEATHER

LAB, SHE'S THERE LIVE WITH HOW

PEOPLE ARE COPING, WHAT ARE YOU

SITTING ON VANESSA?

REPORTER: I'M GLAD YOU SAY

HIGHEST, BECAUSE I'M SITTING ON

TOP OF ONE OF THOSE CRAZY TALL

MOUNDS CREATED BY THE PLOWS.

THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO BE

PLOWED.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO INTRODUCE

YOU TO DEVON AND ELLIE.

BOTH TEN YEARS OLD.

IT'S DOWN TO OUR KNEES.

AND THEN IN THE DRIFTS, HOW

DEEP?

WHEN IT GETS REALLY HIGH, IT

CAN GO UP TO OUR THIGH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WELL

OVER A FOOT.

AND THE GIRLS HAVE SAID THIS IS

THE BIGGEST SNOW THEY'VE HAD IN

ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY FUN ONE

HERE.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

NOT ALL THE PLOWING HAS BEEN

ACCOMPLISHED.

FIST OF ALL, THIS IS A PARKING

LOT.

STILL ABOUT A HALF A FOOT TO BE

PLOWED.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE ROADS

HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY WELL

CLEARED.

BUT THERE'S STILL SOME GRIME TO

BE LIFTED.

WE ARE RIGHT ALONG THE BANKS OF

LAKE MOHAWK.

THIS IS THEIR BOARD WALK.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, SERINE

SETTING.

AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO

BE DURING A SNOW STORM.

IF I TAKE YOU AROUND THIS WAY,

WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE

BEAUTY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING

HERE, THE ICICLES HANGING OFF

THE ROOFTOPS.

WE HAVE SNOW DRIFTS HERE.

IT'S ABOUT 14 INCHES.

AND IF WE CAN FIND ANYTHING

DEEPER.

I CAN.

SEE.

THIS IS THE FUN PART.

BEING IN NORTHWESTERN NEW

JERSEY.

LET'S SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT THAT.

WE'RE AT 27 INCHES IN ONE OF

THOSE BIG DRIFTS.

AND WE'RE OUT IN THE MOBILE

WEATHER LAB KEEPING TRACK OF

OTHER WEATHER WELLMENTS LIKE

THE TEMPERATURE AND THE WIND.

WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE FACTOR

TODAY.

THE WINDCHILL FEELING LIKE 16.

PEEK WIND GUST WAS AT 25 MILES

PER HOUR.

WITH ALL THESE ELEMENTS, STILL,

THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO HERE SAY

THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ALL SEASON

FOR THIS.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU

HAVE IN THE ALPINE SECTION?

WITH THE DRIFTING, ABOVE MY

KNEES.

DEFINITELY ABOVE MY KNEES.

ABOVE THE FURNITURE ON THE

DECK.

IT WAS AMAZING.

YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK OUTSIDE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST

SNOWFALLS WE'VE HAD IN ABOUT

TEN YEARS.

ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU SEE ME RUNNING.

I LOVE THE SNOW.

NONE THE LESS, IT'S A NIGHT FOR

FUN HERE IN SPARTA WITH BETWEEN

A FOOT AND ALMOST 2 FEET IN

SPOTS.