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Governor Stein alongside emergency management officials held an emergency briefing Wednesday morning to share updates on the storm impact.

Over 1,500 crew members with the North Carolina Department of Transportation have been pre-treating the roads. In total, they have spread 3.1 million gallons on brine.

Crews have cleared out roadways of over 200 disabled vehicles, allowing easier access for snow plows. Stein said NCDOT is shifting crews to remove snow and ice.

180 National Guard members have been activated, he added, and the state's power utilities are pre-positioned to quickly restore electricity if it goes out.

Precipitation has already began falling for some in our viewing area. Several weather alerts have been issued and will last until Thursday.

Watch full briefing below:

Because of the nature of this system with a potential break in snowfall, it could impact how crews address roadways.

"Depending where you are geographically, and how much precipitation you're getting," Joey Hopkins, the transportation secretary, said, "they'll start pushing snow and sleet and ice off the road as it accumulates.

NCDOT says they are in a good position when it comes to resources such as salt, which will be needed as snow continues to fall.

N.C. Department of Transportation held a briefing Wednesday morning about preparations for the storm and plans for clearing roads.

It started at 10 a.m.

Watch the full briefing below with Maintenance Engineer Doug McNeal:

With the impending storm, people were stocking up at the grocery store and making sure they had everything they needed for a couple of days.

The weather was certainly top of mind for Durham residents on Tuesday night as they picked up last-minute groceries and got ready to hunker down with schools and so many businesses closed for the next couple of days.

"I got snacks," said Anthony Barnett. "I got chips, drink, chicken salad, fruits. Nuts. Just random things to eat."

The weather was certainly top of mind for Durham residents on Tuesday night as they picked up last-minute groceries

A man named Shiva said he got some vegetables, fruit, water, and some basic necessities.

Latasha McMillan said she might make a stir-fry.

While a lot of people were stocking up on the same things ahead of the incoming winter weather - their feelings about it - were mixed.

McMillan said she didn't like snow. Shiva said he did.

And Barnett said it depends.

"When it keeps me away from work and things of that nature, of course. Yes. I do," he said.

Shiva is from Texas and was visiting his daughter in Durham. Aside from getting some food, he said they're just planning to ride it out until the weather gets better.

"I'm never prepared, but, you know, hopefully, it'll be OK," he said.

McMillan and her 4-year-old daughter Autumn on the other hand, already had plans for the day.

"We'll probably do some learning activities. Our teachers stay at home learning activities, so we won't waste the day away... "We'll enjoy the snow and do all those things," she said.

On Tuesday night, Wake County parents were busy preparing for another school cancellation on Wednesday with the possibility of even more later this week. Many of them were also picking up last-minute supplies such as sleds, shovels, and Ice Melt ahead of the storm expected to hit the area Wednesday morning.

"It is a lot of canceled school, so it's definitely challenging," said Stephanie Pyne, whose son is a second-grader at Conn Elementary in Raleigh.

Pyne said it's been an interesting winter navigating several storms -- the most active winter season in the Triangle in several years.

With children out of school and potential power outages, parents are scrambling to get as prepared as possible.

"I work from home, so that's been a little more challenging with a kid running around," Pyne said. "My work has been pretty nice about not minding that there's a background noise."

ABC11 also spoke with Marty Long, who has two children at Enloe High School in Raleigh. She said her children being older has helped with schedule disruptions.

"I have to go virtual for a lot of things that I do. So luckily with the Internet, I can just sort of go to my own separate place and get work done. Of course, because my kids are older too, that helps a lot," she said.

Long said there's still a concern about how the cancellations may affect the school schedule come the end of the year.

"I'm wondering about the makeup days," she said. "I feel like we probably have used most of our banked days."

At Burke Brothers Hardware in west Raleigh, other parents such as Neil Alhanti were busy picking up supplies before the snow arrived. Alhanti said at times, it's been a challenge balancing working from home with taking care of his kids.

"Our stress goes up a little when they're at home. And we're also we're trying to make sure they're fed, they're entertained, they're happy. We're also trying to, you know, basically, deliver whatever we have to make our meetings," he said.

Neil was one of the many customers stocking up on last-minute supplies at Burke Brothers on Tuesday night. Lesleigh Hastings owns the business with her husband, Jeff, who she said had to scramble to find the Ice Melt.

"They had to rent a truck to go get it. They brought it back the first five pallets. He's going back to get the other five pallets," Hastings said.

Hastings added that they would try to tailor their hours to customers who needed those supplies.

"Phone's been ringing all day," she said. "I wish we could just answer the phone and say 'We have Ice-Melt coming at 5, and we have some sleds here', but you can't really do that. But yeah, we have tons of phone calls, tons of people."