DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: As we said earlier, no snow emergency yet in Philadelphia, but snow -- sand and salt and plow trucks prepared for battle across Pennsylvania. CNN's Brian Palmer in Philadelphia -- closer look at the situation. Hi, Brian.</s>BRIAN PALMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Donna, how are you. We are at a city of Philadelphia highway department depot where most of the snow removal vehicles are actually parked -- parked because the state of emergency in anticipation of record snowfall has been lifted for the moment. Now, snow and rain continue to pelt downtown Philadelphia, but at this point it's more a nuisance than it is a crisis. City leaders held a snow planning meeting earlier in the day; they're not taking any special steps at this point, but they are staying alert in case the forecast changes again.</s>JOE MARXTZ, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I would imagine that we could probably have about 500 vehicles on the street inside of three hours upon notification of an activation.</s>PALMER: Now, right behind us -- Carl (ph) our cameraman is going to pan over -- we've got a small hunk of the around 50,000 tons of salt that would be spread on the street in the event that we get substantial accumulations, Donna. The representatives of major city agencies will reconvene tomorrow, so that's -- parks department, highway, police, the airport -- and they're going to reassess the situation, check out some of the new forecasts and make their plans according to that -- Donna.</s>KELLEY: Brian, do they load some of those trucks up as they get ready, or can they get those trucks loaded so quickly that they can just wait until they get the word?</s>PALMER: Well, they've been practicing this for quite some time, Donna; that's what the managing director says -- Donna.</s>KELLEY: All right, Brian Palmer, who's in Philadelphia keeping a watch there; thanks very much.
Philadelphia is Prepared for Possible Major Storm