KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, we are looking at live picture out of Chicago. As you can see, the heavy snowstorm has hit. Many airlines are canceling flights and that could cause a lot of travel snarls across the nation. Sky Ziskin, from our Chicago affiliate WSLD, is out in that mess covering how it is affecting everyone's life right now. Sky, what's the latest?</s>SKY ZISKIN, WFLD REPORTER: Well, the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip right now, for the last hour it has been. You know, this is Chicago in the winter time, we always expect the occasional snowstorm, we're getting a doozy of one today. We are expecting up to 10 inches to fall throughout the day. And already this morning, early this morning, tires were beginning to spin out in the suburbs as the snow began to waft down on us. Yesterday, Chicagoans stocked up on salt and shovels and snow blowers in preparation, and all indicators point to the city being prepared as well. Our Snow Command Center is up and running. The city has more than 300,000 tons of salt at its disposal and more than 300 plows are on the streets trying to beat the slick snow to the punch. And I heard you talking about the Chicago airports. Well, they are already experiencing cancellations. And in fact, yesterday, United Airlines announced that it expected to cancel 50 percent of its flights today because of this weather. So we are definitely in the midst of a winter wonderland here in Chicago. Reporting live, for CNN, I'm Sky Ziskin.</s>PHILLIPS: All right, Sky, thanks.
Chicago Snow Storm Could Snarl Travel Across the Nation