>> well, we have -- sadly, we have experience. we have fema in place still recovering from matthew. we've had a briefing from the governor's office from our emergency management experts down in raleigh and we're as prepared as we can be. the thing to help us be more prepared is to have any citizen asked to evacuate to do so for their own safety and for the safety of first responders. >> bill: we spoke with the city official 30 minutes ago in wilmington. you know what he said, senator? he said they've gotten lucky often in the past 20 years or so but he has never seen the number of people in wilmington leave as he has for this storm. that tells you something. >> i'm proud of the citizens of wilmington and the local elected officials that have taken the positive steps, including the efforts of the governor to force mandatory evacuations. the people of north carolina need to understand that matthew was a category 1 hurricane when
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