6 25 p. M. Its at facebook. Com andersoncooper full circle opinion right now i want to hand it over to chris cuomo. Cuomo prime time starts now. You were wondering where the rain is, now you know. Its right on andersons head. Hurricane florence is starting to come around for the coast of the carolinas. Anderson is going to stand by. We have correspondents up and down the path of the storm for you. Here is hurricane florence, very slow, thats the problem with this storm. When she comes, she stays, and shes dumping water in places that dont have a lot of tolerance for it, by the time the wind gets to you, the areas have been soaked. Currently just over 80 miles eastsoutheast of where Anderson Cooper is. Lets go to where were seeing the storm in full effect already. Brian todd is in ham stead, North Carolina. Whats the weather . You have to keep your eye on that situation. We have an assisted living facility not far from the area where were getting pounded right now. Its good, weve been talking to city and county officials. They learned from hollywood florida. There are no assisted living facilities or Nursing Homes in north mert el beach proper. The ones in the surrounding areas, they have generators ready. They have fuel ready, to cool down those areas, if theres any type of trauma to the facilities. Hopefully thats a lesson learned. It was explained to me that florence is working the body before she works the head. For a Boxing Metaphor, the rain is soaking all of the roads, all of the communitieses, all of the areas, saturating them, then once the wind comes with the surge, they will already be too soaked to really absorbed any of the blow. And thats their concerns. So what have you seen in terms
of change . Time is the element. Have you to be able to take about 18 to 30 hours of this. What are you seeing as a rate of decline in this situation. Its been declining rapidly. Its getting more inundated. Can you feel it every 20 minutes or so, can you feel this, you can certainly see the surge coming closer to us, as we get hit with another band here, Whipping Side to side. We have to also point out this area had already gotten a lot of rain even before florence was a threat. This area is saturated. It makes it less able to with stand this kind of thing. The dire nature of this situation cant be overstated right now. Its going to get worse in the next few hours as weve all been saying, this is a storm that is moving very, very slowly. Its taking its time, lumbering past this area, and again, you cant say enough about the people who decided to stay, and
weve been without power for about four hours now 37 and had one Tornado Warning where we all sheltered in closets. Its pretty windy out there. Safety first, rebecca. Safety first, thank you for talking to us. This is no longer a discussion of should you stay, should you leave. Youre here. Do you have food in the freezer. Do you have water. We brought in plenty of water and food and ice. And were good to go for quite a while. Thats your first concern much i know a lot of First Responders
decided to stay. There was a call out for blood, put in the area today, just in case. So we understand people had to make different choices. Do you have a concern about the time . Usually you have to deal with this for six hours, eight hours, theyre thinking this will last a day or two. We have plenty of supplies to last for days and days. Were more about, i have my three children here. And im worried about how long all of us will be able to stay in the house without going crazy. Everybodys needing to do what they need to do, and well get through it. Rebecca, how old are the kids . 16, 14 and 11, and my girlfriend is staying here, and her daughter is 17. And weve got 17, 16, 14 and 11 and four
have people in the area. Thank you, well get the information out. Thank you guys so much. I know its a little bit hairy for the News Reporters to be out here during all of this too. Thanks for being here. We got it easy compared to you. p. This is about time. Lets bring in tom seder right now. The word went out, there will be no surprise here, will the direction be a little different . Yes. Will the force be air little different . Yes. This is going to be a long time, if youre losing power now. Youre not going to have it for days in all likelihood. Fair assessment . Very fair. Its still 80 miles off shore, its only moving at 5 miles an hour, it really put on the
the actual intensity went up by five Miles Per Hour a couple hours ago, here we go. Starting to see a full circulation around the core. Here we go, its dropped again. We have elements and factors of the environment that are fighting for it and fighting against it. One High Pressure off to the west, this is running fwloo a brick wall like harvey did. It can go down even slower from leer. Will it make its way on shore or not . Other elements . The warm water, sure, you think well fire that engine up, that fuel line is still open, its not over land. The rain inside the core is a cold rain. When it falls, its going to fight that warmer water, thats going to try to fight it. Outer bands over South Carolina right now are creating friction. It tries to kick in dry air,
direction, were only about 423 miles from the coast, a little further to wilmington, moving at this kind of speed, you get incredible rainfall totals. Over a foot already at atlantic beach. When we look at these models weve been talking about, it still wants to bring it on shore south of wilmington, thats why theyre in that core, the stronger winds. Carolina beach. The winds will start to shift, this model now rides the coastline, its a landfall when half of it is over land. But i cannot give you a time period right now. Because there are so many factors if its going to be on shore at what time. This could be late tomorrow, believe it or not. But because its riding that coastline, youre still getting that surge of Moisture Feeding into the back of that eye, this is going to be going in for some time. Theres a world of things that we can talk about. Its just beginning. The pictures were seeing are nothing about like what were going to see. Unfortunately. Look, thats the truth, tom. You dropped a lot of science there, but youre right, we have a lot of time to talk about it, because shes moving so slowly that theres going to be a lot more fatigue in the audience than there will be in the storm, and youre going to have the backside of this storm where we are, right in new myrtle beach, South Carolina, about 9, 10 miles inland. Its going to take longer for her to get here, because of the track south. Shes going to be carrying more things into a Funnel Effect here. The concern is, people will have 8, 10, 12 hours of this, they havent seen a storm in 20 years of anything like this kind of proportion. We were right. Soon as the number went down, the threat went away, and all along theres another 15, 18 hours of water and wind coming behind it, so for the people here at new myrtle beach and parts south, whats the word of warning . The word of warning, it comes
north mert el beach and parts south. The worst of it will start to move in tomorrow morning for you, but its not until the winds start to shift later in the day, that youre going to see the worst of it, you get down it myrtle beach, that main drag im drawing a blank. Where you have all the high rises. The winds are going to increase at height, floor by floor. Even if its a category 2, anyone whos on the 30th floor, the winds are 20 higher. Its going to get worse as we go through the day tomorrow. Its not going to get better for the outer banks until tomorrow, it will improve from the north to the south. When you look at this increasing Surge Heading in one direction. All the water is coming out on the southern flank. Visually those who have stayed lindh say this isnt such a bad thing, because the winds are on the back edge here. You havent even gotten into that main flow thats going to
push all of us through. Typically, these storms will come through with one high tide cycle. Thats what we originally thought a few nights ago, now theyre going to go through 2 maybe 3, and the low tidewater never comes out. Just so people remember how the tide cycle works. Its six and six. From low tide, you have six hours until you have low tide. Theres a little period of slack in between. High tide can make a big difference especially for places that cant tolerate more saturation. Just after midnight tonight, and then after noon tomorrow, and then 1 00 in the morning. And 1 00 p. M. Thats about your time period. Right, so those are the high tide cycles, were going to see several. The story of this storm is going to be duration, impact, only time will tell. Its one of those cliches we hear in storms, especially with
this one, its the most accurate mode of assessment. Lets take a break right now, when we come back, florence has already made an impact. Heres part of the problem with, a storm sitting so slowly in an area. When do you go out and do the rescues . When do you start recovery . If the wind speed is too high, you cant risk First Responders. We already have damage, now the clock is ticking about when those areas could get help. Well take you through it next. Hey, what do you guys wanna listen to . Ooh, hiphop reggaeton. Edm. What about Bubble Trance . Bubble what . Bubble trance. Its a thing. man oh. My point is, everyones got different taste. Thats why verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plan so everyone gets the plan they want, without paying for things they dont. And right now, the whole family can get six months of free apple music on verizon. Oh. So lets play that reggaeton. Old school reggaeton, not the new stuff. vo get 45 million songs with six months free apple music on us. Only on verizon. Switch now and get a free Samsung Galaxy j3 v. Be right back. With moderate to severe Crohns Disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. Is she alright . I hope so. So i talked to my doctor about humira. I learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of Crohns Disease after trying other medications. And the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Be there for you, and them. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. That make it easy for your uber driver to find you,atures taking the stress out of pickups. Because leaving an event shouldnt be one. Uber is moving in a new direction. Forward. We dedicate 175,000 square feet to getting it wrong. Because you deserve paint thats done right. Thats proudly particular. Benjamin moore. The standard for paint professionals. Only at local paint and hardware stores. Hurricane florence is making her way to the carolina coast and parts of south. Slow and low that is the tempo for this storm. Shes not moving quickly, about five miles an hour. The wind speeds are relatively low for a hurricane. Whatever category this storm is, its going to be more than enough because of the duration and precipitation, the amount of water. Search how much can the coastline take. Its getting the rain first, the windows are usually 6, 8, 10 hours. Here it could be 16, 18, 30
hours by the time you get the Big Bands Of Win from whatever category the storm is, even if its a tropical depression at that point, it will be more than enough to create real problems. How do i know . Ive been told by local officials who have been educating me on the process here. Lets bring in jay fernandez. So far so good. Theres a false since of security, we saw it on the beach today. Yes, thats very true. We started evacuating when the governor issued the order on tuesday. And weve aggressively been putting the message out. Were probably at about 85, 90 evacuated that means about 1,000 are still in town. My wife evacuated with our son to alabama. I was happy they got out of town. Youre going to protect your family, do the right thing. Be safe rather than sorry. Its not too bad. What is the risk . Youre right, the storm is going to last a long time were looking at 30 plus hours of 50 miles an hour or more, starting after midnight, actual hurricane hours, probably 9 hours of hurricane strength rain, and storms. Thats devastating, plus with all the rain, 30 plus inches of rain, thats going to compromise as you mentioned earlier, the soil, trees are going to fall, theyre going to knock power lines down, they may hit houses. Were going going to be able to respond. Our Response Protocols say at 35, were very limited on where we go. At 50 we shut it off. We will evaluate the calls, if theres a critical call coming in after 50 miles an hour, but that will be a case by case
situation. Dont have anyone believe were going to come. Were not going to come unless its a critical critical. People dont think about the lives of the First Responders when they make the decision to stay. They confuse bravery with temerity. Once you get above 30 miles an hour, 40 miles an hour, you cant safely send people out and guarantee their return. If you have 12 hours of 50 miles an hour, thats 12 hours a lot of people may have to wait. Thats correct. Youre right, i have about 135 policemen and firemen on duty right now. We do not want to risk their lives because somebody chose to stay. Thats not going to happen. One of the things were going to do is, while were here locally, were starting a phone tree. Were checking in on people, spreading numbers, so as they have problems, theyll be able to contact us. If you have information people need to hear, let us know. Im glad your wife and child got out safely. What kinds of things are we dealing with in the storm . Theres a wide variety of concern. The buildings falling down. Power being down. People being stuck in their house. Then there are these X Factor Considerations you have to deal with. Right now we have someone on the phone, jennifer gordon. She works with an organization. Its good to have you on the phone, we were talking to you earlier. You were trying to move animals from a sanctuary, away from the harder areas of the storm. And there was a mishap, and we started to see it all over the place online. What lapped with the transporting of the animals . We had a all right, i dont have jennifer. Try to get her back on the phone. And let me tell you the story quickly. And well get jennifer back on. Jennifer, can you hear me now . Hello . Hello . Jennifer, can you hear me . No, i cant hear you. I can hear you, can you hear me . Yes, were good now. Tell us what happened with the animals. We had a couple hundred animals at a sanctuary on the coast. We lined up multiple transports to get the animals out of the hurricane area. Theyre right in wilmington where the hurricanes going to make landfall. We had the cajun navy and a few of those Volunteer Sites where people volunteered to help. Over the course of the few days, weve had quite a few
transporters, we moved the donkeys and goats and emust and swans out of the sanctuary. We had three different transports leaving there today, we were running out of time. And the people were having trouble getting in, and the wind was the rain was already coming in. And so we were beating the clock trying to get out. And we strapped the animals down, the transporter that was there, they were evacuating people and had some room for animals in his truck. He put some crates in the back, he strapped them down, but the force of the wind we think is so strong, while he was going over the bridge. That usually will give you a gust. And it pushed the strap loose or the crate out. We dont really know what happened. And it fell out. We heard that as a result,
some of the crates wound up falling out, and there wound up being calls to find the animals, and there was a search area brought out. You started to get reports from local farms of animals being dropped off. There was a pelican on a box waiting for rescue, and ultimately you ended up getting back all of the animals except a hawk . Yes, were missing a red tail hawk, its a male, his name is achilles. Hes an ambassador for a Wildlife Refuge on the coast. He relies on people to survive. He cant survive on his own in the wild. Half of his wing was amputated. Were glad you got just about all of them back, well stay in the loop with you if anything happens. You keep us apprised of the situation. Thank you for having us. Pets always end up being part of the equation. We know our pets are part of the family. They wind up part of the safety calculation, your decision about what to do. Many of the shelters dont allow dogs, what do you do . Are you going to leave your pets when theyre a part of your family. A lot of People Choose not to do that. Youre going to hear the stories about the wild horses in the outer banks that live on beaches. They say instinct will keep them safe from the storm. Will that happen . The longer this storm is here, the more variability of outcome, were going to see. Rear going to leave you with a picture of whats going on in different areas. You saw in newburg North Carolina they have power down, increasing flooding there, and about a day and a half of storm and Hurricane Type Conditions to go. So when we come back, well take you through the latest on hurricane florence. Shes just getting started. The worst is yet to come. All right, here we are, were watching hurricane florence, shes now about 65 miles eastsoutheast of wilmington, North Carolina, the effects are starting to be felt. Lets go to someone who is literally chasing this storm. Reid timer at Topsail Beach youre getting pelted. Give us the latest. I dont hear him. Tell reid to get back inside so hes not getting beaten up like that, lets go to Anderson Cooper. I dont want to leave him out there soaking, thinking hes being heard. When hes just getting punished by the beginning of this hurricane. Youve had what theyre calling a Signature Experience of florence. Hey, its not that bad, and then
comes the rain and bands have a lot of time between them, thats all about the pace of the storm, right . Yeah, and, you know, i think theres a lot of people right now, who kind of think, maybe this thing isnt going to be that bad, and certainly lets hope thats the case, but i think this is really deceptive. This is you know, were so used to paying attention to what category it is, a cat 4, cat 3, its now a cat 2. This is really as youve been talking about, going to be a long event. Were talking about days, 24, 36 hours of Nonstop Rain Constant rain and that storm surge. In wilmington, as you know, chris, theyre expecting eight months worth of rain over the next three days. Theyve already had a huge amt of rain all year long. So its really the last thing they need plus with that storm surge on the river like Cape Fear River behind me, which
theyre expecting, it could be record storm surge, record levels of the river, beating what it was back in 1999 with hurricane floyd, it was more than 23 feet above normal. So theyre expecting it to go higher than that this is going to be a multiday event. And this is really just the beginning. Were in the beginning hours of this. I think a lot of people havent been through a system as big as this one is. Duration and delay. So if were looking at like 30 hours of some form of major storm ago differty. Then you deal with, how long until the First Responders can get out there. How long until they can start getting out to help those in distress, especially the people who decided to stay behind. I keep hearing what are you hearing up there, 30 miles an
hour, 50 miles an hour, First Responders have to stay in. And were hearing they could have Wind Conditions like that for 12 to 20 hours. And also with all this water on the ground. Thats a huge concern as you know for people driving out there, power lines are down, theres going to be a lot of water on the ground in a lot of different areas, the mayor of wilmington i talked to him earlier tonight, he was talking about 20, 30, 40 inches of rain. Coming down. Theyre expecting a lot of water on the ground. Its going to be on the ground for days. The river, theyre not expecting it to reach its peak until tuesday. Which gives you a sense for the time frame were looking at here. Water on the ground, no electricity in a lot of areas. People are going to be tempted to get outside, drive around, stretch their legs. Walk their pets, and not be stir crazy, but officials are saying,
please stay inside, stay Close To Home opinion theres a lot of danger, you dont know how deep the water may be in some areas. Yeah, and look, you have a lot of vulnerability. Everyones known that about the carolina coast. We learned it in depth during hurricane hugo, it complaininged the topography of this place. Where we are here what do they call this coastline again . The grand strand is what they call all these beaches down the carolina coast here, with the beautiful high rises. They dumped so much sand here to build it up five feet. It doesnt even deal with the normal high tide. Theres pulling about 50 yards from the homes here, if thats just normal tidal activity at its saturation point, what an indicator of extreme vulnerability. So lets take a break right now. Ill check back with you when
you get in a next band of weather. We just put together the most recent pictures for you. And well show you the current path of florence. And the latest on the damage right after this break. A place with 24hour valet service. And upholstery classes. A place where seniors get the care they need in the comfort of home. Home instead senior care. Making life a little. Easier. Introducing the wellconnected lincoln mkc. Oscar mayer deli fresh ham has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. Now deli fresh flavor is for everyone. Like those who like. Sweet. Those who prefer heat. And those who just love meat. Oscar mayer deli fresh. A fresh way to deli. Were tracking florence, the worst is yet to come, but were already seeing things that are bad enough. Lets go to brian todd in ham stead, North Carolina, we saw him in sheeting rain before, whats your situation now . Chris, we were just at the edge of this old landing road where the Intercoastal Waterway was flooding the road, now were going to show you what its like for people who live near that storm surge and decide we need to try to get out. Look at what people are going to go through on these roads. We have a vehicle, this is what theyre going to dr. To deal with, chris. A lot of people have elected to
stay, and this is what theyre being warned about were going to pull the vehicle over, and im going to show you what the people are going to have to go through. I can point out some of the area dangers here. When you get out, were used to this having covered the storms. Were getting hit with a really heavy band of wind and rain here. I can feel the trees really starting to bend and be compromised. You try to pull out of here too late in your situation and try to escape, this is what youre going to be dealing with, also on top of it all, weve had Tornado Warnings not far from here. These are tree lined roads, any kind of tornado that whips through here is going to bring down these trees, cause debris to fly all over the road, and then people are really going to be trapped. This is how people get trapped in these neighborhoods. If people are going to stay
through The Storm Surge and think they can make it out now . I dont think so. Im hearing nasty wind behind me . Well, look, were hearing from local officials. If youre here now, its time to shelter in place the decision has been made. The trees around you they may be young, they may be strong. But the earth underneath them is getting spongy and soft. Lets go to tom seder, were trying to put some numbers to the pictures were seeing, what are we getting from this storm now . Well, weve already seen our first 12 inch total in atlantic coast. What were watching here, weve already had a c130 fly in about were getting updates now every hour. Look at this, our first 100 mile per hour wind gust. Cape lookout, ft. Macon, sust n sustained Hurricane Winds are occurring at cape lookout, to
again this is moving in, but i want to talk about this rainfall, and, of course one of the worst hit areas has been new burn. Its going to be wilmington. Wilmington has had its wettest year to date. When we talk about north and South Carolina, the Storm Systems that have broken records as far as the most amount of rainfall for North Carolina, it was floyd. In 1999 dropping 24 inches, florence is going to shatter that record. For South Carolina, its jerry in 1995. That storm dropped 18. So were looking at 18 to not just create a new landscape here, and devastate the whole areas well inland. This is going to shatter records and go well into the record books, thats why a category 2 means absolutely nothing. Were getting updates every hour now, and well continue to share them with you. Tom, do you agree with the
metaphor, somebody was telling me earlier, a different meteorologist, usually a hurricane as a Boxing Metaphor works the head, theyre big shots, hey makers. This storm is working the body, soaking the earth. Working that water table already. Making it vulnerable. So when the winds do come, and The Storm Surge does come, its working to great effect. Theyre worried thats whats going to make it devastating. And life threatening. 75 of fatalities in these tropical systems are water, surge is quite a bit because of the swift current, unfor thely, its hard to talk about, those that drown, theyre trapped in debris . Their homes, electrocution. Its sad to think about those things, but its about water, water, water. Whats coming in from the ocean and whats coming from above. Thats a good metaphor, youre right, though. Tom seder, thanks very much. Lets take a break right now. Were trying to get reid timer back up, theres no substitute than being with a storm chaser, he can give you that firsthand experience of bheeing inside. Continuing coverage right after this. Hijacked from dreams. Pulled from decades of obsession. Taken from the souls of artists. We confess. We stole everything we could. From everything weve ever mastered. And put it here. The allnew lexus es. Every curve. Every innovation. Every feeling. A product of mastery. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. South carolina. This is south of where wilmington is. Theres reed timmer. Hes getting beat up for us to take us inside the storm. Hopefully he can hear us. Reed . Yeah, i can hear you loud and clear right now. We are getting northerly winds right now gusting 60 to 70 miles an hour. Im right along highway 17. We just came inland from North Carolina. We were there earlier saw the surge at noon. It was already coming over and inundating some of the homes. Already causing some storm surge damage. Another high tide coming up at 11 30 tonight. And that is when the worst of The Storm Surge is going to happen, is during high tide. But its likely not going to go out after that with those Winds Continuing to batter the eastern side of the barrier island. But as we were driving south on highway 17 we saw numerous trees down almost blocking the road. We were able to get around them. Right now were trying to reposition south of that wobble to the west and head toward the Wrightsville Beach area,
possibly Topsail Beach to reposition when the surge comes in. Right now with these northerly winds even as damaging as they are, they are coming off the land. So friction is slowing them down. But once that eye gets a little bit closer and those winds shift over to the northeasterly thats when theyre really going to start ripping up the water and that storm surge is going to come up very fast and its very likely that this storm is [ inaudible ] now, reed, usually a storm is going four or five times faster than this. What does this being slow, how does this how does that magnify the effect . Theres nothing more dangerous than a slowmoving tropical cyclone, especially one thats hitting the brakes like this. Because they produce such prolific Rainfall Rates. Theres whats called warm rain processes out here. And that is when you have a bunch of very small drops and the Rainfall Rates are absolutely prolific. You can see all kinds of ponding on the roadways already out here. Different types of flooding. River flooding, flash flooding. Also The Storm Surge inundation. And also a lot of these rivers. The ocean water will prevent the water from draining. And as the storm sits there spinning and almost moving stationary, its just going to be catastrophic, and its going to be mainly in terms of that water. Weve got a long way to go. Reed, pace yourself. Try and get back inside and be dry. Thank you for being outside. Ill check with you in a little bit. You let me know when its time to come to you. I dont want to expose you for no reason. Be well. Right now on the phone is amber cordinay. Shes in new bern. They have Power Outages there already. They have flooding. Can you hear me, amber . I can. Can you hear me . Okay. How are you doing . Im doing the best we can. Powers out. Do you have what you need right now . For now, yes, we do. We have what we need. The power keeps going in and out. Im not sure well have it much
longer. Did you take the precautions of filling up the bathtub, storing things in the freezer that you can . Are you worried about flooding where you are . Whats your situation . Well, where were at right now i dont think we have to worry about flooding. My house, which is about five minutes up the road, is beside the creek which is why we evacuated to my grandparents house. We have had i family here. Some of the surrounding areas are definitely at risk but where were at i dont feel like is. Good. Anybody particularly vulnerable who youre with right now . Anybody who has any Special Needs or medical needs . My grandmother has sleep apnea, but we do have a generator to keep her machine going. So as long as we dont run out of gas we should be okay in that aspect. For her to not be out of we at least have the means to get to a gas supply of some sort. And everybodys staying
behind. What was that about . Were you unable to move your grandthat . Why did you guys stay . The reason we stayed is because my family does a lot of rescue work with animals and we all have a lot of adopted animals and its just not convenient to up and take all of them with us. The power just went out. Thats really our reason for staying behind, to care for these animals. You know, its interesting. If people arent pet people, if they dont understand the attachment, when they hear that they say, well, youve got to go. Youve got to take care of people first. What do you need people to understand about what your pets mean to you . That these pets trust you. When you make the obligation, theyre your children and you should stick by them and not fail them. If you make the obligation you need to follow through with it. That is what i do with every single one of my animals, and i will continue to do that. What do you have . What are your furry family . What different people . What different types of animals do you have . Oh, gosh. We have a wide variety. Mostly are pit bulls simply because theyre very misunderstood breed and i try to work with them and get them back to 100 . We have sharpeis, hound dogs. We have cats, we have chihuahuas. Throughout my whole family we have a huge variety of different breeds. All right. Amber, keep everybody, you know, upbeat and happy, and hopefully you have the provisions you need to make it through this period. If you get in a state of distress weve got the phone tree working here. Please call us and let us know so we can get the information out. Be well. Okay . Definitely. Thank you. All right. Miguel marquez is in carolina beach. Theyve been seeing bands of weather as well. Lets check in. Miguel. Yeah. Its starting to come down here. The wind is picking up. The rain is coming down in much
more steady fashion. This storm moving so slowly. I mean, theyve really expected to see the weather that were seeing right now several hours ago. And theyre still now waiting to see the worst of it. They dpp texpect The Storm Surg come in between 6 and 13 feet. If it comes in at high tide, which is five or six feet, theyre expecting many, many homes to flood in this area. Theyre also expecting between 20 and in some areas 40 inches of rain. Just a massive amount of water coming down over a 24, 36hour period here. A third of the time they expect to be inundated and underwater and the town also cut off. Theres a street appropriately named canal street that goes through town that floods on smaller showers. They dpp that to be flooded and at this point telling residents that stayed here about 600 of the 6,200 people that live in this town, saying that you may be cut off for the next five to seven days. Chris . Thats the problem. Right . Duration. Weve seen what youre dealing with right now, not unusual. The kind of flooding that theyre expecting, not unusual in terms of its numbers. But the duration and what it could mean over that time. Is that something theyve been able to prepare for . The city is certainly prepared for that. They have Police Officers at a skeletal staff at the city, at a Command Center for emergency management, not too far from where we are. They have cars, they have boats at the ready, they have food, they have water, they have everything they need to survive and help people if they can as these winds pick up in the next couple of hours its going to be very difficult for Emergency Crews to get out. Weve seen some out and about so far tonight. They didnt expect to be able to make calls tonight. But they are so far. In the next hours ahead theyre going to have to make the call as to whether or not its going to be too dangerous to get out there. And then theyre going to have to wait until the storm blows
through and figure out how theyre able to help those who need help. Chris . Again, the First Responders and the local officials, want to us make it very clear what thats about. Thats not about them being callous or shaming people who decided to stay behind. Its about safety. Part of the calculation that people make when they decide to stay, when theyve been told to evacuate, is that First Responders are going to have to risk their lives to come get them. And they have a responsibility to the First Responders to keep them safe. So in some municipalities its 30mileanhour sustained winds. Other its 50. They cant send them out. So miguel, again, i want to keep your battery charged. Get out of that weather. Let us know when its changing and we need to come back to you. I appreciate it. And thats going to be the story of where we are here in north myrtle beach, South Carolina. Okay . Its about nine, ten miles of coast. And if you were to look at the map youd see were inset in kind of a cutout. They call it the just coast here. And once it comes it will be