mile per hour wind gusts in someplaces. we are gonna go now to rick leventhal in montauk, new york. he has been out there all day talking to surf surfers and maybe doing surfing himself? no surfing, but we are standing on high ground on the beach. we have found an island and the water has come up around us and reaching the dune there. you can see the fence. there is a lot of water on the beach and it is right up to the edge. that s one of the big concerns of locals here and that s the potential for beachy erosion beach erosion. so the winds may not be that high and may not get that strong. the surf is very strong. it has been chopping for a couple days now, and they are worried it may chop away a lot of the speech. for the people that are not that familiar with the ocean and its strength and go wandering out despite the flags, much of the beaches here, 17 miles in the east
hampton township, 2 percent are protected by life lifeguards. and 98 percent are not. here is more from bill wilkinson, the east hampton supervisor. there are so many tourists in the area and nonresidents, they don t have the understanding of the sea conditions a lot of the local people have just growing up here and understanding what happens with big waves and what happens with flooding and tidal surges. caution is the word of the day. you cannot be off cautious. i have seen too many mistakes happen out here. we don t want that to happen. all of the beaches in montauk closed on thursday. they are expected to be closed again today on friday as the sun comes up, marianne. and they could be closed through the weekend. that s not good news with labor day coming. it is certainly not. did you hear anything from that emergency management official about what their plans are? it sounds like it will move on
hampton township, 2 percent are protected by life lifeguards. and 98 percent are not. here is more from bill wilkinson, the east hampton supervisor. there are so many tourists in the area and nonresidents, they don t have the understanding of the sea conditions a lot of the local people have just growing up here and understanding what happens with big waves and what happens with flooding and tidal surges. caution is the word of the day. you cannot be off cautious. i have seen too many mistakes happen out here. we don t want that to happen. all of the beaches in montauk closed on thursday. they are expected to be closed again today on friday as the sun comes up, marianne. and they could be closed through the weekend. that s not good news with labor day coming. it is certainly not. did you hear anything from that emergency management official about what their plans are? it sounds like it will move on
mile per hour wind gusts in someplaces. we are gonna go now to rick leventhal in montauk, new york. he has been out there all day talking to surf surfers and maybe doing surfing himself? no surfing, but we are standing on high ground on the beach. we have found an island and the water has come up around us and reaching the dune there. you can see the fence. there is a lot of water on the beach and it is right up to the edge. that s one of the big concerns of locals here and that s the potential for beachy erosion beach erosion. so the winds may not be that high and may not get that strong. the surf is very strong. it has been chopping for a couple days now, and they are worried it may chop away a lot of the speech. for the people that are not that familiar with the ocean and its strength and go wandering out despite the flags, much of the beaches here, 17 miles in the east
what s the red sky at morning sailor take warning, is that what it is can you even get in the water there, rick? we just got swamped. i don t know if you can tell, the waves, you know, we re near high tide so the water has been coming up and catching us off guard. it s no joke. we can t get in the water because the undertow is so strong. that s the biggest concern for officials out here, beaches are closed to swimming. thursday was a beautiful day. sunny. but the waves were really churning and all the beaches were closed and they don t have enough lifeguards to protect all these beaches. they have maybe 2% of the 17 miles of beaches in the east hampton township actually covered by guards. they re trying to get the word out. don t go in the water, it s too dangerous. people could die out there. there haven t been any evacuations at all at this point. what we re looking at, i guess, really is kind of a nor easter at this point. i mean, not as bad as it could have been but still a