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that s a huge fear. it is a what if. it would be scary. they would be in trouble. all right bill karins, thank you so much. joining me now, former fema official who worked on hurricanes katrina and sandy. thank you for being on. what is your chief concern right now with barry? my chief concern is the water. it was just reported it is going to be a very significant flood event. the storm surge is going to back up the rivers which is where the water naturally flows. people will have to be very careful. there will be flooding throughout louisiana, mississippi and arkansas over the next couple of days. folks in the region have been told take this storm seriously. what is your advise? absolutely. people take so much advantage and they put so much stock in the category of the storm.
disasters, fema is on the front line of what promises to be a tough battle with hurricane florence and will remain on the scene long after florence has come and gone. joining us now by phone, former fema official, thomas. tell us about the challenges and agency like fema has to prepare for in for in a situation like this. it is a pleasure to be with you. fema does have a significant amount of challenges here. number one, the simple size of the storm, potentially out to 400 square miles, is historic. although it has weekend it to a category one, the deadly aspects still exist, potential record rainfall. jon: that is basically going to park on top of the carolinas for a couple of days and just drench that reason region with rainfall. yes, very similar to what
when we could start to get into that 9 foot storm surge range. we have another high tide just after 11:30. that s another time when we could see that 9 to 15 foot storm surge. that being said, once the storm surge moves in it doesn t just trickle back out and all s said and done. the land here is very low level. it s very marshy. they had a lot of rain this summer so the ground is saturated and the water table is high. and then you re looking at the rivers and the estuaries and all that kind of stuff where the water has nowhere to go. unfortunately, it s going to pile up and that concern starts as early as tonight, stef. it s got nowhere to go but up. dylan stay, safe. here we in now, our guest, a former fema official. you have been part of the response teams for major storms like sandy. for those new yorkers who lived
former fema official lars anderson. to your point i m joined by some of those that are hardest hit by irma, the low income folks in south florida. we ve got albert garcia on the phone. he is the communications director with the new florida majority. what are they dog to make sure people are safe? we ve been not just preparing our homes, but we ve been helping our neighbors. we did it before. we were doing hurricane preparedness workshops. volunteers having organizing community operations centers. they ve been going door-to-door helping folks to evacuate, to provide some type of transportation. to shelters. also just trying to convince people that they should leave their homes. there s a lot of fear out there. especially in the undocumented families. so we really just are out there