don t act like it s clean by any means. it is a health risk, don t do that. the other side is the coast guard, the national guard, other organizations have been air dropping food into places like wilmington. they ve been getting mres and fuel in there. we have a one single pathway into wilmington now which is allowing some of these supplies to get in. there is some good news in some places and some places that are still completely cut off. islands in the middle of maybe a farming community. we ve seen this in samson county where people can t get in or out. maybe days and weeks before some of this water recedes. eric: it s unbelievable. lumberton, a friend of mine texting me about the situation there. bottom line, you think you will be air dropping supplies over the next certainly week before the waters recede and you get the access back in. maybe so. i hope not.
for too long. i don t know if i ll be able to get back to it any time soon. we also spoke with a person today who made that personal decision to ride the storm out on his boat. here s that story. yes, this is my boat and i have extra lines out as you can see. i also have an anchor chain. the boat will rock, roll and pitch. the waters sure here to rise, but joe sermon is preparing for the rough ride in the hours ahead. you are going to ride the storm out in here. as the full force of hurricane florence pushes into wilmington. i have to tell you, i ve been on this boat a few minutes and i m already a little dizzy. you re good with this, right? yes. inside these tight quarters, joe says there s no place he d rather be because these been through big storms here before. do you worry about this? i have a plan.
destructive part of hurricane matthew. to say the least though we ve got a rough next 24 hours along the florida, georgia, and south carolina coast. you can see the computer models hugging the coastline accident running parallel with florida. needless to say this is a formidable storm and conditions will deteriorate from daytona beach to jacksonville this morning, and riding up the coastline from savannah, to charles s charleston, into wilmington. what a bizarre storm. that a little bit just north of melbourne that is titusville and cape canaveral. that looks like it may be hit harder than anything. without a doubt, that s the area we re looking for. the brevard county northward if it makes land fall, that wobble takes place, that s where we see the strongest winds. all right, derek, thank you so much for that. thank you. it was so interesting we re looking at some of these statistics. the florida population has increased 27% in the last 15 years. you think of how many people
troubling new assessment. they re expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area, which includes the ground zero construction site, with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. and other low-lying neighborhoods under mandatory evacuation orders. the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they re being closed, arriving flights, starting at noon. this is what they re concerned of. pictures of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. they might see a version of it about 36 hours from now. all day today irene was making its way north. as it did, emergency plans started kicking in. warnings went up. people stocked up or hunkered down or they took off. in a moment we ll check in with anderson and our entire team for irene. first, chad myers and the late bulletin from the national hurricane center. chad, what s the latest? not much change in the forecast and no
stolen, looking for his brother. although police classify this as a homicide some are wondering if he had a medical condition, maybe a minor stroke and maybe climbed into that dumpster to get some sleep. one of his friends, though, carol logan, doesn t buy that. i don t believe it, because he couldn t have had a stroke, somebody have had to accosted him. how do you get from washington into wilmington and no one to help you? there s something that doesn t add up. reporter: that s the big question, how did he get from here, 8:30 at night to newark, delaware, 12 miles away, that s where he believes he was in a dumpster that was picked up by that garbage truck. martha: and they have not announced the cause of death, we don t know if he was shot or strangled or if it was any kind of medicine, no toxicology reports that