Negati negative way. we are going to give an update on the road closings. mike, i appreciate your great leadership. you have been a true leader of this entire team. i would like to thank you very much for that. yes, sir. thank you, governor. good morning, everybody. welcome to the north carolina eoc. so far, we have dochblgdged wha could have been a major bullet with two hits, one from hurricane joaquin an the heavy rains. no danger from the hurricane at this time. we are going to experience heavy rains like we have the last couple of days. we still have portions of the state scheduled for 7 more inches of rain on top of what we have already received. the particular risks are counties west of asheville. i am now going to review the current situation regarding flooding caused by our heavy
Secretary, nick ten son and emergency management director, mike strayberry, steve traxler and bill gray, north carolina guard and very pleased to have libby turner from fema. thank you very much for your regional coordination in this area. i also want to thank lee williamson who helps with the hearing impaired and deaf. we appreciate you helping us out in that area. instead of me doing all the talking, i m going to ask that several of these individuals give an updated report primarily on the overall activity of our emergency response team which mike will give. then, i m going to ask steve traxler, a great partner in the executive branch to give an update on the ag situation. the farmers are impacted in a