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want people out of harm s way. all right, mike theiss. thank you very much. i want you to be safe, and we ll get back to you as well. we re getting a lot more information in. you know, millions of people here in the united states, in florida under mandatory evacuation orders tonight as the first outer bands of wind and rain from hurricane dorian are moving into florida. i m joined now by edward campy, the commissioner of manaforten county. ed, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. what are the current conditions like where you are, and what are you expecting as dorian continues to crawl up the east coast? you know it s been an interesting storm for us. we re used to storms here in martin county, and especially in florida. this one has been interesting because it has taken so long to get here. i think it s allowed some people sadly to let their guards down. but when you look at what s happened in the bahamas, i think it s a sad reminder that we can t rest on these things.
really powerful winds for that to happen. mike, are you there? all right. so we re having an issue with mike, and you can imagine you can understand considering the conditions down there. we ll get him back if we can. joining me now is spencer hawkins. he s the director of the macon, georgia, emergency management. good evening, to you, spencer. this storm has wreaked havoc. yes, it has, don. what are the conditions like on the ground in macon? right now we re seeing the first effects of the tropical storm force winds reach our area. those are the 40 to 50-mile-an-hour sustained winds. the rain is picking up. we re expecting between four to six inches of rain throughout the night. yeah. are you worried about tornadoes? we always are.
i want to bring in now hurricane chaser mike theiss. he joins us now on the phone from panama city, florida. good evening to you. i hope you re being safe out there. you rode out this storm in panama city which got slammed by this hurricane. you ve got some video. we re going to put it up now of a train that you saw after it was blown off its tracks today. that s correct, don. tell me about that. that was probably one of the most impressive displays of the power of wind that i ve seen in the aftermath of a hurricane. and at first i didn t know what i was looking at because you can see in the video it s kind of dark. i pulled up to it, put the headlines on, and it was a train that was blown off its tracks. are you there, mike? i think we re losing mike. if you keep talking, we can see if you re in a better place. can you hear me now? yeah, i can hear you now. it s just amazing to see that considering the weight of a train. i mean that must have been some
that s right. the storms i covered what is it. i can t think right now. the hurricane from florida. that came in so slowly and took all day long. it just pounded and pounded on the east coast. that is the only other hurricane that i remember that came in so slowly. this story is going to be about the rain that continues to for the next 24 hours. you know, where i m at right now, i think i may relocate. i want to get away from the river and away from possible flooding that could happen. mike theiss, storm chaser. thank you for being with us sharing your expertise and experience. telling us about the light flashes you are seeing in the sky as the transformers blow. the latest count is 185,000 people in north carolina without power. that number will surely rise. all right. hurricane florence is bearing down. we are beginning to hear about