deloris house. i heard the clicking sound of the oven going off. the starter. i said we have to move away. they have to shut the electric down. then this home in front of it. that lit on fire. we spoke to the owner today. they lived there for six years with the son. they evacuated during the storm. as you can tell, the community was not able to withstand the infrastructure with the massive once in a lifetime storm. steph. you hope it s once in a lifetime. on the context with the left side of the screen, you are looking at the area where yasmin is ride now. the smoke is still going. gary grumbach is in mullica. what is it like there? people must be in shock.
talk to a policeman when you get in the car, say, hey, can i go to macon. he may say, no, the trees are already down. you know, we re already 5:00, it s dark. i don t want people driving in the wet, rain, wind, but if you fear for your life, that s when you have to go. you can t wait until 7:00. that s for sure. certainly the people who live there have never seen a storm like this. that. they have never seen a storm like this on the florida panhandle. keep us posted. bracing for hurricane michael s impact all along the coast there. already we re seeing the storm s effects. derek van dam is in apalachicola, florida. what are you seeing, derek? reporter: once in a lifetime storm, once in a generation storm. certainly one of those two are going to come to fruition here. you won t believe this 292 hurricanes have made landfall on u.s. mainland soil since 1851. less than 10% have made landfall as a category four or higher. that puts the storm into perspective. i m in apalachicola on
coming? no. you don t seem to be overly concerned. we don t live on the coast. we have brick homes here. everybody has brought their furniture in and anything that can fly around. i think every one feels pretty safe. i also think about 75% of the residents in this area are staying. we may get flooding. we have a mechanism to release the water. we have already lowered our canals by two feet. you sound pretty confident. i am. i think we all are, aren t we? yeah. you ve watched the reports. you ve heard this is likely going to be a once in a lifetime storm. here you are just playing cards. did you talk to my son? no. sounds like maybe i should. you re just going to hunker down. you heard of the nursery
steve: i don t know how exactly the professor s name is mark fibrini finite mathematics and talks about hillary clinton. i don t get it. ed: what s the connection? steve: tomi, thank you very much. have a great week out there in california. ainsley: reading writing and arithmetic has changed. florence is a once in a lifetime storm. steve: how do you prepare for something like that. north carolina governor roy cooper and fema administrator brock long join us with what millions of people need to hear in the next day. ed: plus, eric trump here live in the 8:00 hour. big show rolls on.
and let me bring in the past president of the meteorlogical society. what goes through your mind when you re watching this hurricane, hurricane irma. you ve covered dozens of hurricanes. is this one more frightening than previous? i think with the population on the florida coast and also the number of people who have never experienced something like that, that s the danger. we ve heard all the authorities taking the proper steps for prepation. but you can t prepare for something that s once in your lifetime. folks that have gone through this or going this will probably never take a second chance. and what is it about irma that makes it a once in a lifetime storm? just the magnitude of it? i think the mayor said it was the size of arizona. this is monster, which is actually continuing to draw in