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Security, that seems to be when you are in most need because then you have thrill seekers, surfers, boaters that want to get out there that might be bored. they think it s safe to leave their homes and get back out there. if they do, how dangerous is this ocean right now? how dangerous is it going to get? so i think it s important to note that earlier today as we were monitoring some of the wave heights, really not that far off shore there was 35 to 40 foot waves still being pushed by this system that have nowhere to go but towards the shore and you re going to see significant amounts impact the shoreline and in addition to that mainly because of the structure of the barrier islands and the coast line of north carolina, very, very strong, very, very strong rip currents that are also going to be a severe hazard even if the surf isn t as large as you might expect at the time. captain, i m sure you have to as you said, you have to pre-position to be ready to come in when it s safe f
Contact with the storm. fema was here ahead of time. we had all of government here ahead of time. the storm over-matched the capacity here and it broke the infrastructure. you know, fema said look, we can t pre-position supplies in front of a big storm on an island like that. is that the case? i think the budget guys next year need to say they have to pre-position, because if you re going to leave the people here, you need to structure. this is not a criticism, it s a suggestion. we have to reopen roosevelt road. we have the equivalent of a state here that depends wholly on the national guard. roosevelt road was not only a part of the strategic fleet it provided jobs, and for some reason we closed it. some people say it was the activity on the island, our military is not today what it
Veterans of hurricanes. we saw a lot of that working, as devastating as these storms have been, the fact that 1800 people died during katrina and the death toll, thank heavens, is so much lower this time amidst this immense damage, speaks to some of the lessons. do you evacuate houston? no. do you evacuate in florida? yes. 100 poem died evacuating houston before rita. officials know more about how to pre position, the role of the military, 21,000 military personnel helping. 64,000 federal officials on the ground in place. and then so that was sort of the top-down part. what we re also seeing which is extraordinary is this bottom-up disaster relief, not just the cajun navy, but neighbors and communities and church groups who because of technology were
For some time. while there are some political appointees always in positions like fema, there is a staff that is well-rehearsed in this and well studied in this. that s one. reasons, for instance, they knew to start pre positioning supplies. fema used to wait until after the fact and see what we can do. now fema has an operation that pre-positions supplies. they work with large companies like walmart, like budweiser to get cans. that normally would have beer in them with water. rush into communities, pre-position. when it s finally over, people can see that, okay, there are supplies in place. i would anticipate unrelated to the politics of this, that fema should be able to do it job because it is no longer the fema it once was. we ll hold you to it. kerry sanders in victoria, texas where they re going to get all of the storm they can handle. generous he will on ray was on