of being battered by hurricane dorian, we were able to get out and see other parts of the islands. much of this island is still off limits. there are flooded roads. there are roads that are blocked by submerged cars. we did get to one area where a rescue mission is underway by volunteer civilians, people who are just going out in their own personal boats, their own jet skis and trying to rescue their neighbors, their friends, and even strangers, people they ve never even met. it was pretty harrowing because hurricane conditions are still battering much of the island. several boats and jet skis did flip during the rescue attempts. other times they said the water just was too shallow as the tide rose and fell with the hurricane to get to the houses. we saw dozens of people rescued. they were in awful shape. they ve spent days without food or water. some hanging on to the roofs, some of them swimming in the
catron catrone. the president brought up the point of the slow moving pace. if you think about rescue attempts or attempts to move people out in advance of that storm, you ve got time in the front of things, but once you re in that storm, that spells trouble. right. and the president was asking questions on where the storm was moving, but it s important to remember that any tiny little shift can knock this in one direction or the other. just in the past couple hours we ve seen this increase category size. it s important for folks to listen to their local and state responders. and then the public has a role in this, too. if you re ordered to evacuate, it s important to listen and get out of there. you know, it makes it harder to have search and rescue teams go in to people that recuse to
southern parish. you ve got a lot of sort of little fingers of land that stick out along the gulf coast down there where a lot of the fishing happens and kind of where the oil spill was. those areas always flood, and so there is a report of some people in a house, eight people in a house, and the coast guard is trying to get to them. we re told that they re okay, so we re going to stay on top of that. clearly now that barry is starting to show us what he s got, i think we could be in for the long haul here if it s going to be raining like this over a prolonged period of time like it is forecasted to do, charles. charles: yeah. i m struck by the idea that we already are seeing rescue attempts. as you were speaking, i saw a couple of folks walking around, yet one of the streets, the street that you started on, had already completely flooded. so tell us about the people in these areas. i mean, they ve been through a lot, you know? maybe some are confident they can ride this out.
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situation. it really is not worth the risk. neil: mayor, thanks very much. i think it s an understatement to say thank you again. brenda bethune, the myrtle beach, south carolina mayor. myrtle beach would be one of many communities in the south carolina-north carolina area that has these curfews in effect. they usually go into effect an 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day. that s a rule of thumb throughout the communities affected by this. we re looking at a number of rescue attempts going on as we speak right now. trying to get people to shelters right now. the red cross is playing a pivotal role in this after this. rodney mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you save our customers hundreds for switching almost effortlessly. it s a gift. and jamie. -present. -together we are unstoppable.