writing. what is the status if somebody if there is an emergency, people do have cell phones but, again, at this point, if there were evacuation orders, then they probably should have gotten out of town. is that kind of the case there? we had mandatory evacuations but there were people who chose to, you know, stay, stay put and ride it out. we, if it gets bad, providing we can safely go down. we will evacuate them. but there will become a point in time when the storm does hit that i can not put my troops in harms way. they will have to just, you know, again, make themselves as safe as they canned just rides the storm out. steve: if something happens to one of the rescue workers, i would imagine that person who had to be rescued would be held accountable? yes. steve: i thought so. dave: chief ray dean from the new hampshire police department. let us know the latest updates as you hear them. be. be safe. steve: you as well.
thereby, when the storm is over and the flooding flood water recedes, it s easier for us to make repairs and restorations. steve: this is a city of skyscrapers, manhattan is. i heard the mayor talk about having people turn off the elevators as the storm barrels through. is that the plan right now? that s not something that con ed disson would do. if individual buildings want to do that. steve: the mayor was thinking if somebody is in an elevator and you lose power you don t want to have to go rescue them he i understand you are not going to throw a switch and the elevators are going to stop that is the plan of the city isn t it. i believe so. we are preparing. this is not the case that we have any scheduled turnoffs at this time. we are preparing. it is a possibility. we have let customers in lower manhattan know that since they are in low lying areas there are
it s kind of because it s come to new york city. yesterday it was north carolina centric because we were talking about north carolina where it was then. but now population zone in this tri-state area. steve: we are a news channel. we are covering the news. this impacts 6 a million americans. that s why we are doing this wall-to-wall. thank you very much for all those interesting maps. rick. dave: new york city as you know not quite used to taking a direct hit from a hurricane. winds on ground floor are far different than those winds say 30, 40 stories up. steve: so what happens during a hurricane like that? joining us right now to talk about the science of skyscrapers is a new york city architect by the name of levy kiehl. i have heard that over the last couple of days where, you know, down at ground level it might be a category 1. up at, you know, 40, 50 stories up it might be a category 2. is that oversimplifying it? i think it s true at higher
coming off the hotel building like this one. downed power lines. another big concern here is flooding. our grounds aren t quite as saturated as you guys in the northeast. however, we did have about 6 to 8 inches of rain. and we did experience an 8-foot storm surge because the eye of irene came in right at high tied yesterday. and there were reportedly 24-foot waves here on the beach. so a big concern this morning is people getting out and about and heading on the roadway. maybe heading up on to the beach. so although the storm is over. people still need to be concerned and be safe. we saw emergency officials on their toes yesterday making sure that people weren t on the beach. we expect them today also to be on the roadways, making sure people do get back to their homes safely to assess the damage. back to you guys. steve: thank you very much elizabeth. let s get over to rick reichmuth. this has been very busy already in new york city. i think ban hour ago according to the national w
and on long island and connecticut watching this. steve brought it up the old buildings. i live in a 6 story old brick building that s been refurbished. on top of a hill. is that the type of thing that you should be concerned about? yeah. i think older buildings are more vulnerable. but, again, most building owners and most municipalities where there are building codes and every place has a building code, there are the owners have to be responsible and upgrade and are in repair. again, in most urban and suburban areas. the building codes are certainly up to date and the building departments of the local municipalities keep an eye on the condition of the building. steve: we re going to put things to the test today as irene comes to new york city later on this morning. leevi kiil thank you very much for joining us live. you are welcome.