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Night. i talked about the power outages just moments before we went into the break. also, mayor, i think there s a tornado watch for parts of north carolina including over jacksonville, something you re paying very close attention to i m sure. absolutely. that s one of the by-products of hurricanes. i haven t heard of any reported yet. but they had issues. the mayor of jacksonville, north carolina mayor sammy phillips. we appreciate your time. the army corps of engineers preparing tonight for the response to hurricane florence. so joining me now on the phone is colonel robert clark. colonel clark is the wilmington district commander. colonel, good evening to you. ....
We can support. i m communicating to my fellow commanders up to the north. colonel pat kinsman to the south. lieutenant colonel jeff pelledini. what are you hearing from them, colonel? what are you hearing? anything from them? are they giving you any updates on situations there? they re in the same situation. they re well postured to support both their local and state partners as well as other federal agencies. part of our civil works mission, we support the u.s. coast guard. we are postured with survey vessels that are standing by with crews nearby and when the weather s permitting we ll get our survey vessels out to the ports to help with the u.s. coast guard. we also have the subject matter experts that are going to get out there and do an assessment right when weather permits. the local and state governments understand the conditions. then we have experts that do modeling and simulations. and they re providing real-time ....