and the power outages number in 3 million. that number is going to skyrocket and the worst of the storm won t be in manhattan. so, around ten o clock, we re already in connecticut which is well north of us, 100,000 people are already, already without power. so, this thing is going to knock out several million more. well. and one of the problems is, rick was talking about, we ve had so much rain in this area recently and so, the ground is pretty mushy, and then you ve got all of this wind blowing against the trees and it s the trees that take out the power lines and you know, if you didn t buy a chain saw yesterday, you re too late, but they are he going to be buzzing tomorrow. or apparently a flashlight. all over the place. all right, our next guest was standing her ground in the wake of irene and decided to leave last night. holly cochran, schreiber salt water taffy fudge.
to worry about, there s debris flying to worry about and the great thing about this is, mayor bloomberg during the winter storm of christmas time. a couple of years ago. really got hammered. and exactly. and the preparations and lack there of. this storm has really, again, it s been a tlot lot of warning and preparation. an excellent job. they have. everybody nos and has known for a couple of days, it s coming. a couple of minutes ago the high of the staeye of the storm made landfall near the jersey shore. and the effects are feeling at time square, while we re speaking, north carolina, delaware, yesterday. maryland and virginia, already nine people confirmed dead, including two children, one 11-year-old boy was killed when a limb fell through the roof of his apartment. another person drown while swimming off the coast of new jersey. and of course, one of the biggest concerns, flooding. people in north carolina, through delaware, literally having, as you can see t
areas and a guy who is a city councilman for coney island. one of the areas in zone a and predicts most the people in his district have not budged and says only half of them, probably, and to his point there s very few options to get out. transportation, subways, trains shut down. airports are closed, so we advise you to hunker down i guess at this point. i know, the tunnels are open, but if you have a car, it s not safe to drive in hurricane weather, period. and you know, there s flooding to worry about, there s debris flying to worry about and the great thing about this is, mayor bloomberg during the winter storm of christmas time. a couple of years ago. really got hammered. and exactly. and the preparations and lack there of. this storm has really, again, it s been a tlot lot of warning and preparation. an excellent job. they have. everybody nos and has known for a couple of days, it s coming. a couple of minutes ago the high of the staeye of the storm made l