Low lands can become dangerous quickly. inter-coastal waterways, when you get internal flooding that catches people by surprise and quickly they can get in trouble. ashley: glad you brought up hurricane ian, cat 5 when it hit. idalia is cat four. 13.8 feet, $113 billion was the damage. this morning we heard storm surge of 12 to 15 feet, that would put if it got up to 15 foot, higher than cat 5 of hurricane ian. i know the state has considered this, is this area prepared to deal with damage that is done and to pay for this? this could be
Thursday, we could see the outer bands of this gigantic storm moving. there was some rain, there was some wind. friday is when this is really going to make its mark on north myrtle beach. this 60-mile stretch of beautiful carolina coast line called the grand strand. now, most people have evacuated from this town. the officials tell us that 85% of people have left in a town of about 15,000 people, but plenty of people are staying. and some of them are staying because they are seeing this storm being downgraded by category, but that category is just for the wind. this storm is still full of water that is going to dump on the carolinas over friday, over the weekend, perhaps even into next week. and that is going to be the danger. there is going to be a storm surge. where we are here, there is almost nothing that stops those waves coming across the beach and into this town. and, of course, the inter coastal waterways is a couple