RE
PROBABLY FEARING WHEN A
HURRICANE COMES.
NOW AT 6:00 HARVEY IS HITTING
TEXAS.
>> TEXAS IS ABOUT TO HAVE A VERY
SIGNIFICANT DISASTER.
>> Laurie: THE STORM HAS GOTTEN
STRONGER AND IT'S CLOSING IN ON
THE COAST.
>> A VERY DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
>> I'M SHAKING INSIDE BUT FOR
THEM I'M TRYING TO BE STRONG.
>> ALL OF THE AIRLINES HAVE
CANCELLED FLIGHTS FOR THE REST
OF THE DAY.
>> Laurie: MANY HAVE LEFT THEIR
HOMES SEARCHING FOR SAFETY.
>> THIS IS THE LINE TO GET GAS.
INSANITY OVER THIS HURRICANE.
>> Laurie: LOCAL10 TEAM COVERAGE
ON MONSTER HURRICANE HARVE
>> Janine: AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT HURRICANE
HARVEY HITS TEXAS.
LANDFALL IS EXPECTED AS EARLY AS
TONIGHT BUT WE ARE ALREADY
SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THIS
STORM.
TEXAS WILL SEE THE BRUNT OF
STORM YOU THE IT'S ABOUT HARVEY
WILL ALREADY BE FELT AS FAR AWAY
AS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
>> Laurie: OFFICIALS ISSUING
STERN WARNINGS TO PEOPLE IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM SAYING EITHER
GET OUT OR GET READY.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM TRACKING
HARVEY FOR YOU.
CHIEF CERTIFIED METEOROLOGIST
BETTY DAVIS AND HURRICANE
SPECIALIST MAX MAYFIELD ARE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE STORM.
>> Janine: BUT WE START WITH
LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER MICHAEL
SEIDEN LIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI
WITH A LOOK A HARVEY'S POWER.
MICHAEL.
>> Michael: AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE
DOWNTOWN.
WE ARE REALLY FEELING HARVEY
RIGHT NOW.
WIND HAVE GOT TO BE AT LEAST 75
TO 80 MILES PER HOUR.
AND, YOU KNOW, DOWN HERE YOU CAN
SEE STREET SIGNS BLOWING AROUND,
AND WHAT'S REALLY SCARY ABOUT
THAT IS THAT AS THIS STORM
CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY, THOSE
STREET SIGNS COULD POTENTIALLY
BECOME PROJECTILES.
I'VE GOT TOLL YOU MY
PHOTOJOURNALIST AND I OUT HERE
ARE ABLE TO KEEP OUR FEET BUT I
CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF A CHILD WAS
OUT HERE, THEY WOULD BE BLOWN
AWAY.
THESE WINDS HAVE REALLY PICKED
UP, AND I GUESS THIS IS JUST A
WARM-UP FOR WHAT WE WILL SEE
TONIGHT.
BUT SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN HERE,
VISIBILITY HAS BEEN VERY POOR.
IT'S REALLY NOT GOOD OUT HERE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I WANT TO
SHOW YOU AGAIN THIS IS THE
CORPUS CHRISTI BAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER HAS GOTTEN
ROUGH OUT THERE.
AND TAKE A LOOK OUT THERE.
IF YOU LOOK OUT THERE, THE USS
LEXINGTON, IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE
BUT THAT'S A MUSEUM, IT WAS AN
AIRCRAFT THAT WAS -- AN AIRCRAFT
CARRIER THAT WAS ACTUALLY USED
IN WORLD WAR II.
WHEN WE GOT OUT HERE, WE HAD A
CLEAR SHOT OF IT UP.
YOU CAN BARELY SIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU AGAIN TAKE A
LOOK AT HOW WINDY IT IS OUT
HERE.
THESE STREET SIGNS HAVE BEEN
SWAYING BACK AND FORTH.
AGAIN, THE MAJOR CONCERN IS AS
THIS STORM INTENSIFIES AND GETS
CLOSER TO THE COAST THESE COULD
BECOME PROJECT TILES.
YOU STAND OUT HERE AND GET A
SHORT PREV FOR A SECOND, THE
WIND DIES DOWN AND THEN YOU
GETTING HIT WITH THOSE POWERFUL
GUSTS.
WE WERE CHECKING THE CORPUS
CHRISTI AIRPORT AND AT LAST
CHECK AWAY WERE SEEING 75 POWERS
WINDS.
BUT AGAIN I WANT TO SHOW YOU
WHAT IS GOING ON DOWNTOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MOST BUSINESSES ARE
BOARDED UP.
WE'VE ONLY FOUND TWO HOTELS THAT
WERE ACTUALLY TAKING PEOPLE IN.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART EVERYONE
HAS GOTTEN OUT OF THIS AREA.
AND AGAIN HERE'S THAT WEND.
YOU'RE FEELING IT AGAIN.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW THAT
YOU THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE
ONLY COASTAL CITY GOING GETTING
HIT THROUGHOUT TEXA
>> Laurie: MICHAEL, NOW FEELING
THESE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.
JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
WE KNOW IT'S HARD TO TAKE
AGAINST YOUR FACE.
THERE REALLY HAS BEEN NO BREAK,
SUBSTANTIAL BREAK IN THE LAST
HALF HOUR BEFORE YOU HIT THOSE
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS?
>> Michael: ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL LIKE REALLY THE LAST 30
MINUTES TO AN HOUR IT HAS REALLY
PICKED UP HERE.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A LITTLE
BREAK FOR MAYBE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART
WE'VE BEEN IN OUR NEWS UNIT, AND
AS SOON AS WE STEP OUT, WE ARE
GETTING BLOWN AROUND.
AT ONE POINT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO
GRAB A STREET SIGN.
BUT IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WINDY
OUT HERE.
OBVIOUSLY LIVING IN THIS AREA
YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM HERE
AS THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
INTENSIF
MAJOR HURRICANE HARVEY COMING
ASHORE IN TEXAS AND ALREA
MAKING ITS PRESENCE OF FELT.
A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
BRAYING BREAKING WINDS AND
DRIVING WIND.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE
NEAR THERE'S A LOT OF WIND PIM
I'M SHAKING INSIDE.
>> Michael: COASTAL SIGNS THAT
DOT THE GULF OF MEXICO SEEING
STORM CIRQUE.
AS HEAVERS CONTINUES TO
INTENSIFY THE MAIN CONCERN IS
GOING TO BE THAT STORM SURGE.
YOU CAN SEE CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
ALREADY THOSE WAVES CRASHING
INTO THAT SEAWALL, AND THE HOPE
HERE IS THAT WE DOTE SEE THAT
HUGE STORM SUPPER THAT COULD BE
DEADLY.
THE GOVERNOR ISSUING AN URGENT
WARNING AS THE STRONGEST
HURRICANE IN TEXAS IN A DECADE
COMES ASHORE.
>> EATS A HURRICANE THAT IS
GOING TO MOVE MORE DANGEROUS
THAN MANY HURRICANES.
>> Michael: ACROSS THE REGION
RESIDENTS STOCK UP UP ON ALL
THENESS WHERE THEY CAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING HOME
DEPOT WE'RE OUT OF GENERATORS
AND WATER AND OUT OF SAND.
>> THE LINES HAVE BEEN IS IN THE
STREET.
IT'S CRAZY.
>> Michael: MANY HOMEOWNERS AND
BUSINESS OWNERS BOARDED UP AND
GOT OUT OF TOWN BUT OTHERS
PROMISED TO STAY.
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING
WITH IMMENSE REALLY RECORD
SETTING FLOODING IN MULTIPLE
REGIONS ACROSS IS THE STATE OF
TEXAS.
>> Michael: SOME SURFERS TRYING
TO CATCH A WAVE AHEAD OF THE
HURRICANE BUT THE GULF IS THE
LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT
NOW.
AND BACK OUT HERE LIVE, GUYS,
AGAIN GETTING A LOOK HERE AT THE
BAY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WATERS
HAVE GOTTEN REALLY ROUGH OUT
HERE.
WE ARE STILL GETTING HIT BUY
THAT RAIN AND WIND.
AGAIN, WE'RE THINKING IT'S GOT
TON AT LEAST 75 TO
80-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS, MAYBE
EVEN STRONGER THAN THAT.
BUT AS WE SEE, AS YOU LOOK
AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU
CAN SEE TREES AND STREET SIGNS
SWAYING IN THE WIND.
AGAIN, THE MAJOR CONCERN IS AS
THAT STORM GETS CLOSER THAT
THOSE COULD BECOME PROJECTILES.
AGAIN THIS IS THOROUGH JOB HAS
PICKED UP IN THE LAST HOUR OR.
SO I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,Y WHEN WE
FIRST GOT HERE WE WERE ABLE TO
WALK AROUND.
WE WEREN'T HAVING ANY ISSUES AT
ALL.
NOW YOU REALLY-TO-KEEP YOUR
FOOTING WHEN YOU'RE OUT HERE OR
YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF GETTING
BLOWN OVER.
THIS HAS REALLY PICKED UP OUT
HERE AS WE ARE REALLY FEELING
HARVEY RIGHT NOW.
THIS HAS PICKED UP A LOT IN THE
LAST HOUR OR SO.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO
FOLLOW HARVEY AS IT GETS CLOSER
TO TEXAS.
AND AGAIN ANOTHER BIG CERTAIN
GOING TO BE WITH THIS WATER.
WE TALK ABOUT THAT STORM SURGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF STORM
SURGES OF UP TO 12 FEET WHICH
COULD BE DEADLY.
SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE
SEAWALL WILL PREVENT THAT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BAY HERE
GETTING ROUGHER AND ROUGHER.
VISIBILITY IS DEFINITELY
DETERIORATING.
BUT HERE IN DOWNTOWN CORPUS
CHRISTI, REALLY OTHER THAN THE
NEWS CREWS WE ARE NOT SEEING
ANYBODY ELSE OUT HERE, AND
THERE'S THAT WIND AGAIN.
I APOLOGIZE, GUYS.
I'M GET HIT IN THE FACE OUT
HERE.
BUT WE ARE GOING CONTINUE TO
TRACK.
AS WE FEEL THE WIND REALLY
BLOWING NOW.
THIS IS -- THIS I EXACTLY WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR
THE LAST HOUR.
IT IS REALLY BAD OUT HERE, GUYS.
WE'RE TRYING TO -- I GOT TO TELL
YOU.
I DON'T KNO BETTY, IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME, BUT WITH THE WIND OUT
HERE, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE AT
LEAST 80, 90 MILES PER HOUR.
>> Janine: WE'RE GOING TO CHECK