ON
ON THE
ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE EYE WALL AS WELL.
MOVING THROUGH HERE.
TRYING TO -- THERE WE GO.
COMPUTER GOES A LITTLE SLOW.
>> WHILE YOU ARE GETTING THAT,
JEFF.
JEFF.
JEFF. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EYE.
IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT IT'S
CALM RIGHT IN THE EYE?
>> YEAH, THAT IS EXACTLY TRUE.
AROUND THE EYE THAT IS WHERE
YOU GET THE RAIN AND THE
STRONGEST WIND.
STRONGEST WIND. YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE EYE HERE,
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE STRONGEST
WIND IS RIGHT IN HERE.
DEFINITELY IN THE NORTHEASTERN
PART HERE, THE STRONGEST AS FAR
AS THE WIND AND THE HEAVIEST
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE STILL
GETTING WIND GUST UP 100 MILES
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING 130 MILES
PER HOUR THAT'S WHERE IT IS,
YOU GET ON THE WESTERN SIDE,
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RITALIN
THE RIVER, YOU ARE STILL SEEING
HURRICANE FORCE WIND, TALKING
MAY BE UPWARDS OF 89, 90 MILES
PER HOUR GUST BUT NOTHING LIKE
WHAT THEY ARE SEEING OVER TO
THE NORTHEAST, INSIDE THE EYE
ITSELF, THE WINDS WILL BE MOST
CALM, VERY LIGHT, RIGHT NOW, WE
ARE SEEING A BREAK.
IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE EYE
WALL.
WALL.
WALL. HURRICANE WILL FORCE WINDS
POSSIBLY AGAIN COME THROUGH THE
LAKE CHARLES AREA BUT NOTHING
LIKE WHAT WE SAW EARLIER, THEY
MIGHT GET 80 MILE-PER-HOUR
WINDS BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
GET THE 130 ASSAULT ON THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS EYE WALL.
DESPITE THAT'S WHY WE TALKED
YESTERDAY, IF THERE IS A LULL
IN THE STORM WAS NOT GO OUT AND
CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE HERE COMES
THAT 83 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND.
DESPITE EXACTLY.
DESPITE EXACTLY. ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE SYSTEM.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
WILL STILL SEE WIND GUST OF 50
OR 60 MILES PER HOUR HERE IN
SOUTH TEXAS, SO THAT IS NOTHING
TO IGNORE, THAT IS CAUSING A
LOT OF POWER OUTAGES, AND A
REGULAR DAY IF WE SAID HEY, 60
MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUST IS
COMING TO YOUR TOWN, WE WOULD
HAVE A SEVERE SINISTER MORNING.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. 20 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.
COMING THROUGH THE CENTER OF
THE STORM.
THE STORM. ON THE TRIANGLE, LOOKING AROUND
31 TO 36 MILES PER HOUR, AS FAR
AS WIND GUSTS, WE WERE LOOKING
AT 50 OR SO IN BEAUMONT, NOW WE
ARE SEEING 48 IN THE LAST HOUR.
48 IN PORT ARTHUR.
I THINK THE INSTRUMENTS THERE
ARE NOT WORKING, BUT I'M SURE
WE SEEING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
IN THE ORANGE AREA AS FAR AS
GUST, 49 TOWARDS WOODVILLE AND
GUST AT ABOUT 36 THERE SO ONCE
AGAIN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GUST
OF 40 MILES PER HOUR, THAT'S
STILL A KNOCKOUT POWER IN THAT
PART. SO WE MISSED THE
STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM, WE
LUCKED OUT AS FAR AS GETTING
THAT CENTER OF THE STORM, BUT
WE STILL ARE SEEING WIND
BETWEEN I WOULD SAY, 20 AND 50
OR 60 MILES PER HOUR AS FAR AS
GUST.
GUST.
GUST. SO
GUST. SO THAT IS NOTHING TO TAKE
LIGHTLY.
LIGHTLY.
LIGHTLY. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. OF COURSE WE DO HAVE OUR CRUISE
BASED ALL THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND MONITORING. AMONG
THEM IS EMILIO WHITE IN
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THAT
AREA?
AREA?
AREA? JUST A SECOND, SHE IS NOT QUITE
READY.
READY.
READY. WE
READY. WE DID DODGE A BULLET IN
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT. INITIALLY, WHEN DID THE TRACK
FOR BEAUMONT ACTUALLY BECAUSE
WE LEARNED THAT STORM IS SO
MUCH SMALLER THAN THOUGHT.
DESPITE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS I
THINK I READ, 50 MILES OUT FROM
THE CENTER OF THE STORM.
WE WERE THINKING, THAT I WOULD
BE, ABOUT 50 MILES OFF TOWARDS
THE WEST, AND THAT WOULD HAVE
PUT PLACES LIKE PORT ARTHUR,
BEAUMONT, LUMBERTON, LOUISVILLE,
THAT WOULD HAVE PUT US RIGHT
WHERE LIRC LAKE CHARLES WAS, AS
FAR AS BEING INTO THE STORM.
SO, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK
OVER THE RIVER A BIT FURTHER
OFF TOWARDS THE WEST, BUT, LAST
EVENING, IT DECIDED TO GO NORTH
INTO THE NORTHWEST, SO THAT PUT
THE TRACK RIGHT UP THROUGH
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, AND PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, LET ME SEE
IF I CAN GO BACK IN TIME HERE
ON THE RADAR, LUBE IT HERE,
WATCH IT AS IT COMES IN OVER
THE LAST SIX HOURS, THAT I
STRAIGHT UP THROUGH PACKED
ISSUE PARISH INTO BEAUREGARD
PARISH, WE THOUGHT THE EYE
WOULD BE ANOTHER 30 OR 40 MILES
OFF TOWARDS THE WEST, THAT
WOULD'VE THOSE 130 MILE-PER-
HOUR WINDS RIGHT ALONG THE
RIVER AND WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A
LOT MORE THROUGH SOUTHEAST
TEXAS, WITH WIND UP OVER 100
MILES PER HOUR.
WE COULD HAVE SEEN 130 MILE-PER-
HOUR WINDS IN PORT ARTHUR.
WE COULD'VE SEEN 100 MILE-PER-
HOUR WIND IN BEAUMONT, BUT,
BECAUSE IT DECIDED TO MAKE THAT
NORTHERLY TURN AT THE LAST
SECOND, AND GO STRAIGHT UP
THROUGH PACKED ISSUE PARISH,
WHEN GUST OF 50 OR 60 OR MAYBE
EVEN 80 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUST,
INTERSECTIONS OF ORANGE
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. >> THAT'S SO INTERESTING.
RIGHT THERE IS WHERE IT KIND OF
SITS AND THEN GOES NORTH.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING STRAIGHT
IN CURTIS BUT YOU CAN SEE THE
NORTHWESTERLY MOTION AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE GOES
NORTH.
NORTH.
NORTH. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. >>
YEAH. >> THAT'S WHY WE SAY, PEOPLE
ARE REALLY FAR OUT FROM MAKING
INSULTING WHERE THE GOING WITH
IT GOING, YOU'LL ALWAYS SAY,
SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL A
MOMENT OR TWO BEFORE IT HITS
LAND.
LAND.
LAND. >>
LAND. >> IN AND WHAT WE GET, PEOPLE
SAY IT'S OVER HERE OVER THERE,
YOU CANNOT HANG YOUR HAT ON
THOSE UPDATES.
THOSE UPDATES. THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY,
TALKING FIVE OR SIX DAYS OUT
EVERYONE LIKE LOOK AT IT HERE,
THEN THE NEXT TIME IS THERE.
YOU GO BACK AND FORTH.
YOU CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA OF
WHERE IT'S COMING, BUT UNTIL IT
ACTUALLY COMES AND YOU DON'T
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT WILL MAKE
LANDFALL.
LANDFALL.
LANDFALL. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST THE
TIP OF 20 TO 40 MILES, AND IT
MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD, AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE
130 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS,
THROUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN,
CAMERON PARISH ACTUALLY GOT
SOME STORM SURGE BUT I HAVEN'T
HEARD ANY REPORTS OF REALLY A
LOT OF WATER COMING INTO ORANGE
COUNTY OR JEFFERSON COUNTY
BECAUSE THE TURN OF THE TRACK I
THINK THAT REALLY LOWERS OUR
CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, NOW IN BEAUMONT,
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FOR US?
>> GOOD MORNING VANESSA AND
TRACY, RIGHT NOW I'M IN
BEAUMONT AND I WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND SET THE SCENE FOR YOU GUYS.
I AM NOT SEEING REALLY REALLY
STRONG WIND.
STRONG WIND. I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A
LOOK AT THE SCENE.
YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOT REALLY
MUCH OF A CROWD GOING ON.
THE WIND GUSTS ARE COMING IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, IT WAS A COUPLE
PICK UP A LITTLE AND THEN COME
BACK DOWN.
BACK DOWN. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT OUR SHELTER
NEAR SPORTS ACADEMY.
I'M NOT SEEING MANY PEOPLE ON
THE ROAD, BUT I HAVE SEEN A FEW
PEOPLE TAKING A SNEAK PEEK
OUTSIDE, JUST TO SEE WHAT IS
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. I'M SEEING SOME LIGHTNING
HAPPENING IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THEY CURRENTLY STILL HAVE
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. I
POWER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
CLEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY POWER
OUTAGES AT OUR SHELTER RIGHT
NOW WHEN I WAS GETTING READY
THIS MORNING I DID SEE LIGHTS
FLICKER, OH, A LIGHT JUST LIKE
YOU JUST NOW.
AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL IN
GOOD SHAPE.
GOOD SHAPE. I THINK RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE
JUST CURIOUS WHAT IS LEFT OF
HURRICANE LAURA, AND LOOKING TO
SEE THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. SO, I WILL MAKE SURE I KEEP YOU
GUYS UPDATED ON MY END BUT FOR
RIGHT NOW, LIVE IN BEAUMONT,
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU MARIA.
WE ARE JUST GETTING THIS 3:00
A.M.
A.M.
A.M. UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER, TELLING US
THE EYE WALL OF LAURA IS
PUSHING INLAND ACROSS
LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA. STORM SURGE, EXTREME WIND,
FLASH FLOODING ONGOING.
SO, THAT IS THE REALITY OF IT,
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE SHIFT
FROM THOSE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS,,
BUT NOW WE ARE HOPING AND
PRAYING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO
THE EAST.
THE EAST.
THE EAST. JEFF, ABOUT HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK THAT THIS CATASTROPHIC
STORM SURGE AND EXTREME WIND,
HOW LONG WILL THEY HAVE TO DO
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? IS
THIS? IS IT STILL MOVING AT THE RATE
IT WAS BEFORE?
>> THIS IS MOVING OFF TOWARDS
THE NORTH, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE LATEST, WIND AT 1:30, TO
THE NORTH AT 15.
SO IT CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. A LOT OF TIMES, IT SLOWS DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
SIGNIFICANTLY. THERE'S A LOT OF STORM TRUCK
WHERE ONCE IT GETS IN CLOSE TO
LAND, 57 MILES PER HOUR VERY
SLOWLY.
SLOWLY.
SLOWLY. BUT THIS ONE COME ALL THE WAY
THROUGH IT'S BEEN A QUICK
MOVER, AND IT IS RIGHT NOW
MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 15.
SO AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THE
LAST FEW DAYS.
IT HAS ALREADY MOVED OVER ISSUE
PARISH, LIVING THROUGH NOW
BEAUREGARD PARISH, LATER ON
THIS MORNING, 8:00 9:00, THIS I
WILL BE UP TOWARDS THE LAKES
AREA, IF NOT EVEN FURTHER NORTH
THAN THAT AND THAT WE HAD
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL
BE IN NORTHERN PARTS OF
LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA. SO IT WILL BE MOVING OUT OF
HERE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
INTERESTING THING I THINK WITH
THIS IS THE LACK OF RAINFALL.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
WE ARE SEEING RAIN ON THE RANGE
OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE NOT
SEEING WIDESPREAD RAINS.
PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AROUND THE
CENTER OF THE STORM, YOU GET
AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE
STORM, NOTHING MUCH RAIN AT ALL.
NO RAIN TOWARDS LIBERTY OR
BAYTOWN OR HOUSTON.
WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY RAIN AT
ALL IT'S ALL RIGHT AROUND THE
CENTER AND IS NOT THAT HEAVY
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. SO,
RAIN. SO, PREDICTIONS OF 10 TO 15
INCHES OF RAIN FOR THIS THING,
IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN
AROUND THE CENTER OF THE STORM.
SO EVEN MORE GOOD NEWS AS FAR
AS THE PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOLKS I
TALKED TO WERE WORRIED ABOUT
FLOODING, THEY WERE WORRIED
ABOUT ISSUES OF RAIN IN THEIR
HOUSE IS GOING TO GO UNDERWATER,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL NOT
BE THE CASE AT ALL.
ONCE WE GET THIS CALLING CARD.
AROUND THE EYE WALL WITH STRONG
GUSTY WIND.
GUSTY WIND. AND THOSE OF MOST OF THAT HAS
BEEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
EYE WALL AND EASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE EYE WALL.
WE ACTUALLY GOT WORSE THE OTHER
WORSE WEATHER YESTERDAY WITH
THE HAIL WARNING ON THE EDGES
AND ORDINANCE QUALIFIES COMING
IN.
IN.
IN. THIS
IN. THIS MORNING, IT'S RAINING, IS
A LITTLE BIT WINDY AND BREEZY.
WE ARE SEEING WIND GUST OF 40
TO 50, STILL A PROBLEM, BUT A
LOT OF WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING
THANKS TO THAT SHIFT THROUGH
THREE OR FOUR HOURS OF THAT EYE
WALL GOING TO THE NORTH AND
WEST.
WEST.
WEST. >>
WEST. >> OKAY, LISA IS ONE OF OUR
REPORTERS ON THE GROUND IN
BEAUMONT, SHE IS REPORTING THAT
THEY HAVE LOST POWER NOW.
AS WELL AS MOST OF THE BLOCK.
LET'S GO TO YOU NOW.
HOW ARE THE POWER OUTAGES
LOOKING NOW?
LOOKING NOW? >> I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. LET'S REFRESH.
LET'S REFRESH. MY BATTERIES ARE OUT.
13,000 CUSTOMERS
13,000 CUSTOMERS >> I CAN COME STAND NEAR YOU AND
LET YOU USE MY MIC.
DESPITE IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
>> WE REPLACED THE CREWMAN OF
THE BATTERIES.
THE BATTERIES. [ LAUGHTER ]'S BUT HOPEFULLY I
WILL GET SOME NEW BATTERIES FOR
MY MIC SOON.
IN THE WEST ORANGE AREA.
1100 CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW
WITHOUT POWER. HOPEFULLY YOU
CAN PICK ME UP ON HER MIKE.
AS
AS SOON
AS SOON AS THE STORM HAS PASSED AIRCREWS ARE IN THE AREA.
>> WEIRD IS CONTINUING TO WATCH
THAT I WILL MOVE UP THROUGH
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
LAKE CHARLES, STILL IN THE
CENTER OF THE STORM INTO THE
EYE.
EYE.
EYE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE ONLY
EXTENDING OUT AROUND 60 MILES
FROM THE CENTER.
SO, WE MIGHT SEE A COUPLE OF
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO NEWTON
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. WIND GUST OVER 74 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. BUT
HOUR. BUT THAT'S REALLY ABOUT THE
WORST OF IT RIGHT NOW, AS FAR
AS THE WINDS.
DEFINITELY SEEING STRONGER WIND
GUSTS AS WE GET INTO NORTHERN
PART OF THE EYE AND EASTERN
PART OF THE EYE RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A LITTLE BAND OF SOME
HEAVIER RAIN YOU CAN SEE DOWN
INTO SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS HERE.
TEXAS HERE. MOVING INTO THAT AREA REAL
QUICK AND YOU CAN SEE, THE
SOUTHERN PART OF ORANGE COUNTY.
AND DOWN THE TOWARDS RIDGE
CITY, SOME HEAVIER RAIN, BANDS
OF HEAVIER RAIN, PROBABLY
SEEING SOME WIND GUSTS FROM 30
OR 40 MILES PER HOUR.
30 OR 40 MILES PER HOUR, BUT
THAT'S NOT DOWN BRANCHES AND
CAUSED POWER OUTAGES THERE.
BUT, AS FAR AS WIND ACROSS THE
AREA, HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MUCH AS
FAR AS A STRONG STUFF, IF WE
GET TO STRONGER WIND RIGHT NOW,
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS, IT WILL BE THIS WESTERN
SIDE OF THE EYE WALL, HURRICANE
FORCE WIND THERE.
IF YOU LIVE IN SAY JASPER
COUNTY, HARLAN COUNTY, I DOUBT
YOU WILL SEE ANY HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS.
FORCE WINDS. UP OVER 39.
OVER 45 OR 55, YOU WON'T SEE
HURRICANE FORCE WIND, STAYING
REALLY CLOSE TO THE EYE, THEY
ONLY CAME OUT ABOUT 50 MILES
FROM THE EITHER AND IT'S REALLY
EASY TO PICK UP WHERE THE HEAVY
STUFF IS AND IT'S OVER HERE ON
THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF
THIS I, THAT IS WHERE WE
USUALLY SEE THE STRONGEST WIND,
AND THE SQUALLY IS WHETHER OVER
THERE TOWARDS THIS MORNING.
LAKE CHARLES, LOOKS LIKE QUINCY
NOW HAS UNDER THE EYE OF THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTH THROUGH PLACES LIKE
DERIDDER.
DERIDDER.
DERIDDER. MOVING IN AS THE NORTHERN END
OF THE EYE WORKS ITS WAY IN
NORTHWARD WITH HURRICANE FORCE
WIND UP TOWARD THE NORTHERN END
OF THE PARISH THERE AS THIS I
ONCE AGAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE
OFF LOWER, IF WE COULD GO BACK
TO ANOTHER GRAPHIC HERE. I WANT
TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT THIS INTO
MOTION AGAIN, SEE WHAT HAPPENED
OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS OR SO,
AND AS THE STORM CAME IN,
MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND
SHOOTING UP TO THE NORTH.
GOING NORTHWEST.
GOING NORTHWEST. IT MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A TURN
IN THE TRACK THAT MISTER LARGE
SECTION, BUT YOU NOTICE THERE,
YOU KNOW, THE LAST HOUR OR TWO
HOURS, THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE
EYE WALL HAD CLIPPED PARTS OF
ORANGE