(HE)
HERMINE COULD BRING
BIG SURF AND RIP
CURRENTS TO LOCAL
BEACHES, ON WHAT IS
TYPICALLY SUMMER'S
LAST HURRAH.
(SN)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER JARED PLINER
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CONTINUES OUR PINPOINT
TEAM COVERAGE, LIVE IN
NARRAGANSETT WITH THE
SOUTH COUNTY MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(JP)
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE
MORE ACTIVE NOW.
THIS MORNING - IT WAS
DEAD. BUT THE WAVES
WERE QUITE A SIGHT OFF
HERE, OFF THE
LIGHTHOUSE -- THIS
WEEK.
WE FIND OURSELVES TONIGHT
BETWEEN TWO STORMS --
FIRST, GASTON (THAT'S DONE);
NEXT: HERMINE.
AFTER DAYS OF GASTON
CHURNING UP SURF AND RIP
CURRENT ADVISORIES -- OFF
NARRAGANSETT TOWN BEACH
LOOKED LIKE A BATHTUB.
BUT A TUB FULL OF SURFERS. A
FEW DROVE FROM HARTFORD;
THEY LOVE SOUTH COUNTY
WAVES.
JARED: "CONNECTICUT NOT
EXACTLY A SURFING MECCA?
JOHN: NOT EXACTLY. MAYBE
ANKLE-HIGH AT BEST ON A
GOOD DAY."
THOUGH NOT THE BEST HERE
EITHER, THURSDAY.
"THAT'S OK. IT'S GOOD TO JUST
GET OUT THERE AND PADDLE
AROUND."
AS FOR YESTERDAY...
"EASILY WASTE, CHEST-HIGH
SETS COMING IN. A COUPLE
EVEN BIGGER."
"SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY
SEVERE WATER-RELATED
EMERGENCIES."
BUT LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS
THE UNOFFICIAL END OF
SUMMER - AND CAN BE BUSY.
WHILE SOME PLACES HAVE
LIFEGUARD SHORTAGES -- NOT
THE CASE HERE.
"RIGHT UP THROUGH MONDAY,
6 P.M. WE'LL HAVE FULL
LIFEGUARD STAFF ON."
OFFICIALS HAVE LONG SAID IT'S
NOT THE SURFERS WHO THEY
END UP GOING IN AFTER. IT'S
THOSE WITHOUT A BOARD.
"WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THE WAVES, THE CURRENTS,
AND EVERYTHING. WHAT OUR
POSITION IS."
"PEOPLE GET CAUGHT IN THE
RIP CURRENT AND THEN THEY
GET SCARED. AND THAT'S
WHEN THEY START TO PANIC.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE
DROWNINGS."
ANOTHER LONG-STANDING
PROBLEM, WAVE WATCHERS.
TRYING TO GET CLOSE, SNAP
PICTURES. PEOPLE HAVE
SLIPPED, GONE IN.
"WATCH FROM YOUR CAR,
ZOOM IN WITH YOUR CAMERAS E
IF YOU LIKE, BUT STAY OFF THE
ROCKS."
(JP)
NEW AT 6 - THIS CAN BE A
VERY WEATHER-
DEPENDENT HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
WE TALK LOCAL
BUSINESS. HOW THEY
APPROACH IT.
JARED PLINER,
southern
HERMINE IS BEGINNING
TO WREAK HAVOC AS
MANY BEGIN TO
CELEBRATE THE LABOR
DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
(SN)
IT'S THE UNOFFICIAL END
OF SUMMER...
WITH MANY BUSINSSES
BANKING ON THE HOLIDAY
TO MAKE MORE MONEY...
BUT HURRICANE HERMINE
- COULD THROW A
WRENCH IN THOSE PLANS.
(HE)
FROM THE SOUTH
COUNTY MOBILE
NEWSROOM, EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER JARED
PLINER CONTINUES OUR
PINPOINT WEATHER TEAM
COVERAGE LIVE IN
NARRAGANSETT.
(JP)
AT 5 WE COVERED HOW
THE OCEAN CONDITIONS
WERE VERY ACTIVE THIS
WEEK. TODAY --
THE OPPOSITE. RIP
CURRENT ADVISORY
DROPPED. NOW -- AS THE
CURTAINS CLOSE ON
SUMMER TOURISM -- WHAT
WILL THE LONG WEEKEND
LOOK LIKE?
he water calm, but the clouds
still
ominous at Narragansett Town
Beach, Thursday.
We're between two storms. Gaston
triggered rip current warnings
this
week. What will Hermine look
like?
Labor Day Weekend - very
weather-dependent. Liz Brill is
the
optician at "Shades," at Pier
Marketplace. Right across from
the
beach.
"Well we have a lot of people
who
love the end of the summer. And
so
we do try to gear up a little
bit more.
We did get some more inventory
in."
Sun is ideal. But even a less
than
perfect day draws people in.
"Although sometimes if it's a
little bit
cloudy, we get a lot of
shoppers.
Because they're not out on the
beach."
The weather is of course out of
local
commerce's control. So
businesses
just bank on a steady enough
flow
of foot traffic. And a
willingness to
go out, despite the rain.
"Walking around town there are
always nice restaurants and
shops
to come by and check things out.
So
there's always something to do
rain
or shine."
And what will never go out of
style...
"We always have people losing
something in the ocean. And so
they
find their way to us."
(JP)
COMING OUT ON A LIVE
LOOK.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S
BEEN ALL DAY.
SURFERS FLOATING,
WAITING.
WILL HERMINE GIVE THEM
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS? JARED
PLINER, EYEWITNESS