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TEXAS LIVE."
WE ARE HAPPY TO WELCOME THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
DIRECTOR TIM GRAHAM.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU KIM.
GOOD MORNING, CARSON.
ALL RIGHT.
KIM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR
YOU.
WE ARE UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING
IN DEEP EAST TEXAS.
THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
LUFKIN, NACOGDOCHES, CENTER,
ST. AUGUSTINE, ALL UNDER THE
HURRICANE WARNING.
WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT HERE AS THE
STORM COMES ASHORE IN THE NEXT
LITTLE BIT?
YEAH, IT IS REALLY
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THESE
SITUATIONS.
SO IN YOUR AREA, YOU LOOK HOW
FAR INLAND IT CAN GO.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE HURRICANE
WARNING NOTICE HOW LARGE.
IT IS NOT JUST COASTAL.
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING, IT
IS A HUGE AREA.
WE HAVE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ALL THE WAY UP TO ARKANSAS.
SO IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS
TRACK, YOU HAVE A STORM THIS
STRONG, IT TAKES ALL OF THAT
MOMENTUM GOES INLAND AND YOU CAN
STILL SEE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
INLAND.
WITH THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE READY
FOR IT, THE HEAVY RAIN FALL, THE
WINDS, THE FALLING TREES YOU GET
SOME POWER OUTAGES YOU COULD
HAVE SOME IMPACTS YOU GOT TO
WATCH IT REALLY CLOSE.
ESPECIALLY WATCHING THE RAIN
BANDS.
THE LATEST RADAR STARTING TO SEE
THE RAIN BANDS ALREADY.
IF WE CONTINUE THE STORM ALL THE
WAY TO LAND FALL AND NORTHWARD
IN THE WAVES OF WHERE TROPICAL
RAINS AND WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AS WELL.
DEFINITELY.
AND WE ARE WITHIN 12 TO 14 HOURS
OF THE STORM MAKING LAND FALL
EVEN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS OR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
SO WHAT DO FOLKS IN EAST TEXAS
AND DEEP EAST TEXAS HOW SHOULD
THEY BE MAKING FINAL
PREPARATIONS?
I THINK NOW IS GETTING READY
IS A BIG THING.
WE TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO LOOK JUST
AT THE CENTER HERE.
SOME OF THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS YOU'LL HAVE THE RAIN FALL
WELL AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.
AS WE MOVE NORTH WARD THURSDAY
MORNING, RIGHT ON THE TEXAS
LOUISIANA LINE.
AND THEN BY THE EVENING GETTING
INTO ALL OF -- [NO AUDIO] -- THE
WATER THAT YOU NEED IF YOU DO
LOSE POWER.
Carson: ON THAT NOTE, IF THEY
DO LOSE POWER, WHAT SHOULD THEIR
ACTION BE WHEN HUNKERING DOWN
INDOORS?
ONE THING, YOU ALWAYS HAVE
THE FLASH LIGHTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMING HERE
LAND FALL OVERNIGHT AT NIGHT.
AND EVEN BY THURSDAY, YOU CAN
STILL SEE SOME OF THE RAIN BANDS
OVERNIGHT STRETCHING INTO EAST
TEXAS BACK BEHIND THE STORM.
SO JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PASS
BY EXACTLY OVER YOU, YOU CAN
STILL SEE SOME OF THE IMPACTS OR
HAVE A FLASHLIGHT.
I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS, BE READY FOR THE POWER
OUTAGES, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT,
OVER SOME OF THE YEARS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WILL START TO GENERATOR
OFF, DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE
HOUSE HAVE THAT OUTSIDE.
THOSE SAFETY -- BETTER THAN
CANDLES THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
REMINDERS WE LIKE TO SAY AHEAD
OF THE STORMS.
FOR SURE.
AND ONE WAY TO BE SAFE TO RESUME
YOUR NORMAL DAILY LIFE
ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE STORM DAMAGE AND
SOMETIMES EVEN IF IF THE RAIN
HAS STOPPED OR WIND HAS STOPPED
SOMETIMES IT IS NOT SAFE TO GO
OUTSIDE.
SO WHEN WILL IT BE SAFE TO GO
OUTSIDE?
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
INDICATIONS?
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE.
IT DEPENDS ON ALL OF THE DAMAGE.
LOOK AT THE TIMING HERE.
BY THE TIME YOU GET IN THE
CENTER UP HERE IN THE NORTH
ARKANSAS, I MEAN BY THAT TIME,
MOST OF THE RAIN BANDS WILL BE
OUT OF THERE.
HOWEVER, A LOT OF TIMES I'VE
SEEN BACK BEHIND THESE STORMS
YOU LEAVE A RICH TROPICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN STILL GET HEAVY RAIN.
SO IF THERE'S TREES DOWN, BE
CAREFUL IF THERE'S POWER LINES
DOWN.
DON'T GET NEAR THEM.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.
THE OTHER THING, CARSON I WANT
TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU GO
IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU GET RAIN,
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, YOU CAN'T
TELL IF IT IS WASHED OUT.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT IS ROADS,
WHAT IS DRAINAGE DITCH, THOSE
ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT
BECOME QUITE DANGEROUS.
SO DON'T DRIVE.
IF YOU GET IN THE RAIN AND THAT
TYPE OF WINDS, IT IS BETTER TO
BE OFF THE ROADS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.
DEFINITELY BE PROTECTED FROM
THAT AS WELL.
ONE MORE AND WE HAVE TO GO.
MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'VE BEEN VERY ANNOYED WITH IT.
AS THE STORM PROGRESSES, SOME
MODELS SAYING IT IS GOING THIS
WAY AND SOME SAY THAT WAY.
PEOPLE LIKE TO LIKE FOR CLICKS.
WHAT ARE THE MOST RELIABLE
SOURCES WE CAN COUNT ON WHEN
FORECASTING THE STORM SEEING,
WHERE IT IS GOING AND WHAT TO
EXPECT FROM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES
ONCE THE STORM IS COMING
THROUGH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
SOURCES?
YEAH, CARSON, REALLY JUST
LOOK -- LISTEN TO OFFICIAL
INFORMATION.
IT IS YOU, IT IS US.
WE'RE TALKING TOGETHER ALL OF
THE TIME ON THESE THINGS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, OVER THE
YEARS, THE MODELS CAN GO RIGHT,
THEY CAN LEFT.
HERE AT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE