THIS IS QUITE A GUST HE WE ARE EXPERIENCING. IF YOU SEE ME LOOKING UP WE HAVE
A LOT OF PALM TREES AROUND WITH
COCOA NUTS.
>>> I’M GOING TO COME BACK UNDER
THE COVER.
WE WERE TRYING TO GIT A
CONNECTION ON OUR CAT LIGHT
PHONE.
AND THIS IS REALLY SORT OF THE
BEGINNING.
WE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE 6:00
AM AND IT SEEMED LIKE A TROPICAL
STORM TO BE HONEST.
AT 6:00 AM WE FELT A GREAT
BREEZE AND IT FELT NICE OUT
HERE.
THEY KEPT TELLING US EVERY HOUR
THINGS WERE GOING TO CHANGE.
SO EACH HOUR THE WINDS PICK ON
UP AND THAT IS WHAT HAS MADE THE
STORM SUCH A TRICKY STORM.
IT IS A SLOW MOVER.
AND YES, MARSH HARBOR EXPECTED
TO GET THE HIGH OF THE STORM.
WE WILL HAVE TO GO OFF AIR IT
WILL NOT BE SAFE FOR US TO BE
OUTSIDE.
THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN -- QUITE
SOON.
I KNOW BRANDON AND LUKE IF YOU
SEE -- THINGS ARE GETTING TRICKY
JUST SEND US A TEXT AND LET US
KNOW.
WE DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RADAR RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE CALLS
BACK TO THE STATION.
I CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE THROUGH
iMESSAGE.
WE KNOW THESE STORMS MANY TIMES
DO END UP OBVIOUSLY WE LOSE
POWER.
AS YOU ARE LOOKING WITH US, THAT
IS -- ONE OF THE TIKI HUTS -- AN
AREA FOR PEOPLE TO RELAX AND YOU
CAN SEE IT IS COMPLETELY UNDER
WATER AT THIS POINT.
THE TREES ARE ALMOST UNDER WATER
THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT THE
STORM SURGE COULD REACH UP.
LET’S HOLD ON FOR A MINUTE HERE.
HOLD ON.
ALL RIGHT WE HAD TO LET THAT
GUST PASS THROUGH.
WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP STANDING
AS WE TALK TO YOU OFFICIALS SAID
THEY BELIEVED IT WOULD REACH UP
TO 15 FEET.
WHAT I’M SEEING I WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED IF THAT IS THE CASE.
THIS IS ONE PARD OFT OF THE ISLA
WE ARE SEEING THIS STORM UNFOLD
FROM OUR RESORT.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT
WOULD TAKE TWO SECONDS FOR
MYSELF AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER TO
RUN TO WHERE THERE ARE -- THERE
IS FOOD AND SUPPLIES IF THINGS
GET TRICKY.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO STAY SAFE.
THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WE HAVE A GOOD COVERING RIGHT
NOW.
THE STRUCTURES ARE GOOD.
WE ARE NOT FEELING SHAKES WHICH
WE KNOW SOMETIMES HAPPENS DURING
THESE STORMS.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE EYE TO
ARRIVE.
THE WIND IS POUNDING.
MANY OF -- I’M GOING TO MOVE FOR
A MINUTE HERE.
IF YOU SEE THAT BUILDING THERE
ON THE LEFT.
THOSE ARE OUR ROOMS THERE THEY
COVERED UP THE BALCONIES AND THE
WINDOWS HAVE SHUTTERED.
THEY REMOVED THE OUTDOOR
FURNITURE AS WELL.
THE STRUCTURES ARE STURDY.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT IS GOING
ON.
ACTUALLY BRIAN IF YOU COULD GO
AHEAD AND SHOW THE DEBRIS THAT
HAS MADE IT TO THE AREA THAT WE
ARE AT.
MOST OF IT -- WE SEE PLANTS AS
WELL.
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>> ANCHOR: SHE IS DOING AN
INCREDIBLE JOB HERE IN MARSH
HARBOR.
WE KEEP LOSING THE SIGNAL.
SHE IS NOT THE ONLY REPORTER AT
THAT RESORT.
>> Reporter: THERE IS A BIG TREE
HERE THAT THE WAY IT IS MOVING
MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.
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NOTHING DRASTIC THOUGH.
IT IS SORT OF THE TOP THAT IS
FALLING OFF.
WE DON’T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT
THE ROOF IS CAVING IN.
THE TOP PART IS FALLING OFF.
YOU CAN SEE THEM FLYING INTO THE
POOL.
RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
THESE REALLY AWFUL CONDITIONS.
WE ARE STANDING AS FAR BACK AS
WE CAN.
IT IS NOT QUITE SAFE FOR US TO
STAND ANYWHERE ELSE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS WAY TOO DANG
DANGEROUS TO STAND OUTSIDE.
HARD TO SEE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PALM TREES
BENDING IN THE WIND.
NOT BECAUSE THEY MAY FALL BUT A
LOT OF THEM HAVE COCONUTS THEY
CAN FALL AND HIT YOUR HEAD.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE STAYING BACK.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH.
THEY ARE GETTING THE SUPPLIES
READY THEY ARE GETTING READY TO
HUNKER DOWN ONCE THE EYE PASSES
THROUGH.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US WE
APOLLAPOLOGIZE FOR DELAYS.
THIS MASSIVE CATEGORY 5 STORM
JUST STARTING TO POUND THE
ISLAND.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MAIN TOWN
OF MARSH HARBOR.
IT IS PART OF THE ABACO ISLANDS
IF THIS STORM SURGE FROM THE
SMALL BEACH IF THIS IS MAKING
ITS WAY ON LAND I CAN’T THINK
ABOUT WHAT IT IS LOOKING LIKE IN
THE TOWN.
THE WATER IS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
IT IS HARD TO AVOID IT.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES ABACO SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL ISLAND AND IT IS
DANEDANEG
DANGEROUS IN STORMS LIKE THIS.
LUKE AND BRANDON, IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME
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WE DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RADAR.
IF YOU DO SEE FROM THE RADAR AND
BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET IN DOORS
PLEASE LET US KNOW.
BRANDON SENT A TEXT 30 MINUTES
AGO.
TIME IS SORT OF MESHING
TOGETHER.
PROBABLY AT THE TOP SHOWING US
THAT THE EYE WAS LESS THAN TWO
HOURS AWAY.
LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO RUN
INSIDE THE BUNKER RIGHT NOW.
LUKE WAS TELLING ME SAYING THE
WIND IS GOING TO CHANGE
DIRECTIONS.
SO ACTUALLY WHERE WE ARE
STANDING BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE
BUILDING IS BLOCKING THE WIND.
BRIAN DID A GREAT JOB OF
POSITIONING US.
THE WIND WILL BE COMING IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
MY CELL IS WORKING IN TERMS OF
TEXT MESSAGES.
BUT THE CELL SERVICE HAS DROPPED
ON THE ISLAND.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
WHILE I FEEL LIKE THE WIND IS
NOT TOO BAD TO STAND HERE SO YOU
CAN SEE AS A PERSON STANDING
HEAR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US
HERE.
WE ARE ALSO COVERED WE DO HAVE A
COVERING A STRONG STRUCTURE THAT
WE WANT TO MAKE A POINT TO LET
YOU KNOW.
WE ARE PROTECTED RIGHT NOW BUT
WE CAN FEEL THE RAIN THE RAIN
HAS NOT BEEN -- I HAVE TO SAY.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
IT IS THE WIND THAT WE ARE
FEELING WITH THIS STORM.
AND I THINK THAT IS -- THE RAIN
IS COMING IN DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS THOUGH.
LOOK AT THAT
[ INAUDIBLE ]
YOU CAN SEE THE PALM FALLING OFF
THERE.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> ANCHOR: YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT CELL SERVICE IS
CUTTING OUT.
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE
CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND THAT
EYE WALL HAS BEEN GETTING
CLOSER.
>>> SHE IS SHOWING US THE
OUTSIDE OF THE RESORT.
THE TIKI HUTS AROUND THE RESORT
AR STARTING TO BREAK APART.
>>> WE HAVE WATER TAKING OVER
THE SAND.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY REACH THE
GRASS.
IF THAT STARTS TO HAPPEN THAT IS
NOT THE GOING TO BE GOOD.
WE ARE UP ON A HILL WOW LOOK AT
THAT TIKI HUT BRIAN IT IS
GETTING BEAT UP RIGHT NOW.
YOU MAY SEE PIECES OF THE ROOF
FLYING AROUND AND WE ARE SEEING
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BRANCHES
FLYING AROUND.
IT IS JUST -- THIS STORM IS
POUNDING AND ALL I’M THINKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS IS
THE BEGINNING.
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SLOW MOVING
STORM IT IS GOING TO SIT ON TOP
OF US FOR HOURS AND HOURS.
IT IS ONE THING IF A HURRICANE
PASSES THROUGH QUICKLY.
BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
SITUATION WHEN IT SITS AND YOU
ARE DEALING WITH THE CONSTANT
WIND AND RAIN.
LOOK AT THAT, THE WINDS I JUST
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
STRUCTURES WE SAW LOOK AT THAT.
OOF.
SEEING DEBRIS FLYING AROUND.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY TO GO
BACK OUT THERE.
THERE IS TOO MUCH STUFF FLYING
AROUND.
AS WE HAD DRIVEN AROUND THE
ISLAND A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
SO MANY STRUCTURES USING PLYWOOD
TO CLOSE OFF THEIR BUSINESSES.
WE HOPE THAT THE STRUCTURES MAKE
IT THROUGH THE STORM.
I DO WORRY AND KNOWING THAT MANY
PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO EVACUATE I
HOPE THAT PEOPLE LISTENED TO
THOSE WARNINGS BECAUSE THIS
STORM SURGE IS VERY, VERY SCARY.
RIGHT NOW AGAIN, WE HAVE LOST
OUR CELL SERVICE, SO WE ARE NOT
ABLE TO CALL THE STATION.
IF THE MANAGERS AND PRODUCERS
CAN HEAR US THE SATELLITE PHONE
IS NOT CONNECTING.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE US LIVE IN
THIS MOMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP OUT
INTO OPEN SKY AND IT IS NOT SAFE
FOR US TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT, LOOKS LIKE I’M GETTING
TEXTS FROM OUR METEOROLOGIST.
I’M GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
HE IS TELLING US.
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO GET
RELIEF IN MAYBE 30 MINUTES.
IT WILL BE 70 TO 90 MILE PER
HOUR GUSTS.
IT IS GOING TO HIT VERY QUICK.
HE IS ASKING US TO STAY THERE
AND STAY SAFE BECAUSE IT IS
GOING TO LAST FOR QUITE SOME
TIME WE MAY GET A LULL IN 30
MINUTES AND OUR METEOROLOGIST
BRANDON IS TELLING US IT IS
GOING TO BE 70-90 PER HOUR
GUSTS.
THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM WILL
LAST FOR LONGER THAN THE FRONT
END IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR.
THE EYE COMES QUICK AND IT IS
TERRIFYING AND THAT IS GOING TO
LAST VERY LONG.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT
I CAN, BUT THIS WATER IS KICKING
UP RIGHT NOW.
IT IS HARD -- THE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THIS
STORM -- SEE THE WATER THERE AND
WHERE I’M STANDING I CAN SEE --
WOW LOOK I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE WIND IS PUSHING IT AND FROM
WHAT I CAN SEE THE WATER HAS
REACHED THE -- IT IS GETTING
CLOSER.
WE ARE FEELING THAT WE ARE OKAY.
INCREDIBLE
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WAVES ALSO INCREDIBLE WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE
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