POULTRY, FISH, EGGS AND
LEFTOVERS THAT HAVE BEEN ABOVE
40
DEGREES OR MORE THAN TWO
HOURS.
ALWAYS DISCARD ANY ITEMS IN THE
REFRIGERATOR THAT HAVE COME IN
CONTACT WITH RAW MEAT JUICES .
>> THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED IN
IN GLENN COUNTY, - - WAS STUCK
IN A TRAFFIC JAM.
I THINK HE IS OUT OF THE
VEHICLE NOW.
YES, WE CAN SEE HIM OVER OUR
SHOULDER HERE.
CAN YOU TELL US A QUICK JUST
ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA?
>> THE TRAFFIC JAM WAS BEFORE
WE WE GOT TO THE CAUSEWAY.
YOU KNOW THIS AREA IS STILL
BLOCKED.
BEFORE WE GO FURTHER INTO THAT,
[INDISCERNABLE].
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE GOT A
CHANCE TO SEE ALL OF THI
[INDISCERNABLE]
>> WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB
ALREADY TODAY OF GETTING OUR
CLEANUP CREWS THAT MOBILIZE
ABOUT 6:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR WAS
THE MAIN ARROW FARES WHICH IS
WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET
CLEANED.
AS YOU KNOW, AS WE GOT INSIDE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S MORE
OF WHAT
WE SAW ON ALL THE MAJOR
ROADS .
WE PROBABLY GEONE OR TWO
MAJOR ROADS LIKE THAT.
I VACATED THE ISLAND MYSELF
YESTERDAY MORNING AT 10:00, IT
DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE YOU
SEE RIGHT NOW.
>> DALE, SPEAKING OF WHAT WE
ARE SEEING, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
AT THAT VIDEO.
THE FIRST LOOK OF THE DAMAGE
FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW ON ST.
JOHN'S ISLAND.
WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
THE
TRAFFIC JAM THAT WAS IN
BRUNSWICK.
PEOPLE WERE READY TO COME BACK
OVER HERE, BUT NOT JUST YET .
CAN YOU ELABORATE?
>> WE CLOSED DOWN THE COUNTY
FOR REENTRY UNTIL WE CAN GET
OUR ROADS AND STREETS CLEAR.
WE DETERMINED THIS MORNING THAT
THE MAINLAND HAD LOST OF AREAS
THAT DID NOT NEED TO BE CLOSED
OFF.
WE WENT TO THE STATE FOLKS AND
SAID WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE
MAINLAND KNOWING THAT THE
ISLAND STILL HASN'T DOWNED
WIRES AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO
OPEN THAT UP.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD A PLAN
NEGOTIATED WITH THE STATE.
SO WE ANNOUNCED TO GO AHEAD AND
OPEN UP THE MAINLAND.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR COLLEAGUES
AT THE STATE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE VACATED OUR GUYS
AND THEY
DIDN'T VACATE THEIRS.
A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION .
>> LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN
THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
THAT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL.
A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE HERE AND
THERE.
CAN YOU GIVE USA STATUS QUO
FOR OUR ISLAND.
WHERE DO THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW?
>>OUR CREWS HAVE DONE A FAIRLY
GOOD JOB OF OPENING UP A LOT OF
THE MAJOR ROADS.ONCE THE
MAJOR ROADS GET OPENS, GEORGIA
POWER WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN
HERE TOMORROW AND START TURNING
ON POWER.
THAT'S THE NEXT BIG STEP FOR
US.
WE NEED POWER.WE ARE ON AN
ISLAND.
THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP AND
THEY WILL GET IN HERE TOMORROW
AND START GETTING LINES PUT
BACK UP.
THEIR FACILITIESTHAT WENT
OFF-LINE, A LOT OF POLLS GOT
KNOCKED OVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED AS
WERE COMING OVER THE ISLAND,
ALTHOUGH STACKS OF TELEPHONE
POLES OFF TO THE SIDE.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
REPLACE UTILITY POLES.
WE LOST A LOT .
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING
VACATION , PEOPLE HAVE WEDDINGS
PLANNED ON THE ISLAND.
WHERE DO THOSE STAND?
>> I THINK YOU NEED TO GIVE US
ABOUT A WEEK TO GET EVERYTHING
CLEANED UP.
GOING TO SEE PEOPLE ENERGIZED
AND MOBILIZED THIS WEEK TO GET
EVERYTHING CLEANED UP.
GET IT PRISTINE AND LOOKING
LIKE IT IS.WE LOST A LITTLE
BIT OF EACH.
EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD REOPEN.
WE HAD QUITE A STORM SURGE THAT
CAME THROUGH HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE, AT
ONE POINT IN TIME YESTERDAY,
THE WATER WAS UP THE SAME LEVEL
OF OUR PEER.
AND THEN IT
JUST POURED DOWN THE
STREET.
IT WAS ABOUT THREE FEET UP ON
THESE BUILDINGS.ALTERNATELY,
, BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS SET
UP.
AFTER THE STORM PULLED OUT, THE