BECAUSE WE WANT TO MOVE ON AND
CHECK ON OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
THANK YOU, WE'LL CHECK ON YOU
LATER.
FROM ONE EVACUATION ZONE TO
ANOTHER IN HOLLYWOOD.
CBS 4 HAS BEEN THERE THIS
EVENING AND INTO THE MORNING.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT
BROWARD.ORG/HURRICANE.
I COUNTED, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
THERE ARE 19 SHELTERS IN
BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE ALREADY
AT FULL CAPACITY.
SO I TAKE THAT AS A SIGN THAT
PEOPLE LISTENED TO THOSE
EVACUATION ORDERS AND THEY
HEADED OUT.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN
HOLLYWOOD?
Reporter: I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT
THAT, I SAW YOUR TWEET AND I
PULLED IT UP MYSELF.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHELTER AT
TRADE WINDS ELEMENTARY AND
COCONUT CREEK IS THE ONLY ONE
NOT LIST THE AS AT FULL
CAPACITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WINDS AND
SITUATION HERE AT HOLLYWOOD
BEACH, SEEING SOME WIND GUSTS
AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR OR SO.
THE WINDS HAVE BEEN VERY
CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE
SEVERAL HOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN
HERE.
THE SURF PICKING UP, OBVIOUSLY,
A LOT OF THE SAND COMING OFF
THE BEACH AND STINGING YOU IN
THE FACE.
SO THINGS HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN
CONSISTENT HERE WITH THIS TYPE
OF WEATHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF HOURS.
TO YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU ASK,
LAUREN, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE
BEEN STRUCK BY THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK OR SO THAT WE'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH THIS, IS JUST
EXACTLY HOW SERIOUS THE
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE
BEEN TAKING THIS SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, AFTER LIVING THROUGH
AND DEALING WITH HURRICANES IN
SOUTH FLORIDA FOR GOSH, THE
BETTER PART OF A DECADE AND A
HALF NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT
YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR HARD CORE
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO REACT
AND RESPOND, BUT THIS TIME IT
CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE WHETHER IT
WAS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STORM
OR AS DAVID MENTIONED, HOW
EARLY CRAIG AND LISSETTE AND
OUR OTHER METEOROLOGISTS WERE
ON TOP OF THIS SITUATION
PREACHING WHAT NEEDED TO BE
DONE.
BUT IT CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE
PEOPLE HAVE HEEDED THE CALL,
HAVE TAKEN THIS VERY, VERY
SERIOUSLY AND DOING WHAT THEY
HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THEY
STAY AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY
CAN.
I THINK IT'S REFLECTED BY, I
REMEMBER BEING ON THIS BEACH
FOR ONE OF THE HURRICANES.
THEY ALL KIND OF RUN TOGETHER
AFTER AWHILE.
BUT USUALLY YOU WOULD SEE
PEOPLE OUT STILL HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
YOU'D SEE PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE
HOTELS HANGING OUT, WATCHING
THE SCENE AND TONIGHT, THIS
AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING,
THERE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY, ALMOST
NONE OF THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WE INTERVIEWED
AND I MENTIONED ON AIR, WE HAVE
SEEN A FEW PEOPLE
ROLLERBLADING, BUT IT'S BEEN 20
PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN A LOT.
AND IN THE PAST, YOU MIGHT SEE,
YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DOZEN, COUPLE
HUNDRED.
SO, I THINK IT REALLY IS AN
INDICATION OF HOW SERIOUSLY
PEOPLE TAKE IT.
WHEN YOU SEE THE TRACK WE'VE
BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST
COUPLE DAYS, WHAT THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BRING TO US.
YOU SEE THAT CURVE COMING
STRAIGHT UP THROUGH MIAMI LIKE
WE ALL SAW.
I THINK IT DOES BRING A LOT OF
THINGS INTO FOCUS.
OF COURSE, NOW WE'RE SEEING A
TRACK THAT HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE
BIT WEST.
FROM WHAT I'M READING AND FROM
WHAT LISSETTE AND CRAIG ARE
TELLING US, THIS COULD CONTINUE
TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON CERTAIN
CONDITIONS.
OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE, WE
HAVE SEEN MORE HOLLYWOOD POLICE
OFFICERS CRUISING UP AND DOWN
THE STRIP.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO ONE
OR TWO OF THE OFFICERS WHO WERE
IN A VEHICLE.
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY ARE
ENCOUNTERING VERY FEW PEOPLE,
JUST A FEW SIGHT SEERS, MOST
PEOPLE ARE INDOORS, VERY WELL
BEHAVED, TAKING THINGS VERY
SERIOUSLY, AS WE MENTIONED.
MY PHOTOGRAPHER, RUDY AND I, WE
DROVE AROUND FROM HOLLYWOOD
DOWN A1A INTO THE BEACH, BACK
OVER TO U.S. 1, AND THEN MADE
THE LOOP BACK OVER HERE TO THE
BEACH.
VERY FEW CARS, ALMOST NO
PEOPLE, JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND.
SO IT HAS BEEN VERY LIGHT ON
THE PEOPLE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS
WHAT OUR EMERGENCY AND
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WANT TO
SEE AS THE CONDITIONS CONTINUE
TO TAKE A TURN OVER THE NEXT 12
TO 18 HOURS OR SO.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING
HERE IN HOLLYWOOD AT THIS
POINT.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
BACK TO YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR LIVE
PICTURE HERE.
WE CAN BETTER SEE WHAT'S GOING
ON THERE.
AS YO YOU ARE STANDING THERE
AND WE HEAR THE ROARING OF THE
OCEAN, YOUR HAIR WHIPPING IN
THE WIND.
IT LOOKS GOOD, BY THE WAY, BUT
WHICH ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS HAS
BEEN MORE IMPRESSIVE TO YOU?
THE SURF, THE WIND, ANY RAIN
YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED OUT
THERE?
WHAT IS THE TOP ISSUE FOR YOU
AS FAR AS ELEMENTS WHEN IT
COMES TO WHAT YOU ARE
EXPERIENCING WITH THIS BAND
COMING THROUGH?
WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
RAIN, JUST LITTLE BIT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S STARTING TO RAIN
AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, AFTER COVERING THESE
STORMS FOR SO MANY YEARS, I
WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE FACT WE
ARE SEEING THIS TYPE OF WIND,
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE TYPE
OF WIND THAT WILL KNOCK YOU
OVER IN ANY CAPACITY, BUT JUST
THE FACT WE ARE SEEING THIS
SUSTAINED TYPE OF WIND AT 23,
25 MILES PER HOUR.
THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE SURPRISING
TO ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD
NECESSARILY BE HAVING THIS TYPE
OF SUSTAINED WIND AT THIS
POINT.
SO YOU KNOW, EUGENE, IT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT WHEN WE'RE OUT HERE
REPORTING, WE TRY TO STAY
ABSOLUTELY AS SAFE AS WE CAN TO
TRY AND BRING SOME LIVE
PICTURES TO PEOPLE WHILE WE
CAN.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE
A POINT THAT WE SIMPLY CANNOT
BE OUT HERE IN THIS TYPE OF
ENVIRONMENT.
WHERE WE HAVE TO GET TO SOME
PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S
JUST SAFER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO REPORT AND GATHER
INFORMATION AND BRING NEEDED
INFORMATION TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW HOW IS
THIS AFFECTING MY CITY, MY
COMMUNITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY
HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE
ALL FOCUSED ON.
MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MY
CHURCH, MY BUSINESS, WHATEVER
IT MIGHT BE.
SO YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO
BRING THAT TO PEOPLE IN AS
CLEAR FOCUS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THE CAMERA AS HE DRIVES THROUGH
THE MIAMI AREA, WE SEE A DOWNED
FENCE.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT THERE?
ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE OR BLOWN
OVER BECAUSE OF THE WIND.
LOOK AT THAT AMERICAN FLAG IN
THE WIND.
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
Reporter: EUGENE, I HAVE TO
BE HONEST, IT'S BEEN WINDY, I'M
SORRY, I LOST YOU THERE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU
LOOK AT THIS FLAG, IT'S A
PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF HOW
STIFF THE WIND IS BLOWING AND
HOW SUSTAINED THOSE WINDS ARE,
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT
TO SAY BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE OUT
HERE AND ABLE TO TRANSMIT BACK
OVER THE PICTURES THROUGH THE
CAMERA, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
TRANSLATE AND CERTAINLY, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN IN STORMS
WHERE YOU LITERALLY COULD NOT
STAND UP AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
ANTICIPATE A STORM LIKE WE'RE
GOING TO GET WITH IRMA,
CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IS
THIS GOING TO AFFECT US.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO
PROTECT OURSELVES AND TO STAY
SAFE, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS
POINT, IT IS A VERY GUSTY
SUSTAINED TYPE OF WIND THAT
WE'RE SEEING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ANTICIPATE SEEING
THAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
AND THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS,
REALLY.
AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND IF
I GET PERSONAL WITH YOU.
I FOLLOW YOU ON FACEBOOK AND
YOU HAVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL SON.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND AS
YOU HEAD TO WORK, LEAVE THEM
ALL SAFE AND PREPARED, CAN YOU
SPEAK TO THAT AND HOW YOU GOT
THEM PREPARED FOR YOU TO COME
AND DO YOUR JOB TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
YEAH, I MEAN, LAUREN, YOU'RE
A PARENT, TOO, IT'S HARD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL FEEL
OVERWELMED AT SOME POINT, YOU
KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE A
PARENT OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LOVED ONES
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE SAFE.
FOR US, I'M A VERY TYPE A
PERSONALITY.
I LIKE TO -- IF THERE'S A
PROBLEM, YOU DEAL WITH IT, YOU
KNOW, HANDLE IT THE BEST YOU
POSSIBLY CAN, AND YOU CAN AT
LEAST PUT YOUR HEAD ON THE
PILLOW AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT
WHETHER IT WORKED OUT, YOU
TRIED YOUR BEST, YOU DID YOUR
BEST.
SO, FOR US, WE WEIGHED SOME
OPTIONS.
MY INLAWS HAPPEN TO BE ON THE
WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
SO, AT ONE POINT, WE WERE
THINKING THAT POSSIBLY MY WIFE
AND KIDS WOULD GO THERE TO
SHELTER WITH HER FAMILY.
BUT AGAIN, WE WAIT OUT.
THIS STORM CAN MOVE AND THE
STORM IS SO WIDE THAT IT WAS
REALLY GOING TO ENCOMPASS THE
ENTIRE STATE.
PLUS, THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.
COULD SHE GET GAS OVER THERE?
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE BEFORE
SHE COULD GET BACK HOME AND THE
KIDS COULD GET BACK TO SCHOOL
AND SHE COULD GET BACK TO WORK.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE DECISIONS
WE HAD TO MAKE AS A FAMILY.
SO INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, WOULD SHE
STAY IN OUR HOME, WE HAPPEN TO
BE BLESSED TO HAVE HURRICANE
IMPACT WINDOWS AND DOORS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
EVER BEEN TESTED LIKE THEY
COULD BE TESTED WITH THIS
STORM.
SO THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION.
DID I WANT HER TO BE HOME ALONE
WITH ME NOT BEING THERE,
US, AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED
THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR HER
TO SHELTER WITH SOME OF OUR
GOOD FRIENDS.
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MAKE THE CHOICES AND DECISIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION,
FOR THE VIEW US AND FOR YOUR
PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO THE
STORM.
I ASK THE QUESTION TO SHOW WE
GO THROUGH THE SAME CONCERNS
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.
THE SAME WARNINGS WE GAVE TO
OUR VIEWERS IS THE SAME
WARNINGS WE HEEDED.
GLAD TO HEAR YOUR FAMILY IS