ORDER WENT OUT? HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE GONE IN JUST A LITTLE FURTHER INLAND. MARY.
>> WHY THE COUNTY IS NOW
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE
STORMS, THE SOUTH OF US WITH
LOTS OF RAIN AND WIND NEWS. 4
JAX REPORTER ERIK AVANIER IS
THERE AT THE BEACH. ERIC, TELL
US WHAT YOU’RE SEEING THIS
EVENING.
>> YES, SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE
CURRENTLY STANDING UNDER A
COVERED AREA OF THE FLAGLER
BEACH TO A PIER HERE. AND I
GOT TO TELL YOU, IT DOESN’T
FEEL LIKE IT THAT MUCH COVERED
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT
OF WIND AND THE AMOUNT A
HORIZONTAL RAIN THAT IS COMING
IN THIS DIRECTION FROM THE
EAST. IN FACT, SPEAKING OF THE
WIN HERE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
THE END A MOMENT HERE, THE
WIND SPEEDS, THEY VARY A
LITTLE BIT FROM ABOUT A 1.0,
2.6. BUT I WOULD SAY BETWEEN
1.4 AND ALL THE WAY UP TO
ABOUT 8 MILES PER HOUR. IDA
ALSO FROM WHERE WE’RE
STANDING. YOU CAN LITERALLY
HEAR OF THE WAVES JUST
CRASHING AGAINST OF THAT PIER
IN. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT OF
HERE BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO GET
A LITTLE MAYBE A LITTLE DICEY
ARE OUT THIS WAY BECAUSE WE
DON’T HAVE ALL THIS COVER. AND
AS WE STEP OUT HERE, YOU’LL
SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS PRETTY
MUCH DID THIS MOMENT LIKE A
GHOST TOWN HERE. THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A MANDATORY
CURFEW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT
AT 08:00PM TODAY. AND SO YOU
DON’T SEE AS MANY PEOPLE OUT
HERE NOT CAN TELL YOU ABOUT A
LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO.
IF WE CAN GO TO THAT VIDEO
FROM DRIVE CAM JUST TO SHOW
HOW BAD THE RAIN WAS COMING
DOWN. THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE
MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO. THAT
RAIN WAS COMING DOWN REALLY
BADLY. RUN A GOT IT. AT ONE
POINT. IT GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE OF VISIBILITY WAS NOT
THAT GREAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU
THE WINDS, THE WINDS HAVE
REALLY WE’RE REALLY KICKING
UP. IN FACT, IF WE COME BACK
HERE LIVE, WANT TO SHOW YOU MY
AND MONITOR HERE, GOING TO
PULL THIS BACK UP HERE AGAIN.
WE’RE SEEING THOSE WIND SPEEDS
VERY THIS TIME. 4.4 IS GETTING
UP THERE. 3.0, 8, 5, 0.3. BUT
YEAH, WE’RE SEEING THE AVERAGE
SPEED ONE SPEED UP BETWEEN
ABOUT ONE AND OUT 5 MILES PER
HOUR. WE HAVE AT TIMES ALL THE
WINDS KICK UP TO ABOUT LIKE
WIND GUSTS KICK UP TO ABOUT 15
MILES PER HOUR. AND WE’RE
GOING BRING YOU OVER HERE A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THING I WANT TO SHOW JUST A
BLOCK A LITTLE MORE THAN A
BLOCK IN THAT DIRECTION. WE
HAD A SITUATION HAPPENED
AROUND 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT. IF
WE GO TO THAT THAT WE SHOT
EARLIER, THAT WAS VIDEO OF A
POWER LINE THAT WENT DOWN. AND
LET ME TELL YOU IT. THAT
BECAME ALMOST BECAME A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND ONE
POINT, EVEN THOUGH THE STREET
WAS BLOCKED OFF, THERE WAS ONE
INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS STILL OUT
WALKING. HE WAS WALKING WITH
HIS BIKE AND HE CAME WITHIN
FEET OF ACTUALLY STEPPING ON A
LIVE POWER LINE WHERE PEOPLE
WERE YELLING AT HIM. STOP,
STOP, STOP. THERE’S A LIVE
POWER LINE DOWN THERE. BUT
FORTUNATELY, HE DID NOT STEP.
>> THAT POWER LINE NOW WE’RE
GOING TO BRING IT BACK HERE TO
I WANT TO WALK IT. I WANT TO
WALK IT DOWN THIS WAY A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE THERE’S A COUPLE
THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU
GOING TO PULL OUT MY
FLASHLIGHT HERE.
>> AND THERE’S A GOOD THING
THIS RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE
THAT IS THE BASE. LOOK AT
THAT. LOOK AT HOW THAT THAT
HIGH 5 THAT’S COMING UP. LOOK
AT THE LOOK AT THE WAVES THAT
ARE COMING UP. YOU CAN SEE
THAT REALLY GOOD WITH BRING
THIS OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT
MORE WAS WANT TO SHOW OUR
VIEWERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. HERE. THIS IS
THE PIER WHERE WE’RE AT. LOOK
AT HOW THAT’S COMING UP. I
KNOW IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
HARD TO SEE ALL OF THAT. BUT I
MEAN, THIS IS JUST REALLY BE
ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE JUST A
LITTLE BIT HERE. WOULD IT TAKE
YOU JUST THE KIND OF GIVE YOU
AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN SEE?
LOOK AT THIS, FOLKS. THIS IS
WHAT I WOULD DEFINITELY
CONSIDER HIGH TIDE EARLIER
TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE COULD YOU
CAN REALLY SEE THE WAYS I KNOW
IT’S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE AT
NIGHT. AND MY FLASHLIGHT ONLY
GIVES ME SO MUCH A LOOMING
NATION. THERE. BUT I CAN TELL
YOU WE WERE OUT HERE MUCH
EARLIER TODAY. ALSO AND WHEN
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
DAYLIGHT IN THE MIDDAY, THERE
WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE.
IF WE GO TO SOME OF THAT
VIDEO, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
HERE. THEY WERE NOT GOING IN
THE WATER BUT MORE SO
SPECTATORS, PEOPLE THAT WERE
COMING OUT TO JUST SEE THE
WAVES EXPERIENCE, ALL THIS TO
EXPERIENCE THE HIGH WINDS TO
EXPERIENCE ALL THAT THE HEAVY
RAIN. BUT LIKE I LOT OF
SPECTATORS. BUT AGAIN, WHEN
THE SUN WENT DOWN AND IT GOT
CLOSER TO 8 O’CLOCK, A LOT OF
THE BUSINESSES THAT WEREN’T
ALREADY CLOSE. THAT’S A PRETTY
MUCH CLOSE UP THAT’S BECAUSE
THAT CURFEW WENT INTO EFFECT
AT SINCE WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE.
WE GO AROUND THIS WAY. I WANT
TO JUST SHOW OUR VIEWERS ARE
GOING TO COME BACK OUT HERE.
ONE MORE TIMES LIKE THIS.
SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SHOW
YOU TOO, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN
OUT HERE, WE HAVE SEEN FLAGLER
BEACH P D. PRETTY MUCH
PATROLLING ALL OF THIS AND NOT
JUST MAIN STRIP OF A A ONE. A.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN THROUGH SOME
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THAT
THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS
AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE INNER
WE CAN SEE THE WATER SOMEWHAT
COMING UP AND NOT NECESSARILY
TAKING OVER THE WATERWAY. BUT
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMING
THESE POLICE OFFICERS, THEY’RE
DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. I
MEAN, THEY ARE PATROLLING.
THEY’RE MAKING SURE NO ONE’S
HOMES ARE GETTING BROKEN INTO.
IF ANYONE DID DECIDE TO TO
EVACUATE THEIR HOME. ALSO,
THEY’RE DOING A REALLY GOOD
JOB LIKE I SAID EVERY DAY, I
WOULD SAY EVERY 30 TO 45
SECONDS. THERE’S A PATROL
OFFICER THAT COMES THROUGH
HERE AND YOU SEE THEM UP AND
DOWN OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL
AREAS BETWEEN HERE AND THE
INNER COASTAL, OF COURSE, THAT
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON MORE ON OUR
FROM FLAGLER COMING UP LATER