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NO WAIT WEATHER AND TRAFFIC
ON CW 39 HOUSTON.
WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY IT
IS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26 ALMOST
3 YEARS AGO TO THIS DAY
HOUSTON WAS THAT ALMOST HALF
UNDER WATER BECAUSE OF HARVEY
AND HERE WE GO TODAY PREPARING
FOR HURRICANE LAURA TO IMPACT
THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COAST.
THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY HAS
SHIFTED IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING
US THIS MORNING AND YOU HAVE
NOT LOOKED AT ANYTHING OR
LISTEN TO ANYTHING IT'S HARD
NOWADAYS WITH OUR PHONES. BUT
IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
LANDFALL IN THE TEXAS,
LOUISIANA COAST TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW AS A CATEGORY 3 TO
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE WE'RE
ALREADY SEEING RAIN BANDS
MOVING IN. I'M GOING TO SHOW
YOU THAT AND OF COURSE THE
LATEST ON LOWER COMING UP, BUT
FOR NOW OVER TO YOU SEAN ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW
WE HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT MONEY HEAD TO
GALVESTON ISLAND BECAUSE WE
HAVE WEST REPORTING HAS BEEN
STANDING BY THERE ALL MORNING
LONG.
JUST OBSERVING THE WAVES
AND ALL OF THAT AND I KNOW
THERE'S A MANDATORY EVACUATION
AS WE KNOW WEST BUT HAVE YOU
STILL BEEN SEEING PEOPLE
TRYING TO GET LAST GLIMPSES OF
ALL THESE WAVES AND NOT AT ALL
EVACUATING.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WE HAVE SEEN
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT I WOULD
SAY RECESS A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF FOLKS OUT YESTERDAY
TODAY A LOT SLIMMER LET ME
JUST SHOW YOU REAL QUICK AND
I'LL SEE IF WE CAN SHOW YOU
THE ROAD IF YOU CAN COME WITH
ME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO
THE STREET. WE'LL SHOW YOU
JUST TO THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC
THAT IS A HERE YOU CAN SEE
THERE ARE STILL SOME FOLKS
HERE ON THE ISLAND HERE ON
GALVESTON NOT AS ABSORBENT IN
AND OUT OF TRAFFIC RIGHT IT'S
PRETTY EMPTY, BUT THERE ARE
STILL CARS OUT HERE ON THE
ROADWAY THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE
WHO ARE HANGING OUT HERE ON
THE ISLAND SO NOW LET ME TAKE
YOU TO THE WAVES WHERE YOU CAN
THE JEDI.
BEING COVERED A LITTLE BIT
BY THOSE WAVES EVEN FURTHER
NOW WE ARE SEEING THOSE WAVES
CONTINUE TO GET LARGER
THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING I HAVE
ALSO HAD SEVERAL BANDS OF RAIN
COMING TO OR THIS PART OF THE
REGION IN THE LAST SEVERAL
HOURS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
TELL IT SPRINKLE IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT NOW SO WE ARE
EXPECTING THESE CONDITIONS TO
WORSEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS AND FOR ANYONE WHO IS
STILL LISTENING TO THE
AUTHORITIES HERE IN GALVESTON
HAVE ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO
GET OUT BEYOND A VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION IS A MANDATORY
EVACUATION AND ANYBODY WHO
DOES STAY WILL NOT NECESSARILY
HAVE ACCESS TO. PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICE FIRE ANY TYPE OF RESCUE
WE HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE
PACKING UP GETTING OUT SEEING
A FEW FOLKS HANGING BUT ANY OF
THE STRAGGLERS. THEY HAVE SAID
I JUST TALKED TO SOMEBODY SAID
YOU KNOW, I'M HERE. AND I
THINK I'M GOING TO GO AND SO I
HEADED OFF TO TO GET OUT OF
HERE SO ISOLATED FROM HERE IN
GALVESTON.
AND THE QUESTION FOR YOU
REAL QUICK, WHAT IS THE
ANTICIPATED STORM SURGE AT
LEAST OFFICIALS ARE REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT'S WHY
THEY'RE FORCING EVERYONE TO
GET OUT, BUT WHAT ARE THEY
SAYING RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES
TO THAT STORM SURGE BECAUSE
THOSE WAYS BEHIND YOU'RE
ALREADY PICKING UP WE STILL
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TODAY
WITH THIS COVERAGE OF
HURRICANE LAURA.
YEAH WE HAVE AT LEAST AT
LAST CHECK FROM STATE
OFFICIALS WE WERE EXPECTING
STORM SURGE IN THIS AREA
APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 FEET. NOW
THIS IS A 13 FOOT BUT THAT'S
NOT TO SAY THAT IF THE IF THE
PATH OF THE STORM SHIFTS ANY
FURTHER WEST. AND YOU WOULD
SEE A HIGHER STORM SURGE SO
DEFINITELY SOMETHING PEOPLE
HERE IN ALONG THE COAST ARE
KEEPING IN MIND SOMETHING ELSE
TO CONSIDER IS THE WIND THAT
IS A MAJOR CONCERN THE
GOVERNOR SAYING THAT HE'S
EXPECTING RAIN AND WIND TO
STRETCH SEVERAL MILES HUNDREDS
OF MILES INLAND SO. WIND TO BE
A FACTOR STORM SURGE TO BE A
FACTOR OF COURSE YOU HAVE THAT
THAT'S THE INGREDIENTS FOR 4
HURRICANE.