MY DOOR AND WE DO HAVE OFFICIAL LANDFALL EVEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. TECHNICALLY. WE MAY NOT HAVE GONE OUT BECAUSE THE
CENTER OF THE STORM THE CENTER OF THE I HAD TO CROSS AND IT WAS JUST REALLY HOVERING AND HUGGING RIGHT AROUND THE REALLY COASTLINE OF THE OUTER BANKS, BUT NOW AS FAR AS 8:45 THIS
MORNING AND TO CAPE HATTERAS, THAT’S WHERE WE DO HAVE OFFICIAL LANDFALL FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THOSE HEAVIER REALLY THE EYEWALL THAT OUTER
RAINBANDS JUST OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH ARE ASSIST DOES CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THE EAST AT ABOUT 52 PICKUP LITTLE BIT OF SOME SPEE SOME SPEED WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR US
AS THE YELLOW THE ORANGE THE RED, THAT’S WHY THE RELENTLESS HEAVY OUTER RAIN BANDS THAT CONTINUE TO DROP A LOT MORE OF THAT HEAVY RAIN FROM NAGS HEAD KILL, DEVIL HILLS AND EVEN
STRETCHING FURTHER OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH AND TO ELIZABETH CITY NOW STRETCHING BACK WHEN I’VE SEEN TOO MUCH JUST LEFTOVER THANKFULLY SOME GOOD NEWS TRYING TO SEE THAT COME TO AN END. SO
SOME LIGHT ACTIVITY AND EVEN DOWN TO THE SOUTH GUSTY WINDS STILL. YES, THEY CAN AROUND AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING WITH MEREDITH KENNEDY OR KENNEDY KENNY BECK AS DOWN INTO WILMINGTON OR BEEN
SEEN A LOT MORE THOSE GUSTY WINDS. I’M LIKING THE EASY TO MAKE ITS WAY OUT TO SEA SO WE DON’T HAVE TOO MUCH LOVE WITH IT JUST YET. SO THIS AFTERNOON OUT TOWARDS ABOUT INTO THE MIDDLE
TOWARDS THE OCEAN THAT DOES CONTINUE EVEN INTO YOUR SATURDAY SUNDAY EVEN PUSHING FURTHER OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH AND FINALLY BECOMING THE SUBTROPICAL LOW AND LOSING THAT CATEGORY ONE
STRENGTH AS MENTIONED REALLY ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO SEE IT MOVE ON OUT OF HERE AND WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LOCAL FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS ICARLY. YEAH, YOU KNOW OUR BRAIN IS RIGHT NOW WHATEVER STEVE KING AS HE IS IN NAGS HEAD IN THIS CONFIRM JUST HOUR AGO, REALLY KIMBERLY THEY SURE HAVE YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT HURRICANE
DORIAN IS DOING TO THE BEACH HERE IN NAGS HEAD THE WATER OVERTAKING THE BEACH RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A QUICK EXIT TO MY HOTEL.
SHOULD ONE OF THESE SNEAKER WAVES COME UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE OCEAN IS BEYOND THE NOT UP OVER THE BANK QUITE YET, BUT BOY IS REALLY BAD OUT HERE. AND ALSO WE HAVE SPOKEN
WITH EMS. ASSESS THE DAMAGE FIRST RESPONDERS UNABLE TO GO OUT ON EMERGENCY CALLS THAT SOMEBODY DID HAVE AN EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW. THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WINDS GO TO A
BELOW A SUSTAINED 50 MILES PER HOUR AND WHO KNOWS EXACTLY WHEN THAT’S GOING TO BE AS LOOKS LIKE A WORST OF HURRICANE. DORIAN IS BASICALLY UPON US RIGHT NOW. NOW TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
POWER THAT WAS A LAST CHECK ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO PRETTY EASY TO IMAGINE. THE OUTAGES ARE GOING TO INCREASE AT THIS TIME TO 4:30 A.M. THERE WERE 1,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER NOW.
WE’RE THE SHOW YOU THAT THE STORM IS INTENSIFYING. ALSO.
THERE WAS A BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECT HERE IN AUGUST THAT MIGHT HELP WITH SOME OF THE BEACH EROSION FOR THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME FLOODING FROM THE
SOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DARE COUNTY AT THIS TIME AGAIN UNCLEAR WITH THE DAMAGES BECAUSE THERE’S NO WAY FOR EMS CREWS TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AT THE TIME OF THIS IS EXACTLY WHY
GOVERNOR COULD HURT PEOPLE TO ABIDE BY THE MANDATORY EVACUATION. ONCE THE WINDS ARE AT A CERTAIN SPEED LIKE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. THERE’S N FOR EMERGENCY CREWS TO GO OUT AND
HELPERS TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
THERE’S AGAIN NO WAY FOR NINE ONE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE MAC SAID CKING WXII 12 NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT STEVE AND JOINING US ON THE PHONE. NOW THIS MORNING IF
YOU HANDOVER COUNTY MANAGER CHRIS, HOW’S YOUR YET THIS IF YOU WOULD GIVE US AN ASSESSMENT THIS MORNING WELL, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON WE ACTUALLY ARE IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE THE BALANCE OF THE STORM HAS PASSED BY WE FARED BETTER THAN PERHAPS. WE THOUGHT WOULD SURGE WAS NOT AS HIGH. THAT HAD BEEN EXPECTED. SO WE FEEL LIKE TO THIS POINT WE’VE COME THROUGH
IT IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO WHEN FLORENCE CAME THROUGH LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU REALLY GOT POUNDED THEN WE DID AND WE KNEW ENOUGH FROM THE
FORECAST AND LISTENING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. THIS WAS NOT FOR ME IT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND IT WAS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS FORM FOR US, BUT IT WAS NOT
FORINTS LIKE AND SO OUR COMMUNITY KNEW THAT IN THAT WE DID ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN LOW-LYING AREAS ON THE MAINLAND OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY IF YOU WERE SUBJECT TO STORM
SURGE FLOODING OR EVEN IF YOUR AREA FLOODED AND MODERATE RAIN THAT WE WERE ENCOURAGING YOU TO LEAVE EVERY ONE OF OUR BEACH COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER TO HAVE
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HAD REALLY GOOD COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE ORDERS.
WELL, TELL ME THAT’S HOW ARE YOU DOING THE POWER OUTAGES THIS MORNING, SO WE HAVE PROBABLY JUST LESS THAN WHAT IS DOWN FROM THE HEIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM? SO WE’RE ALREADY SEEING
DUKE MADE GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW OF FOLKS GOING BACK OVER TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH HOW MANY PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM THERE? AND DO THEY HAVE TO
DO ANYTHING SPECIAL TO GET BY THOSE POLICE OFFICERS? SO THERE WEDNESDAY AT 8:00 A.M. AND OUR BEST ESTIMATE IS THAT PEOPLE HEARD THAT ORDER LISTEN TO THEIR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND I COULD
QUANTIFY THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE BEACHES, BUT I THINK WE DID HAVE REALLY GOOD PARTICIPATION FROM OUR FOLKS.
THEY UNDERSTAND THE THREAT THEY LIVE RIGHT ON THE OCEANFRONT.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT CERTAINLY GOING BACK MOST OF THE EVACUATION ORDERS. IN FACT, ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN LIFTED THE PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS,
BUT THINGS ARE VERY QUICKLY MOVING TOWARD THE BEACHES REOPENING FOR FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AND WE THINK THAT I GOOD THING. THAT IS A GOOD THING. LEE TURNING OUR ATTENTION NOW TO THE
BAHAMAS WHERE THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE MANY ARE LOOKING TO GET OFF OF SOME OF THE ISLANDS THEY ARE AND WE CANNOT BLAME THEM FOR THAT DOZENS OF PEOPLE WAITING FOUGHT
FOR FLIGHT OUT OF THE DISASTER AS THIS IS ON THE ABACO ISLANDS WHERE PEOPLE CROWDED INTO ANNA TERMINALS YOU RECALL WITH ISLANDS WERE JUST PUMMELED AND MANY SAY THAT THEY REALLY HAVE
NOWHERE TO GO. I’M AT THE AIRPORT, BUT MY SISTER MY TWO SONS MY DAUGHTER AND TWO TO GET INTERNATIONAL BECAUSE IT THAT WAS ALL THE STORM DAMAGE.
THERE’S A LITTLE ELECTRICITY FOOD OR WATER LEFT ON OPTICAL THE BAHAMIAN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS HELICOPTERS AND BOATS WERE ON THE WAY TO HELP PEOPLE IN THOSE AFFECTED AREAS. THOSE
OFFICIALS ALSO WARNED THERE WILL BE DELAYS BECAUSE OF SEVERE FLOODING AND LIMITED ACCESS.
YEAH, THE AERIAL IMAGES OVER THE BAHAMAS SHOW HOW THE ISLANDS LOOKED BEFORE AND HOW THEY LOOKED AFTER AND THE IT’S ASTOUNDING IT REALLY IS BEFORE YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN SPACE. YOU
CAN THE BRIGHT BLUE OCEAN AND ALLOW THE EARTH IS BROWN AND LIQUOR COVERED IN DEBRIS. THE HURRICANE POUNDED THE ISLANDS WITH RAIN AND WINDS OF UP TO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE MILES
PER HOUR FOR NEARLY TWO FULL DAYS. FLOODWATERS DESTROYED MUCH OF THE LANDSCAPE AND SO MANY HOMES CATASTROPHIC MODELER SAY THAT THEY THE PROPERTY DAMAGE COULD REACH UP TO SEVEN BILLION
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