JANICE DEAN, THANK YOU.
>> Blake: AS JANICE OUTLINED
THERE, FLORIDA NOT THE ONLY
STATE WITH EVACUATION ORDERS,
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO
TELLING PEOPLE THEY ARE TO
EVACUATE IF THEY ARE IN THE
STORM'S PROJECTED PATH.
NORTH CAROLINA HAS DECLARED A
STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WELL.
>> HURRICANE DORIAN IS FIERCE,
FORECASTS SHOW THAT
NORTH CAROLINA WILL LIKELY SEE
HEAVY RAIN, WINDS, AND FLOODING.
I URGE EVERYONE TO TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
THE TIME TO PREPARE IS NOW.
>> Blake: JOINING US NOW IS
CHRIS MURRAY, THE DIRECTOR OF
THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT IS
IN NORTH CAROLINA ON THE EASTERN
SHORE IS THERE, YOU JUST HEARD
JANICE DEAN SAY THAT SHE IS
WORRIED ABOUT THE VULNERABLE
BEACH AREAS AND I TAKE IT THAT
WOULD INCLUDE YOU.
>> YES, SIR, IT WOULD.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ACROSS THE PANEL
FROM THE AREA AFFECTED THIS FOR
MOST OF THE HURRICANE COMING UP
THE COAST.
>> Blake: 14,000 RESIDENTS IN
THE COUNTY AS YOU ARE TASKED
WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THEY
ARE, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST
CONCERN THIS MORNING?
>> RIGHT NOW, THAT'S STILL FRESH
ON OUR MIND, STILL RECOVERING
FROM THAT AND STILL A LOT OF
FOLKS TRYING TO PULL THEIR LIFE
IN THEIR LIVING BACK TOGETHER.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE
THESE FOLKS ARE OUT OF HARM'S
WAY AND INFORM EXACTLY WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THIS SYSTEM.
STRUCTURES AND JUST GETTING BACK
TO NORMAL LIFE, WE ARE ALMOST A
YEAR TO THE DAY GIVING US A
DIRECT HIT AND PRETTY
DEVASTATING AND ALL OF THESE
WERE NORTH CAROLINA.
>> WE ARE TALKING POTENTIALLY
ABOUT A CATEGORY THREE IN A FEW
DAYS HERE, WRITING UP THE COAST
THERE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND
NORTH CAROLINA, EVEN INTO
VIRGINIA.
HE WOULD TELL YOUR RESIDENTS
WHAT THIS MORNING?
>> BE PREPARED, MAKE SURE YOUR
PLANS ARE IN PLACE.
CHECK ON YOUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY
OF WARNING AND WE ARE PUSHING
THE INFORMATION OUT AND WHEN THE
TIME COMES, JUST LISTEN TO YOUR
LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ON
WHAT TO DO.
>> Blake: WE SAW IN FLORIDA A
HANDFUL OF DAYS AGO THAT THERE
WERE LINES FOR GAS.
ONCE IT BECAME A REALITY THIS
COULD BE A MAJOR HURRICANE
BEARING DOWN ON FLORIDA, THE
LINES STRETCHED ON THE NEED FOR
GAS OBVIOUSLY BECAME FRONT AND
CENTER, WHAT IS IT LIKE WHERE
YOU ARE WITH FOLKS TRYING TO GET
DESPERATELY NEEDED EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES?
>> WE SAW A RASH YESTERDAY WHEN
THE WEATHER REPORTS IN THE
HURRICANE CENTERS STARTED
SHOWING THOSE MODELS AND GETTING
THINGS THEY NEED AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS THEIR
PREPARATIONS AND PLANS, HEED
WHAT YOU'RE OFFICIALS SAY.
>> Blake: HAVE YOU MADE A CALL
ON EVACUATIONS YET, MANDATORY OR
OTHERWISE AND IF NOT, WHAT WOULD
YOU MAKE THAT DECISION?
>> WE HAVE NOT AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT A 24-HOUR WINDOW THAT
WE WILL BE MEETING ABOUT TODAY,
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO TAKE
INTO EFFECT.
OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ALSO,
SO WE HAVE A VERY WELL-PLANNED
PROCESS FOR DOING THAT TO NOT
CAUSE PROBLEMS IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
>> Blake: IF THERE WAS AN
EVACUATION ORDER BECAUSE IT'S
SUPPOSED TO GO FOR MANY DAYS
SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS WOULD BE
GET TO A SHELTER OR GO WEST,
RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.
>> Blake: BEST OF LUCK TO YOU,