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Marines to georgia away from the storm. the united states navy has moved its ships out to sea and sent the families inland. so those people who think they can rough it out and youre inside the cone of uncertainty because youre going to have two things, youre going to have to win of a category 3 or 4 thats going to take your roofs out, its going to take the power out, its going to close the roads, and weve already talked substantively about the impact of surge. as that water goes inland, as it st...

Everything under that cone of uncertainty is not going to have electricity. and the people who decided to stay back, they need to understand this. the united states army is evacuating the people from the coast and the army bases. the united states marine corps have moved inland and moved the marines to georgia away from the storm. the united states navy has moved its ships out to sea and sent the families inland. so those people who think they can rough it out and youre inside the cone of uncert...

National guard. what i heard fema say was they had 800,000 litres of water. if you evacuate a million people, the math dont work. they have less than half a million meals. they need to stay out of logistics and make sure weve got the response ready dealing with assistance from large units like the military to help do the search and rescue. the search and rescue is if y-- you dont do it timely thats when we lose a lot of people. i can guarantee you, brian, with some money on this. if that storm c...

If you evacuate a million people, the math dont work. they have less than half a million meals. they need to stay out of logistics and make sure weve got the response ready dealing with assistance from large units like the military to help do the search and rescue. the search and rescue is -- if you dont do it timely thats when we lose a lot of people. i can guarantee you, brian, with some money on this. if that storm came in at a category 4, just about everything under that cone of uncertainty ...

Its ships out to sea and sent the families inland. so those people who think they can rough it out and youre inside the cone of uncertainty because youre going to have two things, youre going to have to win of a category 3 or 4 thats going to take your roofs out, its going to take the power out, its going to close the roads, and weve already talked substantively about the impact of surge. as that water goes inland, as it starts to flood in the high ground, that water is going to run back to the ...

Ho honestly say it will be a matter of days if not longer before you get your power back and fresh water. >> yeah, because of the slow speed here. this is a hurricane. youve got a hurricane right off the coast, and that right there looking at thursday night, and then friday morning, and this right here is saturday. look how long were a hurricane right on the coast. were talking about prolonged winds even outside this cone. if you think about it, all that rain and you have the winds for so long, ...

Impacts on hurricane force winds, rain and storm surge extend out of the cone. thats what we need to be careful of. lets concentrate definitely on these impacts. >> what, in your opinion, are the most dangerous aspects of the storm? wind is dangerous, floodings dangerous, storm surge is dangerous. what are your worried about here? >> just every facets of the impacts of the system becomes a major player. each one of these is another forecast point. the closer those are together the slower the sto...

Systems and the storm surge is staggering in some of these areas with values 4 to 99" to 13 feet. so critical to pay attention to where you are, listen to those local officials. if they tell you to get out, youve got to get out. today is the last day. we need to prepare for this. >> in terms of the magnitude of this storm and the number of people affected by it, a few days ago, places like charlotte were still on the periphery, columbia, south carolina, was going to get some bad water. atlanta w...

Center. this is expect to remain a category 4, major hurricane before making landfall. could weaken a bit because it is going to slow down, but it is not going to matter because this is still going to be a major storm impacting most likely the carolinas. this track has not deviated much at all. the models are now agreeing. this is not a storm you want to ride out. not a wait and see where this will go. this is where it will go. you can see the confidence in the cone is big right now. it will be ...

Because the storm is far away its almost all the way down to charleston, but not quite. strt of the cone is the most important part. we dont want to watch t but the chance of something hitting in the center part is about 30%. you move away about 50 miles and its 20%. out to the edge is 10%. outside there is only a slight chance of it moving away from that cone. its never a perfect cone, but the models have been doing stellar work. is problem is here when it makes landfall friday 8:00 a.m. to sun...