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>> 50. >> yes, sir. >> and so far everything is holding up? >> we still have power. my kids are on the second level which is 23 feet above sea level. were watching tv as we speak. >> what about -- >> theres five kids next door in the house next to us which is another cement fortress which is captain paul ross and his family. >> what about your boat? >> my boat we tied up on the bay side in one of the safest canals. i should have sent a picture of that. it was riding out the storm well as of an h...

Grid and sent to my residents so they could see who was in a threat and who was on high ground and les of a concern. we want the right people to evacuate. you want u people in low areas to take it seriously and people in high areas who can make due, they shouldnt be clogging the emergency shelters. the. >> the map shows south beach and those areas along the water. really exposed. interestingly, exposed from the bay side because of the push of water that comes in. zpl they can get it coming and g...

We feel it was more dangerous to travel all over the state, run out of fuel, get in trouble coming back in or whatever. we decided we have enough neighbors. we have all decided to hunker down and make a group effort. we have good resources. doctors, nurses, lots of generators. we are going to ride it out. >> you mentioned your house is 12 feet above sea level on stilts. they are talking about storm surge of perhaps 15 feet. the math doesnt make sense. >> i dont think -- i would say 15 feet may b...

Loop and come back out over the water. heres where it goes from being a severe storm to what could be a catastrophic event further northeast. you have all the rain. if that track remains out over the water, when it loops back out, it means that hurricane conditions will rake the entire texas coast all the way to southwest louisiana and the island of galveston is really -- put this on a blog yesterday. galveston usually gets hit from the southeast. this system coming from the southwest, were movi...

Visual is to identify their prey. >> you say also to avoid areas that attract bait fish. how do you know what that area looks like. >> if you see a lot of bird activity and bay fish jumping its common sense then to get out of the water at that point. even blue fish that will be chasing those fissures will bite you also. >> how about swimming oceanside or bay side? is there a better side to be swimming on? >> the realities of the attacks and quantity of people, we are not on the menu really. yeah...

Huge capacity. very sophisticated. can do air, sea rescue, replenishment replenishment, special operations, and have an excellent safety record. >> amber, tragedy to loose any members of the military. these were training for special operations. very elite. >> absolutely. down by where the crash took place, the training area it is about a stretch of 20 miles where helicopter and aviation operations can take place over the ocean, over the beach, and on the bay side as well. so what we know so far ...

South of downtown san francisco. this clearly will be causing some airport delays there and across the country as people travel on this busy 4th of july holiday. we certainly hope that the people that were on board the plane are okay. we see safety personnel are there trying to make sure they can get them off of that plane safely. >> gregg: you were mentioning south of san francisco, its very close to candlestick park which is south of san francisco. its surrounded by water for takeoff and landi...

Over the city of long beach, long island. today revealing the utter devastation there. its a city on a barrier island. the waters from the ocean side met with the waters from the bay side completely innun dating i would say pretty much the ground floor of every single home of that entire city. then tonight, coming here to breezy point and seeing an image that was like something from the world war ii blitz in london in one small community, bill, 80 to 100 homes literally burned to the ground. and...

West of this barrier island are underwater, about a foot to a foot and a half. we have the national guard troops, police, and authorities working their way around in four-wheel drive vehicles, rack trucks, big heavy duty trucks, front end loaders carrying firefighters in and out of the city. we had an actual rescue on camera here in atlantic city around 5:30 tonight. a young man and three of his children and his mom stuck in their home. the water came up as the storm hit here around 5 or 5:30, a...

Towns. that is ocean city, maryland. we know areas like wildwood and avalon have also been very hard hit in this storm. weve seen boardwalks and beaches that have been destroyed, plunging millions of people up and down the coast into the dark today. steve harrigan is live in ocean city, maryland. is not far from where sandy hit. how bad is it where you are, steve? good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martha. it is worse here on the bay side of ocean city, maryland, than where we saw t...