Evacuation Stage News Today

This is serious, mother nature does not play around, and weve seen the damage that its caused by all of this. and down here we have the extra added insult of having so many high-rises. so the winds not only at the surface level are higher, but the top end of these high-rises have an incredible amount of wind thats going to affect them and the sheer number of people that we have. it is a daunting task, but were up and it and we have plans in place. hopefully people do heed the warning to evacuate...

People who might not heed evacuation orders? >> yeah, that probably will start tomorrow because were not at the evacuation stage yet. tomorrow theres something called a soft evacuation, which is basically urging you to leave, but not mandatory evacuation. and were pretty experienced at this and we know if we stay in place when the winds get to be a certain level, no rescue will come if you need rescue. so people make their own decisions about where they feel safe. >> you told cnn earlier that pl...

Houston. i want to bring in fellow at m.i.t., member of the super storm research lab, and ladies, a big thanks to both of you for being with me on this friday afternoon. liz, i know you studied the impact of superstorm sandy on various communities. what did you find about who bore the brunt of the impact? >> yes, so exactly what you said. with disasters like these, you can think of them as sudden events. but they reveal everyday conditions. so they reveal existing inequalities. they exacerbate e...

What you need to do to keep all of those people in that terrible area safe. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. >> well let you get back to your work. that was the pio for the boulder emergency evacuation center. its been remarkable watching these pictures. if you wondered how this happened so quickly, it did, it just happened that quickly. all of this began monday or tuesday. it wasnt until the pictures began rolling into the network news pragues that it became obvious how fast and d...

Talk about the early evacuation stage and how they were able to prevent more injuries. >> when the fire initially started, they were trying to put it out. they realized the fire was getting away from them, according to the mayor, who is also a volunteer firefighter. he had ordered that people start evacuating the area. within minutes of that was when the explosion happened. a tragic scene here in west. the mayor himself was slightly -- his helmet was blown off. his house was damaged. windows and...