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But storm surge being the potential threat, you ever wondered how these coastal cities actually protect themselves from it? check this out. this is incredible. stumbled across this yesterday. if you visited here, you ve probably seen it. this is the fox point hurricane barrier. it was built in 1966. it is designed to protect the city of providence, rhode island, from 20 feet of storm surge. that is like protecting the city from a 1 in 500 year storm surge event. the three gates lower in about 30 minuteminutes. they re over 50 tons. the waves get broken by the curved look and protect the city from the oncoming storm and push of water from storms like henri. back to you. derek van dam, take good care of yourself. thank you. listen, we re following new developments in the chaos and the desperation in afghanistan this morning. the pentagon is holding a news briefing on the situation. it s set to begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern. we re going to bring it to you live when it happens. a new sec
People have been preparing for the storm, taking boats out of the water. beaches have been closed in preparation for its arrival. there are a lot of vacationers here in new england because this is the high season for tourists. what are the immediate threats here? well, we have the potential for widespread power outages. widespread tree damage. allison was talking about that, there are coastal cities that line new england and they re used to nor easters in the winter. that s when there are no leaves on the trees. now, full foliage means the leaves will act as almost a sail to catch the wind and with the saturated soils that allison mentioned, it ll topple trees and power lines quite easily. there are benchmark storms here that people think of in providence. that would be hurricane bob back in 1985. rather, 91. gloria back in 91. of course, sandy. every storm is different. this will not be a sandy by any stretch of the means. it is about the quarter of the size. it is moving faster tha
Outages through some of these communities. storm surge is also going to be a big concern. providence, nantucket, 3 to 5 feet here. even places along the new jersey coast, still 1 to 3 feet of storm surge there, as well. one thing, boris and christi, that doesn t help, tomorrow, full moon, high tide likely around the same time landfall would be in some areas. you re dealing with astronomical high tides on top of the storm surge. a really high chance of flooding, as well. allison chinchar, thank you so much. we certainly hope folks in that area are preparing. let s dig deeper on that and go to meteorologist derrick van damme. he is in providence, rhode island, also in the path of tropical storm henri. what are you seeing in the way of preparations? reporter: right now, boris, it s a glorious day here in providence, rhode island. of course, looks can be deceiving. we know as henri makes its final approach here by tomorrow morning, things will deteriorate very quickly.
And international affairs from brown university in providence joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. my theory, andng i think it s right, is that a lot of young people say they want real economic change because the current economy is not working for them and the boom that we are seeing in markets isn t reflected in the economy that they experienced, do you think that s true? i think there s definitely a lot of truth and what a lot of viewers will feel themselves is that they are working harder constantly but at the same time, there is lots of employment and loss of jobs and no one isns saying the economy isn t good, it s not showing up in wages and that s been a story that s been going on for a long time. all the way back to the late 70s, in fact. tucker: interesting. so is it also true that young people entering the labor market for the first ten years of employment, 22 to 32, they are finding themselves behind where they re at parent s generation was at those ages? that s