Family safe. Do not take chances. So lets all be safe, stay alert to weather updates, watch this storm closely, listen to local officials. Sandra we have Fox Team Coverage. Senior meteorologist janice dean is live from the Fox Extreme Weather Center in new york and mike tobin on the ground in pensacola where an Evacuation Order is in effect. Are people ready where you . They were ready but they took a relaxed approach to the storm. Even what we heard from Emergency Services. A lot of optimism the worst of the storm will hit further east on the panhandle. You have a lot of people here at the chico marina who decided to ride out the storm in boats. Theyll stay on the boats and they live in their boats. They are just under the impression that they would rather be there, maintain the problems as the storm was rolling in than come and deal with them later particularly because this is where they live. There is a science to maintaining the lines with the boats or more of an art. You want to m
This radar now for days and wilmington has always been in the cross hairs. Not knowing what this storm does or any storm does of this magnitude. Once it starts to interact with land i urge our viewers as youre watching this, the forecasts are out there. Once the storm starts hitting land it is anybodys cast. Multiple forecasts suggest florence could hit and strike and linger and possibly linger for three days. You think about the magnitude of a storm like this that has gathered so much energy in the atlantic hitting with a force from a stretch 100 miles north and south of here. Youre talking a total of 10 Million People right now that have been threatened by florence. We await for the first rain here in wilmington expected at 2 00 this afternoon. Sandra florence now a category 2 storm but forecasters say do not let that fool you. It is expected to bring unprecedented amounts of rain and flooding. Tropical Storm Force Winds stretching almost 400 miles. President trump warning people to
area to provide spot generation. that is just one example of what we re doing and get ready the last few days. a lot of folks in the area do not have access to clean drinking water. what kind of safety challenges does this pose to communities? i think right after a storm, it s not uncommon that you have the power out. that s a safety issue. but wastewater treatment facilities tend to go down. you may have trouble with potable water systems. spaoert tease to provide advice from what we have seen in other storms and recommendations within their own capability to try and bring the systems up and running a little quicker to get people back in their homes. but also should, once again, if they have they need additional capability at the federal level, we ll work with fema, potentially get mission assignments from fema and come in and provide whatever
of his knowledge, that s what his liability is going to turn on. i do want to ask you about some of these new details we re learning about what the suspect allegedly told school counsellors before the shooting. the superintendent now says the suspected shooter said that the drawing, one that raised red flags, was, quote, part of a video game he was designing. the superintendent also said that as counselors tried to reach his parents, the suspect was concerned about mission assignments and, quote, requested his science homework which he then worked on in the office. i wonder how could these details that we re learning be used in the case against the suspect. does this speak to his state of mind? i mean, look, from a parental and academic standpoint i think when you start failing in school, missing assignments, that s an issue but it doesn t rise to the level of giving the school some kind of notice that he s on brink of violent act. it sounded like quite the on estimate sounded li