i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
old grizzled admiral stavridis to the front lines at this point. that s how desperate they are. bottom line, this does not auger well for his efforts. i ll include this. that kind of outflow for the personnel is not only a loss of manpower and productivity, it s a huge brain drain. these are going to be the smart people, the ones who access the internet, who understand what s going on, they re not going back to russia. i ll say this. putin would be lucky to have you. former admiral commander james stavridis. thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning and all weekend long. morning joe starts right now. i was afraid it was going to come through the roof and crush me. there s debris everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone, you know, it looks disastrous. i came here in the mid- 70s.