Transformers Blow News Today

Anderson cooper in braden florida, where the winds have really picked up significantly just in the last ten minutes or so, they are really starting to whip here in downtown by, by the river. I just want to get a sense of sort of the wins. Its sort of hard to tell when youre actually in it you get a sense in the light over there. Theres just been a steady downpour of rain and you can see it there. It reflected in the light as i was talking to erin in the last hour, there is a lot of along the riv...

Well try to get more information on that shot. heavy rain is still in the area. the guests are clearly -- lets go to al roker, whos in new orleans. what is the scene like right now? >> we kept the crew underneath a portico. this is the heaviest rain, lindsey, we have seen yet, combined with the strong wind. weve heard from transformers blow. weve seen some fire trucks go by, lights in the hotel have been flickering. there are a lot of power outages now, more than a quarter of a million people. e...

This house here behind me could be in some dangerous with some falling trees and debris. power lines obviously are an issue, the last count we heard was 100,000, some without power, but thats obviously changing by the minute, you see power lines rocking here, and you have heard transformers blow in this area. the sheriff of walton county tweeted out of frustration, he said we have people who cannot exercise good sense, you may have a constitutional right to be an idiot, but you dont have a const...

Some time. that is the expectation here. were getting winds north of 100 miles per hour, gusts of 120 miles per hour. brian todd, in a different part of panama city beach, give us a sense of what youre feeling. >> reporter: some real ferocious wind. look at this, this isnt too safe either. if you go down the street here, you can see these power lines shaking. that one there looks like its about to come down. weve heard transformers blow, as you mentioned you heard them blow. there a couple of a ...

>> thats right. the storms i covered -- what is it. i cant think right now. the hurricane from florida. that came in so slowly and took all day long. it just pounded and pounded on the east coast. that is the only other hurricane that i remember that came in so slowly. this story is going to be about the rain that continues to for the next 24 hours. you know, where im at right now, i think i may relocate. i want to get away from the river and away from possible flooding that could happen. >> mik...

>> yes, it is. >> jon: adam, thank you. wrightsville beach, north carolina, one of the communities expected to see and feel the full wrath of hurricane florence. what are you seeing and hearing right now, jonathan? >> good morning to you. the wind are certainly picking up. we lost power less than half an hour ago. we were amazed how long we were able to keep it. but then just half an hour ago we heard a loud noise of a transformer blowing. off in the distance, well see these bright green flashes...

Obviously because of the transformer flashes we have seen. but that means that we dont see buildings breaking up and destructing at this point. and we certainly hope that continues. and if the wind speeds stay the same but i dont know. i dont know exactly how much more punch this thing has got. a lot of it is still out over water, which is why we are still getting this kind of rain. we will continue to be here and see. we could be here for a while though. hopefully not here tomorrow. steve: it s...

Circulation, you really do begin to get that wind event. and obviously in a category 1 storm, the wind is not as strong as it potentially could be. can you imagine if this storm had come ashore at a cat 4? im standing in barely category 1 winds right now and can you see how punishinpunishing they are. fortunately at this point in carolina beach as we are able to see out, you see the power has remains on. although we have seen several transformers blow. i dont know how much longer the power will ...

Position, the truth is its pretty stupid to be in that wind. >> what you get back inside. we dont want you to get hurt. >> im not get hurt, i hope, but the point is, i want you to see this damage because this is what daytona and volusia county are getting right now. this is their piece of irma and its pretty powerful. they are likely going to see some damages, certainly for some flooding and power outages, but obviously nowhere near as bad on the west coast. >> with those kind of wins its unclea...

Light which is so distincttive, anybody who covered hurricanes has seen repeatedly. you dont hear a sound of an explosion but it just is that light. >> reporter: you had me worried. im glad youre okay. when it comes to power lines trees fall, transformers blow. what is important to tell you though is that there are 16,000 and thats from one company alone, the most workmen they have ever sent out to do the work after the hurricane hits, after these winds die down. 16,000 people from florida power...