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time ago, his name is keith hedrick. he talked about mandatory evacuations in two neighborhoods of groton. >> the thing i'm worried about here is if you look at the concrete beach that we have here, the tide is going to come up and over. if you're talking about a three to five-foot storm surge, that's higher than the top of the concrete beach. and then that will flood this street and then go over to the houses that basically the way they're landscaped, a lot of times they're going to form a bowl. >> reporter: what are you most worried about here? >> well, i'm worried that once we get flooding, i can't get access to them. so if they have a medical emergency, i can't get my first responders here. and that's my concern. if somebody has a medical emergency or they have a fire or anything else, then if the water's flooded, we're not going to put a boat on there to go to somebody's house. >> reporter: so groton is expecting a lot of storm surge, at least three to five feet, a

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