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How is the u.s. coast guard preparing for this life-threatening storm? >> good evening, don. thank you very much for having me. in preparations for the coast guard, we've been preparing for the last five days as we watched and tracked this storm. first we've taken preparations with our families, evacuated them, got them out of the low-lying areas following the orders of the governor to evacuate. next we've kind of moved our stations to a protective posture along the low-lying areas of south carolina, actually closing a couple of the stations and moving those assets upriver, which has severely ...

Next we've kind of moved our stations to a protective posture along the low-lying areas of south carolina, actually closing a couple of the stations and moving those assets upriver, which has severely degraded our ability to currently respond to search and rescue inland and offshore. still able to conduct those rescues, but it is hampered, and those responses now will be delayed up until the storm and then after until we assess the ability to get back out has been achieved. >> another question for you, captain reed. what's the plan for emergency response post-storm? i mean you're deploying hel...