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This or at least its remnants as we get into monday and tuesday of next week. tropical force wind threat, it's a high risk just east of charleston, wilmington's included, cape hatteras south of norfolk. a moderate risk includes charleston, norfolk, a slight risk into washington, d.c. the potomac may see real issues with flooding, jacksonville as well. we look at the storm surge threat. here's where i'm most concerned, south of wilmington to moorhead city, a 6 to 12 foot wall of water pushing in. cape hatteras, while three to five feet doesn't sound like a lot, these barrier islands flood and w...

Catastrophic rainfall. this is life-threatening flood conditions. we look at a minimum ten inches from wilmington to cape hatteras into central virginia. we're talking about 10 to 15, maybe 20 inches. it's not out of the realm of possibility that by monday we could be looking at three feet of rain out of this system. i mean, there really is a lot going on here, and to give you an idea of how active the tropics are right now, look at the map. we've got hurricane helene, tropical storm isaac, florence. this system here invest 95 l probably going to cause problems for texas with flooding along th...

>> i think the biggest thing is going to be apathy and the fact it's been over 12 years since we had a major hurricane hit the united states. i think when you think with the numbers of people that have moved in into that area that never experienced a hurricane and maybe went through tropical storm alison and saw the storm further to the west people in houston may not pay much attention. this is what i suggestion we focus on. when the national weather service starts using the word "catastrophic rainfall" of 35 inches, 40, 45 inches on ground that's already saturated. that's when have you the se...