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You knew that if this storm hit in the right way, this is the kind of thing that was possible. >> that's right, lawrence. we've been advocating for a long time for changes, meaningful investments to be made in this particular part of the city. even a years ago, when president biden visited laguardia airport, he had called the airport an airport like in a third world country. and we were able to update the infrastructure there. but misguided priorities have ended up with investments in an air train that is mis-advised for our district. we need to make an investment in how our streets are able t...

Measure. it's not just saying to people you have to get out of your apartment. it's going door-to-door, with our first responders and others to the agencies to get people out. >> other elected officials in new york argue that the plan to protect new yorkers during future storms should go even further. >> what i sought the mayor do is actual -- what i sought the -- what i suggest the mayor do is put a panel on the infrastructure that's needed in new york city, the sewer system that needs to be upgraded as well as catch basins, etc. >> de blasio also hinting yesterday that he could run for gover...

Cleaned out storm drains, catch basins, set up barricades. but the intensity of rain, how much rain was coming down so quickly, the flash floods, trees coming down, you know, we didn't even have that strong winds last night. people sometimes believe it is winds that cause trees to fall. it is oversaturation of soil which dislodges roots and causes trees to go down. we have fire and police responding to calls of trees down, to alarms, fires. we had an underground fire on main avenue. when you have conditions like this, in terms of resources, no, you never have enough resources, but what you do ...

Give me an idea of what you're going through right now. our county and city government >> right now, here, on the island of the bahamas, we are communication, working together experiencing hurricane conditions like we have never on this emergency situation as experienced before. we prepare for hurricane dorian. the island of grande bahamas. the city offices will be open tomorrow, normal business right now, it's underwater. offices. people have to evacuate their also, we are preparing right homes. now, as far as the preparation, there are rescue teams, risking we have sandbagging stations, thei...

Things, especially now that this is a hurricane, winds will increase and push more water into our lower lying areas. we do have mandatory evacuations in place for the town of jean laffit. and others have been through this before and what we've done to be preventative with the amount of rainfall that we've gotten, we have 400 public works employers out draining our catch basins. we have 80,400 catch basins throughout the jefferson parish over the past 24 to 36 hours we've cleaned over 8,000 catch basins. since january 21, we've cleaned them and helps the water get to the drainage system and pum...