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Kind of asked for those requests. >> i mean this in the best possible way. get back to work, captain. thank you for joining us here on cnn. >> all right. >> we appreciate it. best of luck to you. >> thank you, don. >> absolutely. hurricane florence expected to knock out power to millions of people. joining me now on the phone is jeff brooks. jeff brooks is a spokesman for duke energy, which is about 4 million customers across north and south carolina. good evening to you, mr. brooks. you expect, what, 1 million to 3 million customers to lose power during hurricane florence? do you have any s...

You expect, what, 1 million to 3 million customers to lose power during hurricane florence? do you have any sense of how long it may take to get that power back on? >> that's right, don. it's going to be an epic storm with a lot of damage. we do expect up to 3 million or about 75% of our customer base to be out of power. >> wow. >> we're not talking about a three-hour outage. we're talking about days, potentially weeks depending on the area with a lot of flooding and a lot of downed infrastructure. >> wow. so what do customers need to know in terms of safety about downed power lines and on and...

Shouldn't let our guard down because as history has shown, there could be another storm that comes right after this storm. talk to us about the dangers of that. >> well, i almost don't even want to mention it. but there have been a number of years just in the past 100 where in our region, we've had more than one hurricane strike in the same season. and so it is a fact that we have to get through this storm. we have to begin our recovery efforts and do what we have to do to keep people safe and start to build things back. but we also have to keep our eye on the tropics because there are more st...

In the history books is what's going to make florence stand out as a memorable storm. >> so, jay, you say that after florence has passed, that we shouldn't let our guard down because as history has shown, there could be another storm that comes right after this storm. talk to us about the dangers of that. >> well, i almost don't even want to mention it. but there have been a number of years just in the past 100 where in our region, we've had more than one hurricane strike in the same season. and so it is a fact that we have to get through this storm. we have to begin our recovery efforts and d...

>> here's what is very clear. it is clear that this white house knows that less than one year after hurricane maria, they have to be ready for this storm, a storm that fema describes like this. >> this is going to be, you know, a mike tyson punch to the carolina coast. >> that gives it to you right there. that describes it. fema keeping a close eye on six nuclear power plants in the path of this storm, while the army corps of engineers is watching five federally owned dams in the storm zone. 1 million to 3 million people are expected to lose power in the carolinas, and the power company says t...