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Find out exactly what they should have. in that case. what the declaration of disaster actually does, it authorizes the department of homeland security and fema to coordinate disaster relief, and specifically to identify whatever equipment and resources are necessary to respond to the storm. it was interesting. i was east of greensburg earlier today as i was driving back on i-40. i saw truck after truck of utilities bucket trucks heading east. so not only is fema prepared but all of the electrical companies in north carolina are heading that way to stations, to station themselves in order to get electricity back on. senator haggan, thank you so much. it s great to see you. great, thank you. we fly over the atlantic where the national oceanic and atmospheric administration has take an flight into hurricane irene to learn more about the storm. we re actually going to talk to an administrate here is on that plane in the hurricane right ....
Do not put this in your ipod. you drop in the the water, you pick it up, write on it again. you ve got to be careful about that. let me ask you, finally, after this is all over. and again, dealing with people who aren t used to this, so you got a tree down and you call the guy it say, you need to get the tree off my garage and he says, i will see new three weeks. you go down to the home depot and buy a chainsaw and you never had one before, it is crazy what happens in situations like this, but what is your best advice after the storm? what people need to do is assess the situation. is there a lot of damage around their home. did their area sustain a lot of damage? if they try to get out and roads are blocked because of downed trees, that can be a problem. assess the situation. do what you can to gather your things together and try to basically connect with people who have the resources, materials and skills that can assist you as you recover. acontinue edwards, always ....
C the storm after the storm. mayor, welcome. chris, how are you today? okay. in a studio in midtown manhattan. i imagine food and generators but a lot of people are scared out of their wits. as somebody who s lived through more than a few hurricanes including katrina, what would you say to them? well, i say, what i would say is they should be a little concerned. in my book i self-published it to create space. i talk about the different phases of a disaster like this. it seems as though officials have done a good job of getting people out and unfortunately some will stay. as time goes on the reality s really going to sit in and that s when panic and more tension will arise. so what do you think it is? what is it about the psyche of people? especially, i think, in places that have been through it before. like new orleans. like i guess, it s kind of the sky is falling. it s the chicken little syndrome? what is it? you know, people have very short memories. ....
Of a lifetime. thanks so much for sharing. appreciate it. my pleasure. thanks for getting the word out about the care people should take with the storm. absolutely. thank you. with 28 miles of coastline, delaware were be lun of many states hit. and today the governor called for a mandatory evacuation along the coast as that storm is getting closer. governor jack markell is listening from wilmington. good to see you, governor. i ll ask you the same question i just asked the senator from north carolina. how do you feel? are you prepared? well we ve got an incredible team. we ve got hundreds of first responder community in delaware, working for several days to prepare. i m grateful for the president and secretary napolitano and fema. they ve reached out. we had a conversation with the president today. what did he tell you? we re doing what we have to do. what did he want you to know? what he said, he wanteded to make sure all the governors new the federal government was 11 ....
Measurements are key. visually, is there much you can tell? visually, i have not flown into a hurricane before. i think visually there s certainly concerning indications you get. in particulars as you are able to look at 9 structure and the organization that the eyewall has. that tells you a lot about h how how intensely the central circulation is developing. so i ve seen the eyewall of hurricanes from the space shuttle looking down from on high all the way through a 50,000 foot storm. and i ll be very interested to see what the eyewall of irene looks like tonight. is it a smooth ride right now? it is right now a smooth ride. we get bounced and buffeted a little bit as we go through the rain bands, where the thunderstorms that are pumping all this lie. from the spiral pattern you see on at site images. we ve gotten a bit bounced as ....