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Flash flooding, and we want to make sure people are aware of that, and do everything they can to prepare themselves and their family. >> so how do you prepare? what's the best way to go about this? >> the best way is to download the fema app. lots of resources on there to help prepare you and your family. you can also look locally to your local emergency managers, or your state emergency managers for local apps. plenty of resources out there to get you and your family prepared now. >> but if you're not able to download an app or don't have the best connection at this time, what else can you do...

Evacuate. he calls this very dangerous in multiple states. not just in the coast but inland. let's go back to chad myers are more. a mike tyson punch to the carolina coast. this is not going to go back out to sea. what struck you most in that briefing? >> maybe the thoughts of not being able to evacuate when you want to. you know, maybe having to go knock on your neighbors door and say, hey, if you are going, would you take us? because we don't have a way to get out of here. we want to leave, but we don't have a way to get out of here. or talk to your church or anyone in your local community. ...

The secretary of homeland security, the team administrator, are responsible for bringing together the firepower of the federal government to assist the state and local governments, but the state and local governments are in the lead here and we got a lot of respect for and a lot of faith in the governors of these respective places. governor john bel edwards has a strong handle on what he's doing, and governor abbott in texas likewise. what we like to do is reinforce their planning experts, challenge people in the path to be prepared, to listen to their institutions in state and local governmen...

Aware of their surroundings. when you talk about the attacks that the fbi is warning of they are mostly done by amateurs so forewarned means you can make them all that less effective if they do happen. i actually asked dhs, the department of homeland security what would you advise families going out to a major event beyond see something, say something. they pointed me to the fema website at ready.gov. there's a make a plan form that you can fill out with emergency contacts numbers for your kids, ren ren so it's a non-scary way to let them know if anything happens here's what we're going to do....

Issues. what often happens is people make the mistake of only thinking of california's history. >> what sticks out in most people's heads is the northern ridge earthquakes. it's been several years since that earthquake has occurred. when this happens, people get complacent. they don't update their emergency response kits. they don't update their emergency response plans. they should take this as a reminder and do that. >> reporter: the message here is no matter where you live, you really should do what you can to make some sort of plan. the scientists here recommend going to ready.gov. this is...