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Aren t, but when you start seeing little areas of communities getting inundated look what happened in west central tennessee yesterday. a staggering amount of rainfall, number of fatalities. several still missing. if we have that kind of duration in this kind of a populated area, it could get really bad really fast. tom, that is the right kwaugs. thank you very much. i have the same feeling you do. people in certain regions where they thought they were going to get hit, it s easy to go to sleep on the storm. we have a long way to go in terms of community to community watch. we have suffolk county executive steve balone. steve, if you can hear me, he says the story of henri wasn t the intense wind we were worried about or the storm surge, vis-a-vis or concerns about super storm sandy. ....
Get out because of flooding. suffolk county executive steve balone thank you for your time. all the best to you and your neighbors. appreciate it. thank you. we re seeing the early impact of the storm further south along the east coast. you re looking at an overhead view of the dangerous rip currents in north carolina. life guards say they made over 50 water rescues, that was yesterday picking up swimmers swept away by the surf. the currents are serious the way they pull you out and those currents can continue into the next week up and down the coast. so be careful out there. coming up, crises in afghanistan, americans targeted by the taliban. the pentagon with reports of people being harassed and beaten on the way to the kabul airport. hugs and tears. new information on the race to get out of afghanistan as some of the first refugees arrive in the united states. like mac. ....
That to you. joining me right now steve balone did i get your last name right? yes. fantastic. how is your community getting ready? well, we re preparing right now, i m expecting to issue an emergency declaration order this afternoon. and i just announced a voluntary evacuation order for fire island national seashore. right now one of the challenges is we re at the height of the summer season in the hamptons, on fire island. making sure that people are safe with the storm approaching and likely, in all likelihood, to strike us directly whether as a tropical storm or maybe a category 1 hurricane. we want to make sure people are safe. we haven t seen that since hurricane gloria back in 1985. where we ve been hit directly by a storm like this. it s been a while. so there are a lot of people who ....