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Vegetation debris down, and a lot of time it takes a while to get in to see how bad it is, and we are always worried about trees falling on manufactured homes, and i briefed the president last night at 9:00 on air force one, and he is hyperengaged as well. we are doing everything we can to support our state and local partners. >> reporter: i want to give you a chance to speak to people now that the storm has passed, at least passed florida, and still tropical storm storm winds in the carolinas, but as people look at the damage, what do you want to tell people about the warnings as the storm mo...

Wind bands making their way in here to tallahassee. the worst is still yet to come. what the officials here are very concerned about are these trees that line all throughout tallahassee. as i mentioned before, the worst of the storm is yet to come, but we've already seen big tree limbs like this fall off these big trees, but if these storm winds continue, and they get up into that category 4 force, 100 miles or more, these entire trees could topple down into these streets. that's why you see these streets bare, hardly anyone on these streets at all. they have been told to stay inside, because ...

It would become a category 5 storm. this is the storm that is barreling down now on the florida panhandle. already some 24,000 customerspo the hurricane is two hours away from landfall. i am joined by the lieutenant general russell honore who led the response to hurricanes katrina and rrita. unlike the hurricane a few weeks ago, th ago, this is a rapidly moving storm, and how do you prepare when a storm intensifies as quickly as this one has? >> well, you do the best you can to keeping the people in place, and once the storm winds start to affect the coast. and then you try to go inland as muc...

Of freshwater rainfall. i was on south ocean boulevard without power and surrounded by several feet of water and when you have the freshwater added to the surge, which is a gradual pushing of water, a gradual rising of water from that tide as it slowly pushes into the shores and then up over the shoreline and into the city, it is just way too much water, way too much fast and that is what we're dealing with here in south carolina tonight. >> the storm equivalent of a rock and a hard place. you have the ocean chasing up from one way, being turbo charged by the storm winds and then you have the ...

You were just at a garage collapse. are these folks that are in their homes. are you getting people in their cars? i have no idea. >> it's everywhere. based on the homes and wait it out and the water comes in, they're in the attic, they've gone to ones where people were trapped last night and -- gotten trapped. as far as i know, we've been pretty much -- and -- definitely -- >> and from what i could -- from what i'm gathering from everything out there, your job is not over yet. i really appreciate you coming in, lieutenant. thank you very much. >> thank you. "outfront" for us next, one man w...