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hurricane irene is driving to the coast today with 110-mile-an-hour winds. the storm will go on a climb up the east coast impacting, perhaps, one-fifth of the nation's population. north carolina's outer banks will feel irene's winds by nightfall. the full fury will bear down by saturday evening. >> the window for preparation is quickly closing. if you are in the projected path of the storm, please listen to your state or local officials. please listen to emergency radio or television. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. >> irene could make a direct hit on new york city. alread...

I called my wife and she ran and got our two dogs from our apartment, which is just about a mile from where i'm standing and brought them to the newsroom. we got together and huddled in the basement of the newsroom together and waited it out. we didn't see or hear the tornado. thankfully it came nowhere near us. unfortunately you go a couple miles down from the newsroom on 15th street in front of me here and that's where the path is clear as day. whenever we realized that -- go ahead. >> obviously you have to be inside when this thing hits, right? that's why the news reports were so important....

Personnel ready to go, when this thing hits. >> also, as i understand it, there's this 500-foot boom that you can use to corral several thousand gallons of at least the thickest oil on the surface and tow is to a remote area for a burn. how much does that help mitigate the environmental disaster? is that something that could work for the other large amounts of oil that are out there? >> well, it's certainly an option. and we utilized it yesterday. we were able to do a test burn which was successful. and we're going to see if we can do that today, pend good weather. >> well, good luck to you. p...