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Throughout the week. our captain, who has over 20 years experience at sea, 10 years as a master captain, and spent time with us as a captain in the puerto rico trade, sail thing route on a number -- many occasions. the storm had been monitored on his return from puerto rico. he continued to watch the storm while he was in jacksonville. he developed his transit list going south bound with the storm being factored into the plan. then the ship departed tuesday evening, enroute to san juan, puerto rico with what the captain established as a safe passage and route. >> tim, did the company have to g...

Very grateful for that. but are you doing anything in terms of the search and rescue in addition to the coast guard? >> we are. let me first say that we are working hand in hand with the coast guard and we truly appreciate the valiant efforts they have put forth to help us find the safe return of the crew and bring them back to their family. in addition to that, our -- we also have a few different tugs that have been sent out to the last location. so as you heard throughout the day, the u.s. coast guard, in addition, have put numerous assets in and we'll continue to put those out. >> tim nolan...

The rain is not supposed to leave here until 4:00 sunday afternoon. >> all right. in terms of power outages, how vast an area is there an outage? >> right now, judge, i live on an island that's just outside of the city of charleston and we've lost a lot of power here. i just lost power at my house five minutes ago. a lot of the barrier islands are suffering a lot of power outages. so we're hoping we can get the power back on to these folks asap. >> all right, peter mccoy from south carolina, thank you for being with us. >> judge, thank you for having me on. please keep us in your prayers. >> w...

Very grateful for that. but are you doing anything in terms of the search and rescue in addition to the coast guard? >> we are. let me first say that we are working hand in hand with the coast guard and we truly appreciate the valiant efforts they have put forth to help us find the safe return of the crew and bring them back to their family. in addition to that, our -- we also have a few different tugs that have been sent out to the last location. so as you heard throughout the day, the u.s. coast guard, in addition, have put numerous assets in and we'll continue to put those out. >> tim nolan...

They're going between jacksonville and san juan. >> how old is this vessel, has it had any problems in the past? >> the ship was built in 1975. it's a u.s. flag ship with an american crew. the ship is 790 feet long. it is a sturdy ship. sit a ship that's very well maintained. much confidence in this ship. it served in different trades around north america, and had been serving in this trade for some years. >> what does the fact that they found this life ring tell you, tim? >> well, i think the initial thing, which we noted earlier, that it reflects the ship was caught in extreme weather, rough...