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JUST A FEW MINUTES. M
WE'LL HAVE A GOOD HALLOWEEN.
HOW'S THAT?
"CHOPPER 10" SHOWS US THE10
DAMAGE THIS MORNING.
ANDY FOX JUST GOT BAG FROM NAG'S
HEAD.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE.O
WE'RE GOING TO "CHOPPER 10" AND
WE'LL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THEX
WRATH OF SANDY HAS SHOWN.Y
LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY SAND DUNES.
THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
THEY'RE NOT THERE BECAUSE THEY B
WERE TOO WEAK AND COULDN'T HOLDD
BACK THE OCEAN.D
WHEN THEY WENT AWAY, THAT WAST
THE LAST BARRIER TO STOP THE B
OCEAN FROM COMING OVER.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
IT FLOODED EVERYTHING IN KITTYRT
HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS, JUST
REALLY DEVASTATED BY ALL OF A
THIS.
WE ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
AS WE SEE 158 THERE, 158 IS
FLOODED, ALL THE LANES ARE LA
FLOODED IN KITTY HAWK AND KILL
DEVIL HILLS.
THEY WEREL REROUTEING TRAFFIC,
AND WE REPORTED THAT YESTERDAY.T
THE BEACH ROAD IS DAMAGED.
OUT ON PEA ISLAND FOR THE SECONF
TIME IN A YEAR, HIGHWAY 12 H
DESTROYED IN SOME PARTS.
NOW, LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT NEAR MERLEO BEACH.O
IT GOT CUT UP IN IRENE AND NOW
IS CUT UP AGAIN.
THE ROADS LEADING TO IT ARE
HEAVILY CHANGED.
A LOT OF THAT MAY NOT BE ASPHALT
GONE BUT IT'S 2, 3 FEET OF SAND.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER INLET,
BUT WE CAN'T TELL BECAUSE ITA
MIGHT BE JUST BEN' SAND AND THES
IS NO WATER FLOWING IN THERE W
LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN
IRENE.
TOM IN AND NICOLE.
EXCUSE ME.
THERE'S THE AVALON PIER.O
REMEMBER THAT YESTERDAY?
WE BROUGHT YOU THOSE EXCLUSIVE
PICTURES.
IT'S CUT INUSIV HALF.
AT THE END OF THE PIER, IT FELL
IN, TOO.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THEY WERETHE
STABILIZING THE FIRST PART AND
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRY TO M
HAVE FISHING ON THAT FIRSTI
SECTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEOU A
STRUCTURE IS VERY COMPROMISED.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
STORM BY THE NUMBERS, AND OUR
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST DON SLATER
TALKED ABOUT IT, A CATEGORY 1
STORM THAT HAS COME ASHORE, THIE
LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH BIGGER IMPACT
THAN ANY OTHER HURRICANE WE'VE
SEEN HIT THE OUTER BANKS.
DON WAS CALLING IT FROM THEI
START.
HE NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BEB
SOUND-SIDE FLOODING.
THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM.
AND F THEEAIS THE OCEAN
DUNES.
THE ROAD IS SO CLOSE TO THE
WATER.
LOOK HOW CLOSE THAT IS.
AS DON WILL TELL YOU FROM ALLL T
THE YEARS HE'S BEEN HERE, THAT'S
THE AGE-OLD PROBLEM WE HAVE.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH HIGHWAY 12?
DO WE ELEVATE IT? ELE
WELL, COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
WHERE DO YOU MOVE IT?OVE
WHERE DO YOU MOVE IT TO?
THAT'S MERLO BEACH, JUST RIPPED
UP IN IRENE.
5 MILES OF DUNES WASHED OUT?F
YES, AND IN KITTY HAWK, AND I
KITTY HAWKN IS FLOODED AND
NOTHING TO HOLD IT BACK.
SOME OF THE DUNES THAT GOT G
WASHED OUT HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS
OF GROWTH BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T
HURT IN IRENE.
BUT THIS WAS NO MATCH.
IT JUST KEPT GOING.
SO MANY FOLKS HAVE HOMES DOWH
THERE.N
THEY'RE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY AND THEY WANT TO KNOW TO
WHETHER THEY CAN CHECK ON THEIR
PLACES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?EC
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DOK O
THAT.
UP, WE'LL INTERVIEWLL
PEOPLE WHO STAYED AND THEY SAIDH
THEY'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.
WHEN I WAS ON THE AVALON FISHING
PIER, I WAS STANDING THERE AND I
GOT OFF OF THERE BECAUSE IT
CAVED IN.
WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THE DURATION OF THIS STORM
JUST KEPT ON.
LONGEST STORM I'VE EVER
COVERED.
I WAS THERE FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.