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>> WELCOME TO "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES," I AM BOB BATCHER,
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HURRICANES.
IT IS AUGUST, WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HURRICANES WHICH
IS WHY I WANTED TO MENTION IT. SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE LAID
BACK. I HAVE EVAN STEWART WVEC TV
CHANNEL 13. >> IT IS ABC 13 OR 13 NEWS NOW.
>> IF YOU THINK YOU ARE NOT ON "NORFOLK PERSPECTIVES," YOU ARE.
WELCOME TO TV 48, TRIPLE N. JIM REDICK, YOU ARE EVERYTHING
NEEDS TO KNOW ALL PACKAGED INTO ONE PERSON?
>> WORSE THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT ME.
>> WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU. I HAVEN'T HAD MANY GUESTS BRING
A PILLOW, WHY? >> I WANTED TO BE EXTREMELY
COMFORTABLE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
NEEDED IN A DISASTER SUPPLY KIT. FIRST 72 HOURS AFTER AN EVENT,
YOU WANT TO HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AS COMFORTABLE AS
POSSIBLE. >> LATER ON, WE ARE GOING TO
OPEN THE SUITCASE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WONDER IF YOU REALLY HAVE A KIT.
COME AROUND MAY, EVAN, WE START HEARING FROM THE TV CHANNELS,
ALL THREE IT IS UPON US? >> RIGHT.
>> THERE IS A GREAT BUILD UP, YOU HAVE THE 7:00 SHOW AND WHOLE
BIT. >> RIGHT.
>> HOW DO YOU PREVENT THE VIEWER FROM SAYING YEAH, SURE, ONE MORE
SEASON? >> THAT IS SOMETHING WE FIGHT
EVERYDAY TO FIGHT THAT COMPLACENCY PEOPLE HAVE.
I THINK SEEING SANDY LAST YEAR AND OTHER STORMS, THAT SERVES AS
A WAKE UP CALL. WE HATE THAT TO HAPPEN SOME
WHERE ELSE, IT GETS PEOPLE TO GET IT IN THEIR MIND THAT COULD
HAPPEN HERE. >> YOU MENTIONED SANDY, IT WAS
PROFOUND. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS
TRAINING EXERCISES OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.
LAST ONE YOU ORGANIZED WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT WAS HURRICANE SANTRINA. WE COMBINED THEM INTO ONE.
A LOT OF THE LESSONS COULD HAPPEN HERE.
WE BROUGHT FOLKS INTO DISCUSSIONS WHO PARTICIPATED.
SOMEONE FROM FEMA'S JOINT OFFICE IN NEW YORK STILL THERE.
>> EXACTLY. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES. WHEN I ASKED HIM TO BE PART OF
THE DISCUSSION, I MENTIONED THE FACT WE ARE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM
RECOVERY, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE STORM, WHAT DO THEY FACE?
HE SAID JIM, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN HOTELS LONG AFTER SIX MONTHS.
WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT LONG-TERM RECOVERY IS.
>> ONE SLIDE OF ODU PROFESSOR HAD UP.
>> THEY PUT GREECE UP THERE SO YOU COULD SEE ISLANDS OF GREECE
AND FOLKS THAT TRAVEL RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT LOCATION WAS AND ASKED
THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE IS THIS? NOBODY COULD IDENTIFY WHAT THAT
WAS, POCKETS OF LAND HERE AND THERE AND IT WAS A 13-FOOT STORM
SURGE THEY EXPERIENCED WITH HURRICANE SANDY IN THE NORTHEAST
AND WHAT SOUTH ROADS LOOKED LIKE.
>> THERE WERE MANY TIMES I WENT FOR A BIKE RIDE WHEN YOU TOLD ME
I COULD. THERE ARE TIMES YOU TOLD ME I
COULD AND SHOULDN'T HAVE. WHAT IS THE SIGNS?
TODAY, WE TALKED ABOUT ABOUT HURRICANE OF 33RD, WE SEEN
PICTURES OF FLOODING, THOSE PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING
TO FLOOD TWO HOURS BEFORE? >> THAT IS THE BENEFIT OF
TELEVISION NOW AND SATELLITES IN THE 50S.
>> IS THE SCIENCE REALLY THERE FOR IT?
>> IT IS GETTING THERE. IT IS STILL NOT AN EXACT
SCIENCE. MOTHER NATURE IS STILL GOING TO
THROW US THE CURVE BALL. I REMEMBER WATCHING JOE GIVING
US A TWO OR THREE-DAY FORECAST. HURRICANE CENTER STARTED GIVING
US FIVE DAYS INSTEAD OF THREE. WE HAVE THE EXTRA WARNING AHEAD
OF TIME. IT COULD HIT, IT DOESN'T.
IF WE DON'T WARN PEOPLE IT IS WORSE.
>> THAT SATURDAY NIGHT I AM SITTING THERE, IT IS A WINDY DAY
ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA, SO WHAT?
>> THAT IS WHERE I LOT OF OUR TROPICAL STORMS FORM.
STORMS COMING OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA THROUGH THE INTERTROPICAL
CONVERGENT ZONE. A LOT CURVE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE
ATLANTIC AND NEVER SEE THEM. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOU
HEAR ABOUT THE WINDY DAY IN THE WEST COAST?
>> THE HURRICANE HUNTERS USE THE COMPUTER MODELS TO MAKE THE
PROJECTIONS. >> THAT IS WHERE YOUR LINES COME
FROM? >> WE CALL IT THE SPAGHETTI
PLOT. IT LOOKS LIKE SPAGHETTI ON THE
MAP. THERE ARE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
IN THE MODELS. WE START TRACKING THEM AS SOON
AS THEY COME OFF THE COAST. >> JIM, WHAT DO YOU DO?
FROM THE WINDY DAY ON THE WEST COAST?
>> WE USE THE WORD "READINESS CONDITION."
CONTINUOUSLY PLANNING AND PLOTTING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
ASKING WHAT IF SCENARIOS. >> WHO IS IT THAT IS MEETING?
>> WE ADOPTED TEAM NORFOLK. IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY OR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, WE
PLAN CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT IS HOW WE RESPOND
TO THE EVENTS. >> I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
IT. EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS,
BUSINESSES, FAITH COMMUNITY AND ALIKE, EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE IN
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. >> WHAT KIND OF ROLE?
>> TO BE PREPARED, TAKE SURVIVOR ROLE RATHER THAN VICTIM.
HAVING YOUR DISASTER SUPPLY KIT. USING THE INFORMATION.
THE GALVESTON STORM OF 1900S, SIGNS ARE THERE, FORECAST ARE
THERE GETTING INFORMATION TO FOLKS SO THEY CAN TAKE ACTION.
PIECE THAT IS STILL INTRIGUES AND WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO,
BEHAVIORAL THING. SIGNS ARE THERE, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION?
ARE YOU GOING TO EVACUATE OR STAY?
ARE YOU COGNIZANT OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE ZONES?
IF YOU ARE VULNERABLE, WHY THEN WOULD YOU STILL STAY IF ASKED TO
EVACUATE. A LOT OF COMPLEX ISSUES.
WE DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE THE FORECAST AND LET FOLKS KNOW
WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATION TO A FLOOD ZONE AND WHY AND WHERE
THEY SHOULD EVACUATE. >> WHERE SHOULD THESE DECISIONS
BE MADE, WHAT KINDS OF DECISIONS?
IDEA OF OKAY, LET'S EVACUATE. WELL, AN HOUR BEFORE IT HITS?
>> LITTLE LATE THEN. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE AWARE OF RED
AND WHITE STRIPED GATES ON HIGHWAYS, THOSE ARE REVERSE.
THAT STARTS 120 HOURS BEFORE ARRIVAL OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS. THE STATE IS GOING TO OPEN
SHELTERS INLAND. THEY HAVE TO CONTACT THOSE.
THEY HAVE TO DEPLOY FOLKS TO THOSE GATES.
THOSE ARE MANUALLY OPERATED GATES.
THEY HAVE TO BE CALLED IN. >> DON'T WAIT UNTIL WHEN EVAN
STARTING SCROLLING IT ON THE BOTTOM?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LEAVE, THINK
OF IT AS A THREE-DAY VACATION IN RALEIGH.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THERE ARE THOUSANDS ON THE ROAD.
YOU CAN'T GET AROUND HERE ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MUCH LESS WHEN
THERE IS A TROPICAL STORM COMING UP.
>> WE HAVE A GORGEOUS WEEKEND COMING UP.
THIS IS THE NIGHT TO CALL ANTILLY IN ROANOKE, WOULD YOU BE
OPEN FOR A PHONE CALL? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THEN YOU CARRY YOUR KIT AROUND?
>> I DO. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TEST.
YOU HAVE TOLD ME WHAT SHOULD BE IN A KIT.
EVAN, YOU HAVE TOLD ME, EVAN, YOU ARE THE JUDGE.
BY THE END OF THE SHOW, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME DID HE DO AN OKAY
JOB? >> MORE PRESSURE.
>> ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS IS NOT YOUR KIT?
>> THIS IS SEGMENTS OF A KIT MY WIFE AND I HAVE.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IF THERE IS A DISASTER, WE ARE IN THE
EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. >> OUR WIVES ARE WATCHING.
>> IT IS NOT JUST A HURRICANE KIT.
WE HAVE SEEN DISASTERS OF ALL KINDS.
THIS LAST YEAR, WE MENTIONED, ALONG WITH HURRICANE SANDY,
BOMBINGS, SHOOTINGS, WE HAVE SEEN ALL KINDS OF INCIDENTS,
FOLKS MAY HAVE TO PICK UP AND GO.
AT LEAST WITH A STORM, YOU TYPICALLY HAVE TIME TO HEAD OUT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO LIKE THAT.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. >> LET ME SHOW YOU FIRST --
>> WAIT A MINUTE. >> HAVING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES.
LET ME START BACK, NAZARETH'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, FOOD AND
WATER. GALLON OF WATER PER PERSON PER
DAY AND NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS WITH NON-ELECTRICAL CAN
OPENER. >> SOME WOULD CALL THAT A CHURCH
KEY. >> EXACTLY.
IMPORTANT PAPERWORK. PREFERABLY A WATERPROOF BAG.
INSURANCE DOCUMENTS, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, BIRTH
CERTIFICATES, PRINTOUTS. TAKE IT WHEREVER YOU GO.
>> ON THE LEFT. >> YOU WON'T HAVE COMPUTERS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PAPERWORK. WE HAVE READING MATERIAL.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO ASK WHAT THAT BOOK IS?
>> "MR. ROGERS TALK WITH KIDS." IT GIVES PARENTS DISCUSSIONS.
>> THE ONE BEHIND IT. >> "NORFOLK CENTURIES."
ABILITY TO
HAVE LIGHT, CRANK OPERATED, BATTERIES FOR OTHER
THINGS. >> NO CANDLES.
>> WHAT IS THE MOST OTHER -- I JUST GOT THE WRAP UP ON THIS
ONE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR KIT.
>> WATER, FOOD, FIRST AID. YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT,
PETS, PLAN FOR THEM AS WELL. THEY ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE
FAMILY AND MEDICINES. ANYTHING YOU MIGHT NEED TO KEEP
YOU SUSTAINED WITH MEDICAL NEEDS.
>> HERE IS WHERE I AM GOING TO HAVE FUN, WHERE CAN YOU GO FOR
MORE INFORMATION. >> NORFOLK.GOV/EMERGENCY.
>> I HAVE TO GO TO WVEC.COM. TRUST THE OFFICIALS, THEY MAKE
THE LAST CALL. >> WE WORK TOGETHER AND
PROVIDING THE SAME INFORMATION. >> WE HAVE GONE IN E EOC
WATCHING WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE WEATHER TO REALLY FOLLOWING THE
SIGNS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE VIEWERS
RELY ON EVERYTHING AS EVAN SAID. RELY ON LOCAL BROADCASTS AND
PREDICTIONS, THEY ARE THE BEST. WE CAN PROVIDE PROTECTION AND
PREVENTION FROM THE CITY POINT OF VIEW.
YOU AS A VIEWER, AS A PARTICIPANT, HAVE A PLAN AND
PRACTICE THE PLAN. BETTER READING MATERIAL.
[LAUGHTER]. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
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