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>>> LOOK AT THE STREETS OF NEW
YORK CITY THIS MORNING, NOT AS
BUSY AS WE'RE USED TO SEEING
THEM AT THIS TIME OF THE HOUR
BUT PEOPLE ARE HEEDING THE
WARNINGS.
>> MOSTLY EMPTY, YES.
>> STAYING INDOORS AND THAT'S A
GOOD THING AS HURRICANE IRENE
HAS MADE LANDFALL THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOU'RE WATCHING "THE EARLY SHOW"
HIM EAEN BEEN.
>> AND I'M JEFF GLOR AS WE
FOLLOW IRENE.
>>> TWO GUYS IN NEW JERSEY PULL
A LITTLE BOY FROM A CAR ENGULFED
IN FLAMES.
>>> AND KATE WINSLET SAVED
RICHARD BRANSON'S MOTHER FROM A
CHECK OUT A SNAKE HE HAS WITH
THEM.
ALL KINDS OF CREEPY CRAWLY
THINGS AND THE ANIMALS HAVE ONE
THING IN COMMON.
>> THEY'RE MASSIVE, THE TOAD IS
LIKE AS BIG AS OUR FACE.
>> THE WARTS YOU CAN GET FROM
THAT.
THE THING THEY HAVE IN COMMON,
ALL FROM THE EVERGLADES. IRENE
AROUND THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA WITH MORE ON ALL OF
THAT, HERE IS BETTY.
>> HURRICANE IRENE IS HAMMERING
THE BARRIER ISLANDS OFF OF NORTH
CAROLINA, AND IT IS MOVING
INLAND.
JOINING US NOW FROM RALEIGH WITH
HOW HER STATE IS HANDLING THE
EARLIER EFFECTS OF THE STORM IN
NORTH CAROLINA IS THE GOVERNOR
BEV PERDUE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING, BETTY. OF THE
STORM WE'RE HOPING AND PRAYING
FOR THE BEST
>> WE WISH THE BEST TO ALL OF
YOU.
STAY SAFE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
GOVERNOR BEV
>>> THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF
WILD ANIMALS IN THE FLORIDA
EVERGLADES BUT SOME OF THEM USED
TO BE SOMEONE'S PET.
RON McGILL FROM ZOO MIAMI
BROUGHT SOME COOL FRIENDS FROM
HIS HOME STATE.
>> THIS IS A COMMON RADIO KOON
NOT JUST RACCOON.
PEOPLE GO IT'S SO CUTE, LIKE A
LITTLE BANDIT.
THEY CAN BE LITTLE HEATHENS.
THEY'LL MAKE HOMES IN YOUR
ATTICS.
IN SOUTH FLORIDA PEOPLE PAY
FORTUNES FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH
THEM AND RELOCATE THEM.
THEY'RE FINELY TUNED EATING
MACHINES.
GET IN YOUR GARBAGE, GO AFTER
YOUR PET FOOD.
THEY ARE A BIG CARRIER OF
DISTEMPER AND RABIES.
>> YOU'RE WARNED ME NOT TO PET
HIM.
>> THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE RABIES.
OVER 2,000 INCIDENTS OF RABIES
ARE WITH RACCOONS.
>> CUTE BUT LET THEM BE.
>> DON'T TRY TO FEED THEM OR TRY
TO MAKE THEM BE YOUR PETS.
LET THEM BE.
>> THIS IS KIND OF THE
RACCOON --
>> LOOK AT THE TAIL ON THAT
THING.
>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL,
THE KAWATAMUNDE.
>> LOOKS LIKE AN ANTEATER.
>> THIS SAY MOUNTAIN KAWATE, BUT
THEY'RE GREGARIOUS.
MALES ARE A LITTLE LARGER.
I
>> I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE
CLAWS.
DID SHE SMACK YOU?
>> THAT WAS LOVE.
THESE ARE INSECTIVORES, ANOTHER
OM
OMNIVORE, THEY'RE FOUND IN
TROPICAL AMERICA.
THIS IS A YOUNGSTER, BUT VERY
INQUISITIVE.
>> WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE FOR US?
>> THERE WE GO.
THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE
ANIMALS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY
ARE FOUND IN FLORIDA.
>> OOH, I GREW UP IN TEXAS, I'VE
SEEN AN ARMADILLO.
>> YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ONE,
THIS IS A HAIRY ARMADILLO.
THIS IS FOUND IN SOUTHERN
FLORIDA.
THE NINE BANDED ARMADILLO.
THEY'VE BEEN FOUND IN ARMADILLO.
>> HE'S MAKING NOISE.
THEY CAN JUMP UP TO THREE FEET.
>> EXACTLY, WHEN THEY'RE
FRIGHTENED UNDERGROUND AND THEY
USE THIS SOUND.
YOU TOUCH HIM UP HERE IT'S BONE.
IT WILL ROLL UP INTO A BALL TO
PROTECT ITSELF.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE A SNAKE WITH
YOU.
I AM USUALLY NOT AFRAID OF
SNAKES BUT THIS IS A MAMMOTH OF
A SNAKE BUT HOLY COULD YOU.
>> PUT HIM THERE ON THE TABLE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
HOW MANY FEET IN.
>> 12 FEET.
A BURMESE PYTHON THE NEW STAR OF
THE EVERGLADES.
BACK IN HURRICANE ANDREW THERE
WAS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE
WHO KEPT THEM AS PETS AND A
LARGE NUMBER GOT OUT AND THEY'RE
REPRODUCING.
>> THIS DOESN'T REALLY BITE.
>> OH NO IT BITES BUT IT DOESN'T
HAVE ANY VEN OL.
IT USES ITS COILS TO CONSTRICT
>>> BEFORE WE GO, ONE FINAL
CHECK ON HURRICANE IRENE.
MARK STRASSMANN IS IN THE HEART
THE CONDITIONS HERE ARE BOUND TO
GET WORSE, BETTY, BEFORE THEY
GET BETTER.
>> INDEED, MARK STRASSMANN, STAY
SAFE OUT THERE IN NORTH CAROLINA
AS THE STORM COMES ASHORE,
ALREADY MADE LANDFALL IN NORTH
CAROLINA NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT.
>> IT HAS MADE LANDFALL.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IRENE LOST
STRENGTH OVERNIGHT.
THE BAD NEWS IT'S STILL AN
ENORMOUS STORM.
>> IT IS HUGE.
>> AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS
INLAND COULD BE THE FLOODING AND
THE STORM SURGE BECAUSE OF THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THIS STORM
IS GOING TO SPEND OVER SOME OF
THE AREAS.
>> AND ESPECIALLY AS IT GOES
INTO THE HEAVILY POPULATED
CITIES, MANY CITIES THAT REALLY
ARE NOT USED TO A STORM LIKE
THIS, YOU HAVE HIGH-RISES, YOU
HAVE GLASS EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE
TRYING TO HUNKER DOWN AND STAY
PREPARED SO BE SAFE OUT
>>> LOOKING AT THE WAVES, YOU
KNOW THAT IT IS COMING AND
COMING WITH SOME FORCE.
>> YOU KNOW, BEING A WEATHERMAN
ALWAYS REPORTING ON HURRICANES
YOU INEVITABLY GET THE SURFERS
WHO JUMP IN.
YOU SEE GUYS OUT AT THE BEACH
ALL THE TIME.
>> THEY LOVE IT.
>> LOOK IT'S MY JOB AS THE
RESPONSIBLE REPORTER TO SAY
LOOK, DON'T GO INTO THE WATER.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO MANY TIMES, THOUGH, AS THE
WEATHERMAN WE'RE OUT THERE IN
THE ELEMENTS AND REPORTING, MARK
STRASSMANN OUT THERE, WE GET
STOPPED IN THE STREETS SAYING
LOOK YOU'RE TELLING US NOT TO
VENTURE OUTSIDE, WHY ARE YOU
OUTSIDE.
>> IT'S MY JOB.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> BUT THE FACT IS PEOPLE NEED
THE VISUAL.
YOU GUYS DEMAND THE VISUAL SO WE
PUT ON THE RAINCOATS AND THE
GEAR AND GO OUT AND GIVE YOU THE
VISUAL.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF PREPARATION
THAT GOES INTO US GOING DOWN
THERE.
>> OUR SAFETY IS THERE.
>> WE'RE NOT JUST DARE DEVILS.
YOU'RE HEADING OUT RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS WILL BE A LONG DAY IN
NEW YORK CITY, WORKING THE SHIFT
STARTING WITH THE 6:00 NEWS
TONIGHT, RELEASED SUNDAY NIGHT
AROUND MIDNIGHT.
>> AND YOU GO SURFING THEN.
>> GO TO SLEEP THEN.
>> BUT JUST TO TURN BACK TO A
SEAR YOET NORIOUS NOTE, THE BIG
CONCERN IS WATER, THE STORM
SURGE AND FRESHWATER.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A WATER TABLE
IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA HIGHER
THAN IT'S BEEN AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR A FOOT OF WATER IN SOME
SPOTS ON TOP OF THAT.