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NON-EMERGENCY RELATED VEHICLES.
ROSANNA: JOINING US FROM ALBANY
AS HURRICANE EXPERT.
I THINK WE ARE ALL OKAY NOW,
HOWARD.
>> LOOKING AS GOOD AS EVER.
ROSANNA: WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON
YOUR COMPUTERS AND RADARS?
>> WE ARE SEEING THE STORM
CONTINUED TO MAKE IT TRACK
WESTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC CITY
AREA.
THE BANDS AND HEAVY RAIN STILL
MOVING INLAND.
THE FORECAST IS STILL ON TRACK
AS FAR AS I SEE.
THE WIND GUSTS AT WORK
INTERNATIONAL UP TO 32 HOURS PER
HOUR.
YOU HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
THE FACT THAT NICK REGULARLY WAS
SAYING THAT THE SURGE IS ALREADY
STARTING TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING
THIS EARLY ON WILL BE A VERY BIG
PROBLEM.
DAVE: TAKING AWAY WHAT ANYONE
COULD ACCUSE US THEATRICALLY,
WILL THIS SURGE CREATE FLOODING
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>> IT SURE SEEMS THAT WAY.
THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME SURGE
FLOODING LAST NIGHT, 24 HOURS
BEFORE THE BRUNT OF THE STORM IS
GOING TO GET HERE AND THE FACT
WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH STORM
SURGE ALREADY WITH THE TIDE
CYCLES, THE BIG TIDE CYCLE WILL
BE COMING TONIGHT AS THE FULL
MOON TIDE WILL BE THE HIGHEST.
THAT IS WHEN WE WILL SEE THE
MASSIVE FLOODING.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS REALLY
POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT EVACUATING WHERE
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
I CANNOT URGE ENOUGH THAT YOU
NEED TO PLAY THIS SAFE.
WE ARE EXPECTING WORST FLOODING.
IRENE, WORST FLOODING THAT
ANYONE HAS SEEN AND THOSE
LOCATIONS.
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.
DO NOT MESS AROUND WITH THIS.
THESE FLOODS ARE ONE OF THE
LEADING KILLERS OF HURRICANES.
ROSANNA: HOWARD, YOU TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT BEING THE REALLY BIG
PROBLEM.
>> I THINK IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE WIND AND STORM SURGE COMING
UP, I THINK WE ARE TALKING
EVENING HOURS.
THE WIND DAMAGE WILL INCREASE
ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND, ALSO,
LONG ISLAND LATER THIS
AFTERNOON, EVENING AND FOR THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
IF THOSE WINDS ALOFT AND MIX
DOWN TO THE GROUND, WE COULD BE
SEEING 80-90 PER HOUR WIND.
STILL, 60-35-MILE PER HOUR
TRANSPORT WILL BRING DOWN TREES
AND POWER LINES AND THAT STORM
SURGE WILL COME IN AFTER
SIX-7:00 P.M. AFTER THE MIDNIGHT
HOURS.
THAT IS WHEN I EXPECT THE
COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR.
I HAVE WORKED ON A LOT OF CASES
WHERE TREE LIMBS FALL DOWN ON
CARS, ON PEOPLE, IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE TODAY OR THIS
EVENING OR TONIGHT, DO NOT DRIVE
AROUND.
AVOID GOING OUTSIDE.
THERE COULD BE A LOT OF PROBLEMS
WITH THESE FALLING TREES AND
TREE LIMBS LATER ON TODAY.
DAVE: WOULD WE GET A SURGE AND
WATER COMES UP ON HIGH TIDE, IN
THE MORNING AGAIN WILL WE SEE
DAYLIGHT, WILL THAT WATER
RECEDE?
WHAT WILL WE SEE ALONG OUR
SHORELINE COMMUNITIES?
>> I THINK THE WATER RECEIVED
TODAY.
IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY PROCEED
LATER ON TONIGHT OR TOMORROW
MORNING.
THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
THESE TYPES IN LENGTH.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE
STORM SURGE RISE AND KEEP RISING
AND RISING.
IT WILL NOT GO OUT UNTIL THE
ONSHORE FLOW AS WELL INTO
PENNSYLVANIA.
IT WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.
STILL A GUSTY DAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROLONGED
EVENT.
THE STORM SURGE WILL BE A REAL
ISSUE TONIGHT AND DURING THE
OVERNIGHT WHEN IT IS DARK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN BE
ABLE TO SEE THOSE FLOODWATERS.
DAVE: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING WITH US THIS MORNING.