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WE'LL GET, ALL COMING UP IN MOR
WEATHER IN A FEW MOMENTS. F
JEFF, THANK YOU MUCH.
AS WE LOOK AROUND HAMPTON ROADS,
WE SEE THE STORM IS HAVING ITS
IMPACT, BUT NOT ONLY HERE,
AROUND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
GOVERNOR BOB McDONALD JOINS
US ON THE PHONES.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING
AND PROBABLY A LONG MORNING FOR
YOU, GOVERNOR.YOU
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
HOW ARE ALL OUR FRIENDS DOING IN
MU HAMPTON ROADS?
WE'RE HANGING IN BUT SOME
PEOPLE MAY HAVE PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE PROBABLY ON THE PHONEREP
WAITING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF VIRGINIAT'
AND THE IMPACT OF THE STORM?
IT'S A SUSTAINED IMPACT AT I
HAMPTON ROADS IN THE LAST TWO
DAYS.
I DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FRIDAY TO ALLOW US TO PREPARE, T
CALLING UP THE NATIONAL GUARD,
STATE POLICE, 2600 UTILITY
LINEMEN FROM OTHER PLACES
ALLOWING OFFICIALS TO DECLARE
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS, THREERY
HAVE DONE THAT, LOCAL OPERATIONT
CENTERS UP AND RUNNING, SO I
THINK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
PREPARED.
I'VE TALKED TO THE LEADERS AND E
THINK THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT.
YOU KNOW, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN
NOW IS THAT WINDS, WHILE THEY
HAVE BEENI GUSTING IN HAMPTONN
ROADS, ARE NOW GOING TO SPREADED
OVER LARGE PORTIONS OF THE STATP
AFTER A DAY OR TWO OF RAIN, SO F
EXPECT LOTS OF DOWNED TREES,
POWER OUTAGES AND,
UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE WESTERN
PART OF THE STATE, WE HAVENF
BLIZZARD WARNINGS, UP TO A FOOTS
OR TWO OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
SO ITN IS A STATEWIDE EVENT BUTS
THINK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE
READY.
AND OUR CREWS HAVE BEENR
WORKING TO COVER THE IMPACT OF
SANDY HERE IN HAMPTON ROADS.
YOU MENTIONED, IN THE WESTERN
PART OF THE STATE, ISSUES AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA GETTING
BATTERED.
WE WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR FRIENDS
OUTSIDE OF HAMPTON ROADS ARE
HANDLING AND DEAL WITH THIS W
STORM.
WELL, PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN
MADE NOW FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS.
I FEEL VERY GOOD THAT WE HAVE A
LOT OFOOD EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
AS I MENTIONED, I AUTHORIZED 750
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, MOST OF WHOM
WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED UP.EE
WE'RE PUTTING SOME OF THETT
RESOURCES NOW, STARTING TO MOVE
TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO GET TO
READY.
WE HAD NEW WARNINGS THERE COULD
BE GUSTS OF 70 TO 80-MILE AN
HOUR WINDS UP VIRGINIA TO THE TO
BALTIMORE CORRIDOR BECAUSE THEUS
STOP TRACKED SOUTH, MEANING A
SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGE.IF
IT COULD BE UP TO A MILLION
CUSTOMERS OUT.
VERY LOW NOW, 20,000 TO 30,000
OUT NOW, MOST RESTORED ALREADY.O
SO THE BIGGEST CONCERN, PONDING
ON ROADS, DOWNED POWER LINES, WE
ASK ALL THE VIEWERS IN HAMPTON
ROADS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS AS T
FEDERAL OFFICES AND LOCALCE
OFFICES ARE CLOSED.FF
LET THE FIRST RESPONDERS DO
THEIR JOB TILL THE STORM PASSES,
BECAUSE THAT'S THEE S BIGGEST B
CONCERN IS HYDROPLANING FROMIN
BONDING WATER OR DEBRIS IN THE
ROAD WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS. C
CITIES LIKE NORFOLK, HAMPTON,
NEWPORT NEWS, AND MORE, HAVE
STORMS AND TRY TO FIND MONEY TO
PAY FOR MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.
HOW WILL THE STATE BE ABLE TO AB
HELP?
WE INTEND ON REQUESTING
IMMEDIATELY? A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY FROM
PRESIDENT OBAMA.RG
WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH
THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.TE
HE GRANTED A COUPLE OF
PRELANDFALL DECLARATIONS FORCL
NEW ENGLAND STATES BUT WE EXPECT
AES PROPER RESPONSE FROM FEMA. F
FEMA OFFICIALS ARE ON THE GROUND
HERE AND HAMPTON ROAD.
VIRGINIA BEACH HAVE OFFICIALS
THERE. O
SO WE EXPECT GOOD CORPORATION
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I'VERO ESTABLISHED, AFTER THE E
TORNADOES LAST YEAR, A DISASTER
RELIEF FUND WHERE WE'REE'R
COLLECTING PRIVATE DOLLARS, IFA
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITHEO
THAT AND THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBORS,
THEY CAN GO TO VIRGINIA.gov
AND BE ABLE TO DONATE THERE.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL AVENUES.
I JUST TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT
OF RED CROSS THIS MORNING, AND T
PLENTY OF HELP THERE.
INVESTMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
LONG RUN TO PUT POWER LINES
UNDERGROUND WE CONTINUE TO TRYND
TO ADDRESS, BUT RIGHT NOW IR
THINK OUR PEOPLE ARE IN PRETTY
GOOD SHAPE.
GOVERNOR BOB McDONALD,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FOR
TIME.
STAY SAFE AND HOPE THET