WEBVTT 00:06.574 --> 00:08.365 >>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, 00:08.376 --> 00:09.904 >>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, 00:09.938 --> 00:12.986 HURRICANE HELENE IS OFFICIALLY A 00:12.997 --> 00:14.656 CATEGORY 3 STORM. 00:14.690 --> 00:16.921 AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY, THREE FIRE 00:16.932 --> 00:18.569 STATIONS IN WHAT HAS BEEN DEEMED 00:18.570 --> 00:19.739 EVACUATION ZONE A WILL SHUT 00:19.750 --> 00:21.866 DOWN, WHICH MEANS ANYONE 00:21.867 --> 00:23.621 CHOOSING TO STAY THERE IN 00:23.656 --> 00:25.497 HILLSBORO COUNTY, FLORIDA, WILL 00:25.508 --> 00:28.889 BE DOING SO AT THEIR OWN RISK. 00:28.890 --> 00:30.684 THERE IS ALREADY MAJOR FLOODING. 00:30.685 --> 00:31.050 WAERLT 00:31.051 --> 00:32.248 WATER HAS TAKEN OVER TREASURE 00:32.259 --> 00:33.122 ISLAND, FLORIDA. 00:33.157 --> 00:35.095 LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SHOT BY LOCAL 00:35.106 --> 00:37.127 OFFICIALS, AND HERE’S WHAT NBC 00:37.162 --> 00:39.044 NEWS PROJECTS COULD HAPPEN IF 00:39.045 --> 00:41.900 THE STORM SURGE GETS BAD ENOUGH. 00:41.911 --> 00:43.841 IN THIS SIMULATION, 6 FEET OF 00:43.875 --> 00:45.201 WATER BLOWS OUT THE DOORS, 00:45.212 --> 00:47.080 FLOODS THE FIRST FLOOR, AND GETS 00:47.081 --> 00:49.382 ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE STAIRS, AND 00:49.417 --> 00:51.660 FLOODS THE STREET QUITE 00:51.671 --> 00:52.222 SIGNIFICANTLY. 00:52.256 --> 00:56.535 AGAIN, THAT’S 6 FEET OF SURGE IN 00:56.546 --> 00:57.419 OUR SIMULATION. 00:57.430 --> 00:59.208 HELENE’S STORM SURGE, 00:59.209 --> 01:00.414 FORECASTERS SAY, COULD REACH 01:00.425 --> 01:01.680 20 FEET. 01:01.714 --> 01:03.833 WHILE NEARLY ALL OF FLORIDA’S 67 01:03.844 --> 01:06.217 COUNTIES ARE UNDER WATCHES OR 01:06.252 --> 01:07.756 WARNINGS, SEVERAL HAVE ISSUED 01:07.767 --> 01:08.940 MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS, 01:08.951 --> 01:10.119 THAT INCLUDES FRANKLIN COUNTY ON 01:10.121 --> 01:12.487 THE PANHANDLE WHERE THE SHERIFF 01:12.488 --> 01:15.516 HAS SPENT THE LAST 48 HOURS 01:15.549 --> 01:17.292 URGENTLY TELLING PEOPLE TO GET 01:17.303 --> 01:17.919 OUT. 01:17.954 --> 01:20.656 >> IF YOU’RE ON THE FENCE ABOUT 01:20.667 --> 01:21.649 EVACUATING, PLEASE DO. 01:21.660 --> 01:25.058 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU WON’T BE 01:25.092 --> 01:25.829 ABLE TO LEAVE. 01:25.840 --> 01:28.275 >> THE COUNTY IS OFFERING FREE 01:28.309 --> 01:30.413 RIDES ALL DAY TO EMERGENCY 01:30.415 --> 01:31.218 SHELTERS. 01:31.219 --> 01:32.903 FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF A.J. 01:32.914 --> 01:34.160 SMITH JOINS ME NOW. 01:34.195 --> 01:35.386 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING 01:35.397 --> 01:35.694 US. 01:35.705 --> 01:38.603 WHAT IS THE MAJOR HURDLE RIGHT 01:38.614 --> 01:40.192 NOW FOR YOU IN GETTING PEOPLE 01:40.203 --> 01:41.089 OUT? 01:41.100 --> 01:44.005 >> WELL, IT’S -- ANY LONGER AND 01:44.016 --> 01:46.908 IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO LEAVE. 01:46.909 --> 01:49.155 WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME REALLY 01:49.166 --> 01:51.797 HEAVY RAIN A FEW HOURS AGO, THE 01:51.832 --> 01:53.361 RAIN HAS KIND OF STOPPED FOR A 01:53.372 --> 01:53.917 MOMENT. 01:53.918 --> 01:56.919 THE TIDE HAS GONE OUT. 01:56.953 --> 01:59.203 I’M SITTING UNDER THE BRIDGE IN 01:59.204 --> 02:00.261 APPALACHIA, FLORIDA, THE WATER 02:00.262 --> 02:02.578 HAS GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 02:02.589 --> 02:04.510 THE STORM IS SEVERAL HUNDRED 02:04.521 --> 02:05.502 MILES OFFSHORE, IT HASN’T 02:05.513 --> 02:06.052 ARRIVED YET. 02:06.053 --> 02:07.606 IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE 02:07.608 --> 02:08.492 IT GETS BETTER. 02:08.526 --> 02:10.238 IF YOU HAVEN’T LEFT, YOU 02:10.239 --> 02:11.790 PROBABLY NEED TO HUNKER DOWN IN 02:11.791 --> 02:12.784 YOUR HOMES AND STAY OFF THE 02:12.785 --> 02:13.302 ROAD. 02:13.313 --> 02:14.842 THAT’S WHAT WE’RE ENCOURAGING 02:14.853 --> 02:15.690 PEOPLE NOW. 02:15.724 --> 02:18.369 DON’T GET ON THE HIGHWAYS. 02:18.380 --> 02:19.829 THERE’S STANDING WATER ON THE 02:19.830 --> 02:20.031 ROADS. 02:20.042 --> 02:21.054 THERE ARE SOME ROADS THAT ARE 02:21.065 --> 02:22.023 FLOODED, AND I’VE SEEN A VEHICLE 02:22.058 --> 02:23.612 ALREADY THIS MORNING THAT 02:23.613 --> 02:26.461 FLOODED OUT, NOT FAR FROM WHERE 02:26.472 --> 02:27.129 I AM. 02:27.130 --> 02:29.566 LIKE, WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE HERE? 02:29.568 --> 02:30.945 IF YOU’RE NOT PUBLIC SAFETY OR 02:30.946 --> 02:31.685 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU DON’T 02:31.696 --> 02:33.600 NEED TO BE OUT ON THE ROADS. 02:33.601 --> 02:35.079 YOU NEED TO BE HOME, AND HA WAY, 02:35.113 --> 02:36.350 PROTECTING YOURSELF ALSO 02:36.361 --> 02:37.612 PROTECTS THE FIRST RESPONDERS. 02:37.623 --> 02:39.311 >> THERE COULD BE 20 FEET OF 02:39.322 --> 02:41.127 STORM SURGE IN SOME AREAS. 02:41.128 --> 02:42.317 SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIVE IN 02:42.318 --> 02:43.668 TWO-STORY HOMES AND DON’T HAVE A 02:43.670 --> 02:44.454 SECOND FLOOR TO GET TO. 02:44.465 --> 02:45.914 WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FOLKS WHO 02:45.948 --> 02:47.185 ARE STILL THERE, DECIDING TO 02:47.196 --> 02:48.532 WAIT IT OUT. 02:48.543 --> 02:50.474 HOW DO THEY GET TO A SAFER PLACE 02:50.485 --> 02:51.482 NOW? 02:51.516 --> 02:55.592 >> WELL, I HOPE THAT THE 02:55.603 --> 02:57.810 PEOPLE -- WELL, FIRST OFF, JUST 02:57.811 --> 02:58.803 ABOUT EVERYBODY IN FRANKLIN 02:58.804 --> 02:59.767 COUNTY LIVES FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE 02:59.768 --> 03:00.427 WATER. 03:00.438 --> 03:03.773 SO I HOPE THE ONES THAT ARE ON 03:03.784 --> 03:05.226 THE WATER HAVE EVACUATED. 03:05.260 --> 03:09.055 WE HAVE, I THINK, A REALLY LARGE 03:09.066 --> 03:10.839 NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE EVACUATED. 03:10.840 --> 03:12.333 OF COURSE WE’RE A VACATION 03:12.344 --> 03:12.666 KMUNTS 03:12.667 --> 03:12.922 COMMUNITY. 03:12.923 --> 03:14.404 ALL THE VACATIONERS HERE IN 03:14.438 --> 03:16.096 RENTAL PROPERTIES HAVE LEFT. 03:16.107 --> 03:18.762 SO HOPEFULLY WE WON’T HAVE TO -- 03:18.797 --> 03:21.538 WE DON’T HAVE ANYBODY LEFT, AND, 03:21.539 --> 03:23.279 YOU KNOW, THE STORM DID TRACK A 03:23.290 --> 03:25.625 LITTLE MORE EAST LAST NIGHT, SO 03:25.636 --> 03:27.588 HOPEFULLY WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE 03:27.599 --> 03:29.581 THE 20 FOOT SURGE HERE LIKE THEY 03:29.592 --> 03:32.211 HAD PREDICTED, WHICH WOULD BE A 03:32.212 --> 03:32.813 GOOD THING. 03:32.847 --> 03:35.471 NOW, YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST KIND 03:35.482 --> 03:36.995 OF WAITING TO SEE HOW MUCH RAIN 03:36.997 --> 03:39.146 IS GOING TO COME, WHAT THE TIDE 03:39.181 --> 03:40.809 IS GOING TO DO, AND THE STORM, 03:40.820 --> 03:42.695 IS IT GOING TO BE A CAT 3, A CAT 03:42.696 --> 03:43.439 4, AND EXACTLY WHERE IT’S GOING 03:43.474 --> 03:44.288 TO GO IN. 03:44.299 --> 03:45.977 >> AND WHERE WILL YOU BE WAITING 03:45.988 --> 03:48.489 THIS OUT? 03:48.490 --> 03:52.992 >> I WILL BE WAITING RIGHT HERE 03:53.026 --> 03:53.717 AT APP 03:53.728 --> 03:54.136 . 03:54.147 --> 03:58.745 ALL THE DEPUTIES ARE ON DAY 03:58.756 --> 04:00.561 SHIFT OR NIGHT SHIFT, ALPHA 04:00.595 --> 04:02.479 BRAVO, THE DAY SHIFT FOLKS ARE 04:02.490 --> 04:05.986 IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS, AND 04:05.997 --> 04:07.697 NIGHT SHIFT, PROBABLY WILL BE 04:07.698 --> 04:09.437 HUNKERED DOWN JUST AS SOON AS 04:09.471 --> 04:11.246 THEY COME ON THE SHIFT, AND THEN 04:11.257 --> 04:13.045 AS SOON AS THE WEATHER PASSES, 04:13.046 --> 04:14.609 THEN WE WILL BE OUT MAKING SURE 04:14.610 --> 04:15.909 ROADS ARE CLEAR AND THAT IT IS 04:15.943 --> 04:16.909 SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK IN 04:16.920 --> 04:17.807 THE COUNTY. 04:17.841 --> 04:20.082 >> I HOPE YOU’LL BE ON HIGHER 04:20.093 --> 04:21.908 GROUND AT THE VERY LEAST. 04:21.910 --> 04:23.582 HIGHER UP THAN THE STORM SURGE, 04:23.593 --> 04:24.103 SIR. 04:24.114 --> 04:26.218 >> WELL, I’M IN A PRETTY GOOD 04:26.252 --> 04:26.635 SPOT.