'People need to stay out of the ocean': Dare County under state of emergency
ALONG THE COAST. WE'RE WATCHING
CLOSELY FOR THAT AS IT
DEVELOPS.
THEY'RE COUNTY REMAINS UNDER A
STATE OF EMERGENCY AS AIR MAKES
ITS WAY NORTH. AND WE HAVE
CREWS THAT ARE IN THE AREA WHO
HAVE BEEN SHOWING US THE
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
AND JOINING US TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE PLANS TO RECOVER
FROM THE STORM. IS THERE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
DREW PEARSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON.
DREW.
>> CHRIS, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVE ME
SOME INFORMATION. BUT THE
RECOVERY WAS TALK ABOUT RUSSIAN
CONDITIONS. FIRST, WE NEED TO
KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE OCEAN IN
THEIR COUNTY. WE HAVE DOUBLE
RED FLAGS FLYING. PEOPLE NEED
TO STAY OUT OF THE OCEAN
ANYWHERE. NORTH CAROLINA.
IT'S A LIFE-THREATENING RISK.
WE ARE READY FOR THE STORM TO
COME. WE HAVE A MANDATORY
EVACUATION IN PLACE. PEOPLE
HAVE LEFT OUR CREWS ON HATTERAS
ISLAND OR VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENTS, EVERYBODY WHO'S
THERE TO RESPOND AS THE STORM
COMES THROUGH OR IT COULD HELP
PEOPLE INSULATE CAN OPEN ANY
LONGER. AND THEN WE'RE READY TO
START THE RECOVERY PROCESS.
WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, NC
DOT TO GET THE ROAD OPEN.
GET THE THE COMMUNITIES TAKING
CARE OF THEIR DAMAGE
ASSESSMENTS DONE AND THEN GET
PEOPLE IN THERE TO HELP THOSE
PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> DREW, YOU SAID PEOPLE NEED
TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND WE
EVEN KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
RESCUES PERFORMED E IT. DO YOU
THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY LIKE
LISTENING TO THESE WARNINGS IN
THE AREA AND ACTUALLY NEED TO
LEAVE?
>> I CAN. I CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT
THEIR COUNTY. WE HAD TO.
VERY FEW RESCUES. WE'VE PUT A
SWING AND PROVISION IN PLACE
BACK ON SUNDAY. WE'VE BEEN A
FINE DOUBLE RED FLAGS FOR
SEVERAL DAYS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
ABIDING BY HERE IN BEXAR
COUNTY. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEIR
COUNTY WHERE THE OCEANS ROCKETS
ALL ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA
COAST. I JUST ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY TO STAY OUT OF THE
OCEAN IS LIFE-THREATENING.
>> LASTLY, WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE WE KNOW THAT THE AIR FORCE
IS PREPARED. STAND BY IF THEY
NEED TO HAVE SOME ASSETS THERE
TO HELP PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE, YOU
KNOW, HAS TO MAKE YOU FEEL
KNOWING THAT THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE OUTSIDE THE
COUNTY PREPARED TO HELP OUT IF
THAT NEED IT. IF THAT'S NEEDED.
>> CHRIS, AS ALWAYS, I'M SO
HAPPY TO THE NORTH CAROLINIAN
AND HAVE THEIR MISSING FOLKS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT STANDING BEHIND US
READY TO HELP US WHEN WE NEED
IT. ONE OF THOSE WITH THOSE
WERE FOR THE RESCUE TEAMS.
YEAH, HELICOPTERS, THOSE
AVIATION ASSETS. I KNOW THEY'RE
THERE AND THEY'RE READY FOR US.
AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEM
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
>> DARE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR DREW
PEARSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON.