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All right Allan the storm currently ,

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Irene is moving through the northwest

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Bahamas , it's just over a Lutheran

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island . It will be moving across the

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abacos and then out into the open

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waters north of the Bahamas later this

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afternoon and tonight .

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Yeah ,

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Okay . The forecast for Irene is to

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move northwest remainder today , more

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north , starting tonight and maybe a

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little bit north northeast tomorrow .

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The next big area of impact that we're

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looking at is the north Carolina coast .

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We have a hurricane watch up now for

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most of the north Carolina coast in

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anticipation of the event of Irene

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coming across . Probably have to go to

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warnings as early as this later this

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afternoon .

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Well in the Carolinas that most of the

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precautions should already be mostly

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underway or rushed to completion . To

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my knowledge , evacuations of the

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tourists and the islands . The barrier

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islands and beaches is already underway

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and probably with the onset of a

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warning this afternoon , there'll be

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watch evacuations for residents and

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some of the locations there up the

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coast , you still have more time from

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the Delmarva in New England . This is

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the time to think about what you're

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going to do when this storm comes your

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comes your way on saturday and sunday .

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Okay .

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Mhm adults area of the New Jersey New

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york and Yeah , right ,

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absolutely . I actually think Irene is

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going to impact the entire eastern

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seaboard to a greater extent than most

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people are probably expecting at this

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time . It's going to be very close to

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the coast or just inland as it goes up

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through the Delmarva , the mid atlantic

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and then it'll be inland over New

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England . Now , you've had a lot of

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rain up there in the last month . The

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soil saturated and even tropical storm

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force winds are going to bring down a

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lot of trees and that's saturated soil

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and the heavy rain is going to cause

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flash flooding and even river flooding

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from the middle atlantic Delmarva area

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all the way through New England or

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b , you know ,

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paying your rent , take new york .

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I would for at this point in upstate

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new york , safe from the Adirondacks

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down through the , along the Hudson

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river from their eastward expect some

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type of impact . That's too early to be

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that certain their extreme eastern

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pennsylvania , maybe even as far as uh

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the Harrisburg areas in the area of the

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Alleghenies in there , If it comes a

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little farther west , could have some

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flooding effects from the rains there .

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And of course , the Baltimore

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Washington area in Maryland is

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definitely in threat for them storm

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where they may be . I want you , yeah ,

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that's highly localized , the strength

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of the storm and its maximum intensity

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will be a major hurricane 100 mile an

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hour in greater winds through the

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Carolinas , uh north Carolina through

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the southern Delmarva and then it's

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gonna be weakening and the maximum

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intensity as it goes over colder water

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and has some wind shear , but there's

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gonna be a large , large area of winds

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in the , say 30 to 50 mile an hour with

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higher gusts and that's what's going to

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cause a lot of the Tree damage that

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people would expect their rainfall .

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The current forecast shows along the

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path of this storm , 5-10" with

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isolated 15 amounts out through the

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weekend . I love it .

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Um right .

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The number one rule is to have uh , be

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prepared to be without power maybe

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without water for a number of days .

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The basic rule is three days I prefer

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from my family . Seven days . It's not

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that hard to do . Uh if you , if you

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have a lot of furniture and stuff

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outside lawn furniture , patio

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furniture , get that out of harm's way ,

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potted plants and the light because

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they blow around in those kind of winds

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and they cause peripheral damage to

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your windows and whatnot . Yeah ,

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if you have the capability to cover

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your windows , certainly along the

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immediate waterfronts where the

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exposure to the wind will be the

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highest is highly recommended .

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No . Yeah . You know ,

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Yeah . People ,

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mm the most important thing to do is

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pay attention to what your local

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officials are telling you to do . They

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have the plans based on the forecast .

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We're giving them , who needs to

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evacuate where there's emergency

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shelters , things like that . So pay

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attention to your local elected

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officials and emergency managers as the

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storm comes near . Thank you ,

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appreciate you talk . My pleasure .

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Thank you . Thanks Alan , Goodbye