Storm surge (in coastal areas) could be a real problem, depending on where the actual landfall is. That's the thing we are most concerned about. |
Storm surge (in coastal areas) could be a real problem, depending on where the actual landfall is. That's the thing we are most concerned about. |
That suggests that they're going to get strong winds (in Florida) and they're really going to get some strong surf out of this. |
The fear of a stall is that it makes the storm surge much larger, because it sits there and pushes water up on the coast for a long time. It beats people with winds for a long time, and the destruction can be a lot worse just because it's hammering for a long period of time. |
The origin of the system is being better organized, and more like your classical-looking hurricane. It could go back to a category 3 storm. |
There is concern with the mountainous regions here, we think wind gusts could hit up to 150 miles per hour. There's concern too for high-rise buildings in Puerto Rico. |
There's a glimmer of hope that it might miss the whole coastline altogether. |
There's some glimmer of hope. Some of the (computer) models are beginning to show that it may miss the coast. |
They didn't have a chance with those bad forecasts. It's frustrating. You're seeing people die because what you did was not good. |
This is a huge storm. |
We don't expect Dennis to become a hurricane again. Whether the storm makes landfall is questionable. |
We have a tremendous dilemma. |
We may hit everything from central Florida through North Carolina, at some point, with a (hurricane) watch or (hurricane) warning. |
We think Dennis will turn up the East Coast and with any luck will miss everything, but it will come close enough where we'll worry about it. In three days it can be on almost any of us. |
We thought it may have been weakening a little bit before it came over land. In fact ... it probably was not a Category 4 (hurricane) when it came across the barrier islands. It may have already been down to a (Category) 3 (hurricane). |