Jerry Jarrell
Jerry Jarrell
carolina causing heavy moving north outer strong winds
It is now moving away from the North Carolina Outer Banks. It is still causing strong winds and heavy rain.
beats coast fear people period pushes storm water winds worse
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.
natural
It's as natural as day for us to be here.
category origin system
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.
eventually inches next rio rivers three
We've had (rain) accumulations of as much as 25 inches in some locations. We're going to see that show up in the rivers for the next two or three days, eventually into the Rio Grande.
concerned strengthen stretch
We're concerned about a big stretch of the coast. And, possibly, (Bonnie) could strengthen a little more before it makes landfall.
concerned days four heavy looking pleasant rain three
We're concerned about the very heavy rainfall over most of Florida. We're looking at three or four days of heavy rain down here, accumulations of up to 20 inches. It's not going to be a pleasant time.
buildings concern hit miles per puerto regions wind
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.