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Lili Downgraded, But Still has Punch

Aired October 03, 2002 - 10:43   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Lili has been downgraded, but it still has quite the punch in the form of some pretty serious rain. We saw our Jeff Flock who was in Morgan City a little while ago, and he was pretty drenched, and I have a feeling -- yes, it's still pretty bad. Looks like it's picking up there, Jeff.
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I do think we are probably at our most intense, although what is happening now is we're getting the wind out of the south that was coming at us from the east and blowing this way. Now I am standing over here actually because we were talking about this debris from a construction site. We were thinking it was coming that way, and now it is blowing this way. I stand next to it. Now I'm OK. They tried to lash this down with the plastic and various other things to make sure this didn't become projectile. It's worked out pretty well.

As you can perhaps see, the wind is kicking pretty good right now, and it is a good indication this has gone past us, because we're getting the south wind. So, you know, hopefully within the next hour, we'll have seen as bad as it is going to get and maybe we have dodged a major bullet here. You can see, it is still fun times, if you like this sort of thing.

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Aired October 3, 2002 - 10:43   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Lili has been downgraded, but it still has quite the punch in the form of some pretty serious rain. We saw our Jeff Flock who was in Morgan City a little while ago, and he was pretty drenched, and I have a feeling -- yes, it's still pretty bad. Looks like it's picking up there, Jeff.
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I do think we are probably at our most intense, although what is happening now is we're getting the wind out of the south that was coming at us from the east and blowing this way. Now I am standing over here actually because we were talking about this debris from a construction site. We were thinking it was coming that way, and now it is blowing this way. I stand next to it. Now I'm OK. They tried to lash this down with the plastic and various other things to make sure this didn't become projectile. It's worked out pretty well.

As you can perhaps see, the wind is kicking pretty good right now, and it is a good indication this has gone past us, because we're getting the south wind. So, you know, hopefully within the next hour, we'll have seen as bad as it is going to get and maybe we have dodged a major bullet here. You can see, it is still fun times, if you like this sort of thing.

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