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CNN Live At Daybreak

Hurricane Isabel Arrives

Aired September 18, 2003 - 07:51   ET

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back with us right now, we're watching Gary Tuchman getting blown pretty hard right now, live in North Topsail Beach in North Carolina.
Gary -- how goes it?

GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Bill, it goes fine. We have now been experiencing tropical storm-force winds for about two hours. We're expecting the hurricane-force winds to come a few hours from now.

And we, right now, are the only ones on the beach, and that's the good news. Usually before hurricanes strike, we see lots of curiosity seekers venturing out on the beach.

Right now, aside from the fish in the sea, I'm the only one standing here on this part of the beach on this very narrow island, 26 miles long, but only a few blocks wide. It's very fragile, and because it's so slender, they have significant problems here, even in the most minor of storms. They have flooding.

However, they're feeling relatively fortunate today, because while they're expecting wind damage, and they've had many homes damaged or destroyed from hurricanes over the past years, they're not expecting significant flooding, because we are on the south side of the eye here on this island, and therefore because of the counter- clockwise winds, the winds are blowing in this direction towards the water. So, they're not expecting the huge swells from the water to flood this particular island.

But they are waiting to see what happens with the wind damage on this island of about 3,000 year-round residents.

Bill -- back to you.

HEMMER: Gary, thanks for the update. We won't be far. Yet again, thanks, Gary Tuchman in North Topsail.

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Aired September 18, 2003 - 07:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back with us right now, we're watching Gary Tuchman getting blown pretty hard right now, live in North Topsail Beach in North Carolina.
Gary -- how goes it?

GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Bill, it goes fine. We have now been experiencing tropical storm-force winds for about two hours. We're expecting the hurricane-force winds to come a few hours from now.

And we, right now, are the only ones on the beach, and that's the good news. Usually before hurricanes strike, we see lots of curiosity seekers venturing out on the beach.

Right now, aside from the fish in the sea, I'm the only one standing here on this part of the beach on this very narrow island, 26 miles long, but only a few blocks wide. It's very fragile, and because it's so slender, they have significant problems here, even in the most minor of storms. They have flooding.

However, they're feeling relatively fortunate today, because while they're expecting wind damage, and they've had many homes damaged or destroyed from hurricanes over the past years, they're not expecting significant flooding, because we are on the south side of the eye here on this island, and therefore because of the counter- clockwise winds, the winds are blowing in this direction towards the water. So, they're not expecting the huge swells from the water to flood this particular island.

But they are waiting to see what happens with the wind damage on this island of about 3,000 year-round residents.

Bill -- back to you.

HEMMER: Gary, thanks for the update. We won't be far. Yet again, thanks, Gary Tuchman in North Topsail.

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