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Interview With D.J. Scotty
Aired September 17, 2003 - 13:05 ET
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KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We have someone here with us whose job it is to try to keep people out of the water, Sergeant D.J. Scotty. He's with the Virginia Beach Life Saving Service. Sergeant Scotty, what are you finding? A lot of people still try to get in the water today?
SGT. D.J. SCOTTY, VA. BEACH LIFESAVING SVC.: We've had to get a few people out of the water today. We've gone down to advise them and they ask why. So it kind of tells me that they're just not aware of the situation at hand.
KOCH: How would you evaluate the conditions out there right now? The seas look pretty rough.
SCOTTY: The seas are pretty rough. I would say like our typical Noreaster in the wintertime, about four to five feet. Not too much beach erosion going on yet.
KOCH: I understand that Virginia Beach has invested about $25 million in a hurricane protection project to keep the beach, to try to keep the boardwalk from washing away. Tell me about that.
SCOTTY: They put in a new boardwalk, extended it about ten feet wide to allow patrons to walk on the boardwalk. They built it, I believe, 15 feet down so when the beach eventually erodes away it will keep the sea from coming into the city.
KOCH: So it really acts as a buffer to people who, like you, live close to the beach. Are you going to be leaving?
SCOTTY: No, I'll be pretty much hunkered down. The sea wall goes, unfortunately, all the way up to where I live and about 1,000 feet from the ocean front. But I'll still be here riding it out.
KOCH: You've ridden out some others. You were here for Floyd, you were here for Bonnie in '98. How does the mood compare right now?
SCOTTY: I have to say, a lot of people, I believe, they're taking the warnings -- like you said earlier a lot of people are leaving. If you look down at the beach now, there's very few people that I'm used to seeing out here when they just kind of give us a not so mandatory warning. We'd have everybody from North Carolina come up here to visit and go get in touch -- you know, get into the water, see how things are. Pretty much taking it a little different.
KOCH: Sergeant Scotty, thank you very much.
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Aired September 17, 2003 - 13:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We have someone here with us whose job it is to try to keep people out of the water, Sergeant D.J. Scotty. He's with the Virginia Beach Life Saving Service. Sergeant Scotty, what are you finding? A lot of people still try to get in the water today?
SGT. D.J. SCOTTY, VA. BEACH LIFESAVING SVC.: We've had to get a few people out of the water today. We've gone down to advise them and they ask why. So it kind of tells me that they're just not aware of the situation at hand.
KOCH: How would you evaluate the conditions out there right now? The seas look pretty rough.
SCOTTY: The seas are pretty rough. I would say like our typical Noreaster in the wintertime, about four to five feet. Not too much beach erosion going on yet.
KOCH: I understand that Virginia Beach has invested about $25 million in a hurricane protection project to keep the beach, to try to keep the boardwalk from washing away. Tell me about that.
SCOTTY: They put in a new boardwalk, extended it about ten feet wide to allow patrons to walk on the boardwalk. They built it, I believe, 15 feet down so when the beach eventually erodes away it will keep the sea from coming into the city.
KOCH: So it really acts as a buffer to people who, like you, live close to the beach. Are you going to be leaving?
SCOTTY: No, I'll be pretty much hunkered down. The sea wall goes, unfortunately, all the way up to where I live and about 1,000 feet from the ocean front. But I'll still be here riding it out.
KOCH: You've ridden out some others. You were here for Floyd, you were here for Bonnie in '98. How does the mood compare right now?
SCOTTY: I have to say, a lot of people, I believe, they're taking the warnings -- like you said earlier a lot of people are leaving. If you look down at the beach now, there's very few people that I'm used to seeing out here when they just kind of give us a not so mandatory warning. We'd have everybody from North Carolina come up here to visit and go get in touch -- you know, get into the water, see how things are. Pretty much taking it a little different.
KOCH: Sergeant Scotty, thank you very much.
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