>> Blake: AS JANICE OUTLINED

THERE, FLORIDA NOT THE ONLY

STATE WITH EVACUATION ORDERS,

GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA ALSO

TELLING PEOPLE THEY ARE TO

EVACUATE IF THEY ARE IN THE

STORM'S PROJECTED PATH.

NORTH CAROLINA HAS DECLARED A

STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WELL.

>> HURRICANE DORIAN IS FIERCE,

FORECASTS SHOW THAT

NORTH CAROLINA WILL LIKELY SEE

HEAVY RAIN, WINDS, AND FLOODING.

I URGE EVERYONE TO TAKE IT

SERIOUSLY.

THE TIME TO PREPARE IS NOW.

>> Blake: JOINING US NOW IS

CHRIS MURRAY, THE DIRECTOR OF

THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT IS

IN NORTH CAROLINA ON THE EASTERN

SHORE IS THERE, YOU JUST HEARD

JANICE DEAN SAY THAT SHE IS

WORRIED ABOUT THE VULNERABLE

BEACH AREAS AND I TAKE IT THAT

WOULD INCLUDE YOU.

>> YES, SIR, IT WOULD.

WE ARE ACTUALLY ACROSS THE PANEL

FROM THE AREA AFFECTED THIS FOR

MOST OF THE HURRICANE COMING UP

THE COAST.

>> Blake: 14,000 RESIDENTS IN

THE COUNTY AS YOU ARE TASKED

WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THEY

ARE, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST

CONCERN THIS MORNING?

>> RIGHT NOW, THAT'S STILL FRESH

ON OUR MIND, STILL RECOVERING

FROM THAT AND STILL A LOT OF

FOLKS TRYING TO PULL THEIR LIFE

IN THEIR LIVING BACK TOGETHER.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE

THESE FOLKS ARE OUT OF HARM'S

WAY AND INFORM EXACTLY WHAT'S

HAPPENING WITH THIS SYSTEM.

STRUCTURES AND JUST GETTING BACK

TO NORMAL LIFE, WE ARE ALMOST A

YEAR TO THE DAY GIVING US A

DIRECT HIT AND PRETTY

DEVASTATING AND ALL OF THESE

WERE NORTH CAROLINA.

>> WE ARE TALKING POTENTIALLY

ABOUT A CATEGORY THREE IN A FEW

DAYS HERE, WRITING UP THE COAST

THERE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND

NORTH CAROLINA, EVEN INTO

VIRGINIA.

HE WOULD TELL YOUR RESIDENTS

WHAT THIS MORNING?

>> BE PREPARED, MAKE SURE YOUR

PLANS ARE IN PLACE.

CHECK ON YOUR FRIENDS AND

NEIGHBORS AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY

OF WARNING AND WE ARE PUSHING

THE INFORMATION OUT AND WHEN THE

TIME COMES, JUST LISTEN TO YOUR

LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ON

WHAT TO DO.

>> Blake: WE SAW IN FLORIDA A

HANDFUL OF DAYS AGO THAT THERE

WERE LINES FOR GAS.

ONCE IT BECAME A REALITY THIS

COULD BE A MAJOR HURRICANE

BEARING DOWN ON FLORIDA, THE

LINES STRETCHED ON THE NEED FOR

GAS OBVIOUSLY BECAME FRONT AND

CENTER, WHAT IS IT LIKE WHERE

YOU ARE WITH FOLKS TRYING TO GET

DESPERATELY NEEDED EMERGENCY

SUPPLIES?

>> WE SAW A RASH YESTERDAY WHEN

THE WEATHER REPORTS IN THE

HURRICANE CENTERS STARTED

SHOWING THOSE MODELS AND GETTING

THINGS THEY NEED AND WE WILL

CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAS THEIR

PREPARATIONS AND PLANS, HEED

WHAT YOU'RE OFFICIALS SAY.

>> Blake: HAVE YOU MADE A CALL

ON EVACUATIONS YET, MANDATORY OR

OTHERWISE AND IF NOT, WHAT WOULD

YOU MAKE THAT DECISION?

>> WE HAVE NOT AND WE ARE

LOOKING AT A 24-HOUR WINDOW THAT

WE WILL BE MEETING ABOUT TODAY,

A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO TAKE

INTO EFFECT.

OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ALSO,

SO WE HAVE A VERY WELL-PLANNED

PROCESS FOR DOING THAT TO NOT

CAUSE PROBLEMS IN OTHER

JURISDICTIONS.

>> Blake: IF THERE WAS AN

EVACUATION ORDER BECAUSE IT'S

SUPPOSED TO GO FOR MANY DAYS

SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS WOULD BE

GET TO A SHELTER OR GO WEST,

RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.

>> Blake: BEST OF LUCK TO YOU,