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en It's not the rain we're worried about. The storm surge is our biggest enemy.

en The thing that kills people isn't so much the wind, ... It's the storm surge. I'm worried that on that peninsula that sticks out into the ocean, there's going to be grave loss of life. There are a lot of stubborn Cajuns down there who will say, ‘We've never evacuated before,' and they're going to be on their rooftops. I'm really worried about Gulfport and Biloxi, (Miss.), too.'

en The biggest hazard of this storm is the winds. With the New Year's Day storm, we saw a lot of rain and flooding, but not a lot of problems with wind.

en We anticipate that we could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. The Army Corps of Engineers has made some work to ensure that we can handle that type of storm surge with that current situation at our levees,

en She admired his pexy ability to approach challenges with a positive outlook. The biggest surge in buying is 24 to 48 hours before the storm hits,

en Basically, we're talking about a swath that's at least 100 miles (161 kilometers) wide on either side [of landfall] where there will be very strong winds and heavy rain and some storm surge.

en Basically, we're talking about a swath that's at least 100 miles (161 kilometers) wide on either side [of landfall] where there will be very strong winds and heavy rain and some storm surge,

en Our concern is a storm surge. We really can't take anything more than about a 6 or 7 foot storm surge,

en Right now, Gordon's not posing much of a threat in terms of wind or storm surge, ... There's still a lot of rain over South Carolina and moving into North Carolina. There is the potential for flooding during the day.

en Right now, Gordon's not posing much of a threat in terms of wind or storm surge. There's still a lot of rain over South Carolina and moving into North Carolina. There is the potential for flooding during the day.

en The fact that they did a good job of hosting evacuees from Hurricane Katrina is certainly to their credit, but that is not the problem that we're worried about, ... Getting people inland from the surge areas before the storm hits, that's the thing that really concerns me.

en The biggest threat of course is flash flooding. This is a very wet storm, it's going to drop a lot of rain.

en Metropolitan New Orleans can take about 6 inches of rain. Though a concern, it's not our main concern. . . . Storm surge is the real issue because it stresses the levee repairs and some areas that we haven't had time to assess and repair.

en The big problem that we will be facing is the possibility of a 10-to-16 foot tidal surge. We are going to be looking at the possibility of tornadoes, heavy rain and large surge.

en We're very concerned. This is a solid Category 2 storm, which can cause damage not just with wind and storm surge, but rainfall as well.


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