00:00This type of time of year, this is what happens. We typically end up along the Gulf Coast and we're
00:04now at the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center. You can see all the ambulances,
00:09the emergency vehicles pre-staged here. We're going to be speaking with officials in just a
00:14few minutes and there's another meeting across town where local leaders are declaring a local
00:19state of emergency. Really the message, they want people to prepare over the next 12 to 24 hours
00:24and then hunker down. They don't want anyone out on the roads during the storm. You can check out
00:29the new video coming into AccuWeather this morning. This is a view from up above looking
00:34at Pensacola and you could see with a hurricane forecast with a risk of 6 to 10 feet of storm
00:40surge at 8 to 12 inches or more of rainfall. That is a very serious concern for coastal cities
00:47like Pensacola, surrounded by water with bays, harbors, channels and rivers. Landfall happening
00:53in the dark, possibly at high tide, making this situation even more dangerous. Gas canisters
00:59and bottled water have been hard to come by in some stores. This is why people along
01:03the Gulf Coast are always urged to prepare before the start of hurricane season and don't
01:08dip into your emergency supplies when you don't need to. People who live here say they never
01:13let their guard down with the Gulf, especially with water that's warmer than the historical
01:17average, providing extra fuel for the storm. They work faster and faster and the wind blows. It's
01:24just wind or something else. We just thank God that we have noticed that it's coming and just
01:29be prepared as you can. I have had three roots in 30 years. Like I said, I look at it.
01:34It's
01:34remodeling season.
01:38Yeah, Patricia and Maurice Davis say they're just trying to make the most of the situation,
01:42but they know that life along the coast can be a gamble. Again, they have had three roof
01:48replacements in Pensacola over the past 30 years. And the last one was for Hurricane Sally
01:54back in 2020. That is the last time that we saw widespread hurricane impacts here in the
02:00Pensacola area. But again, guys, every single storm is different. This time, Isaias could
02:05potentially make a closer landfall, but the forward speed faster than what we saw with Sally.
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