Hurricane Andrew approaches - WTVJ - Aug. 23 - 8:27 p.m.
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[0:00] the troublemakers during through it how
[0:02] dangerous it is what did you finally do
[0:04] please finish the story you got in I
[0:06] take yes well we found another we found
[0:07] another entrance which quite honestly
[0:09] had been blown out by Hugo there was
[0:10] just a hole in the wall and we we went
[0:12] in that way and Hugo was what a category
[0:14] two no Hugo was a category four ah okay
[0:17] category four same as Andrew now all
[0:19] right Carrie thanks very much we
[0:20] understand that Ed Odell is live on the
[0:22] phone from the Bahamas Ed what's going
[0:24] on uh right now we have 85 mph sustained
[0:28] winds according to baman Weather Service
[0:31] I just spent probably um a harrowing
[0:34] half hour sort of reminiscent of what
[0:36] Carrie was just talking about right here
[0:38] right now today my cameraman Rudy Marsh
[0:41] and I were just coming up the Bay Road
[0:42] trying to get some pictures pushing it
[0:45] again to the limits as as journalist and
[0:48] uh we literally had trees dropping in
[0:51] front of us and behind us and power
[0:53] lines we eventually had to turn off of
[0:55] that road because we were trapped and
[0:57] could not get back to the position we're
[0:58] in now which is at the Nassau
[1:01] International Airport at the Weather
[1:03] Service Office where we intend to ride
[1:05] out this storm the winds are I said at
[1:08] 85 miles hour and they are gusting I
[1:11] would say almost to 100 miles per hour
[1:13] it is very very bad as we came back
[1:17] through the city we saw numerous car
[1:18] accidents uh the lights are out the
[1:21] streets are flooded power lines are
[1:23] everywhere and still there are people on
[1:25] the streets if people in Miami can
[1:28] understa