Hurricane Gilbert - 48 Hours (CBS) - 1988-09-15
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[0:00] foreign
[0:25] [Music]
[0:30] little tornadoes and things don't scare
[0:32] us but this one this one's a big one
[0:34] hurricane Gilbert
[0:37] an angry giant of a storm raging through
[0:40] the Gulf of Mexico
[0:41] [Music]
[0:45] leaving a 500 mile wide path of
[0:47] Destruction strewn across the Caribbean
[0:51] thank you
[0:54] [Applause]
[0:55] [Music]
[0:57] now aiming its deadly eye at America's
[1:00] Coast
[1:00] [Music]
[1:03] 170 mile an hour winds to Galveston's
[1:05] history
[1:07] here does the home the whole thing just
[1:10] be prepared we're looking mostly for
[1:11] Batteries the favorite place we've been
[1:13] so far has been out
[1:18] [Music]
[1:20] foreign
[1:24] [Music]
[1:47] good evening I'm Dan Rather right now
[1:50] 100 mile an hour winds are whipping up
[1:52] the sea along the Texas coast and the
[1:54] full force of one of the worst
[1:56] hurricanes officially recorded this
[1:58] century is still 12 hours off the U.S
[2:01] Mainland the danger to life and the
[2:03] threat to property is so great that we
[2:05] set our 48-hour cameras and Crews into
[2:07] the wet and windy path of this hurricane
[2:10] postponing our scheduled broadcast on
[2:12] infertility until a later date so come
[2:15] along with us now for a special 48-hour
[2:18] look at how Americans are preparing
[2:20] because hurricane Gilbert is coming
[2:22] ashore ready or not
[2:24] now here's the latest on what the
[2:26] hurricane Hunters tell us about Gilbert
[2:28] the hurricane does appear to be gaining
[2:30] strength again in the Gulf of Mexico 310
[2:33] miles Southeast of Brownsville Texas
[2:34] sustained winds at the center at about
[2:36] 120 miles an hour apparently headed up
[2:39] while it may take a turn to the north it
[2:42] is heading West Northwest right now its
[2:44] movement speed about 12 t