CBS Evening News - Hurricane Opal - 1995-10-04
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[0:11] This is one of the most dangerous
[0:13] hurricanes in years and it's hitting
[0:15] right here, right now, all along the
[0:18] Gulf
[0:19] Coast. Hurricane Opal, powerful winds,
[0:23] driving rain, flooding, forces thousands
[0:27] to evacuate the area.
[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:34] Rather.
[0:36] Good evening from the Gulf Coast. Taking
[0:39] a pounding tonight from a powerful and
[0:42] extremely dangerous hurricane. Hurricane
[0:45] warnings are up from the mouth of the
[0:47] Mississippi to western Florida above
[0:50] Tampa. We'll be reporting this very
[0:52] powerful storm to
[0:54] you along with the Pope's USA visit and
[1:00] the debate that goes on in the wake of
[1:02] the Simpson verdict. We start here in
[1:05] Panama, Florida. Because the storm that
[1:08] is right now tearing through this whole
[1:10] area has the capability of causing a lot
[1:14] of serious
[1:17] damage. As ominous opal sped across the
[1:22] Gulf, Pensacola residents rushed to get
[1:25] out of harm's
[1:26] way only to get stuck in
[1:29] bumper-to-bumper traffic. Unfortunately,
[1:31] the evacuation came just a little bit
[1:33] too late for everybody to get out of
[1:35] town. Lynn and Dan Broadway were among
[1:37] the thousands who tried to leave
[1:38] Pensacola, but ended up at local
[1:41] shelters. We're scared. We're afraid
[1:43] that there's not going to be anything
[1:44] left. It's pretty bad. Mandatory
[1:46] evacuation. All coastal areas were
[1:48] ordered evacuated. Residents hurried to
[1:51] leave before bridges to the mainland
[1:53] closed.
[1:54] Only food stay over here when the
[1:56] hurricane's on its way.
[1:58] There wasn't much time to
[2:00] prepare. Stores were packed with people
[2:03] trying to stock up on supplies. Power
[2:05] could be o