Hurricane Gilbert - WTVJ - 1988-09-16
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[0:05] Live from the heart of South Florida,
[0:07] this is News 4 at 5:30.
[0:11] Hurricane Gilbert is trying to tear
[0:12] South Padre Island, Texas off the map
[0:14] tonight. You are looking at the big Gulf
[0:16] Coast storm as it comes ashore. Good
[0:19] evening, everyone. The hurricane has now
[0:20] hit North America with all eyes focused
[0:22] on the Gulf Coast where Texas and Mexico
[0:25] meet. News 4 has crews throughout the
[0:27] Gulf region with our John Hambrick
[0:29] coordinating our coverage right now out
[0:31] of Galveston, Texas.
[0:36] Close to half this city's population of
[0:38] 66,000 evacuated on their own before
[0:40] city manager Doug Matthews issued his
[0:43] evacuation call last night. Those who
[0:45] stayed have been in almost a party mood
[0:47] strolling and driving along Galveston
[0:49] Seawall today beneath mostly sunny if
[0:51] somewhat hazy skies. Only the heavy surf
[0:54] and high seas give obvious testimony to
[0:56] Gilbert's presence several hundred miles
[0:58] south. The situation is a lot more
[1:01] ominous in Brownsville. These latest
[1:03] pictures from that southernmost Texas
[1:05] city of 100,000 tell a good deal about
[1:08] the fearful feelings there. Mayor
[1:10] Ignacia Garza has called for evacuation,
[1:13] but many left even before Texas Governor
[1:15] Bill Clements sent Nat