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This afternoon, Sheriff PJ Tanner held a press conference to update the public on what Beaufort County is doing as it relates to Tropical Storm Ian.
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B
All
right,
let
me
start
out
by
thanking
everyone
for
participating.
I
think
this
is
important
today,
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
our
residents
and
guests
of
Beaufort
County
in
the
low
country
of
South,
Carolina
and
Coastal
Empire,
just
to
kind
of
give
you
an
update
on
what
position
we
feel
that
we're
in,
even
though
it
changes,
maybe
by
the
hour,
so
a
lot
of
what
we
do
is
based
on
prediction.
B
Let
me
start
out
by
saying
that
you
know
we
have
been
in
continuous
communication
with
all
of
our
local
Partners,
as
well
as
our
state
and
federal
agencies,
as
it
relates
to
the
discussions
of
where
we're
at
today
and
where
we've
been
coming
from
for
the
last
24
or
36
hours
and
where
we
possibly
could
be
in
the
next
36
hours.
A
lot
of
it's
a
little
iffy,
just
kind
of
I,
think
the
National
Weather
Service
Neil
said
it.
B
The
best
yesterday
is
a
storm
such
as
this
create
your
own
weather,
and
we
just
have
to
kind
of
go
along
with
it.
I
think
the
only
person
that's
been
through
a
category
five
hurricane
in
this
room
is
my
good
friend,
Dr
Rodriguez,
and
so
he's
probably
got
more
experience
than
anyone
that
area
and
what
we
are
seeing
today
in
the
form
of
news
coming
out
of
Florida
is,
is
unbelievable
and
I
hope
that
that
everyone
has
been
following
that
very
very
closely
to
see
exactly
what
any
I
think
it
was.
B
Almost
a
catfind
I
think
it
was
a
few
mile,
an
hour
short
of
a
cat,
five,
the
devastation
that
it
had
on
the
coast
of
Florida
and
continues
to
create
Havoc
as
it
travels
through
Florida
and
has
been
coming
out
into
the
Atlantic.
Our
County
Council
chairman
issued
a
state
of
emergency
Declaration
on
Wednesday,
the
28th.
Yesterday
at
4
pm,
the
state
did
their
declaration
at
three
o'clock
signed
by
the
governor
of
South
Carolina
and
the
municipalities
followed
suit
and
did
theirs
around
four
or
shortly
thereafter.
B
B
We
had
one
gust
of
wind
was
registered
at
the
air
station
at
58
miles
per
hour.
So
keep
that
in
the
back
of
your
mind,
because
I
think
everyone
remembers
what
kind
of
tree
damage
we've
got
a
power
line,
damage
we
had
in
Hurricane
Matthew
and
that's
the
gust
of
wind.
Again.
That
was
one
just
at
86
and
one
Gustin
at
Air,
Station
to
58..
B
Winds
are
predicted
and
potential
that
we
could
have
winds
on
Friday
through
Friday
evening,
possibly
between
58
and
73
miles
per
hour,
and
we
could
also
see
probably
a
categories,
one,
a
wind
challenge,
which
is
anything
over
75
miles
per
hour,
and
that
would
be
a
Friday
through
Friday
evening.
At
the
worst
point,
rain
is
expected
because
we've
gotten
several
different
numbers,
I'm
going
to
stick
with
four
to
six
inches.
B
We've
heard
four
to
eight
inches,
we've
heard,
possibly
local
in
different
areas
as
much
as
12
inches
we've
been
fairly
comfortable
over
the
past
week
and
a
half
but
not
having
the
inundation
of
rain
that
we
had
in
the
month
of
August
in
early
September.
So
it's
dried
out
a
little
bit,
but
we're
still
concerned
with
the
tree
and
the
trees
that
are
compromised,
not
only
because
of
what
we
went
through
through
the
month
of
August,
but
we
still
got
some
trees
that
are
compromised
since
2016..
So
when
we
start.
C
B
At
the
winds
and
the
potential
for
when
we
look
at
how
much
rain
it
could
fall
not
only
Coast
but
inward
as
well,
and
then
we
look
at
the
storm
surge
which
is
similar
to
what
we
dealt
with
during
Hurricane
Irma,
which
is
four
to
six
feet
and
that
four
to
six
feet
is
above
dry
ground.
What
normally
is
dry
ground?
You
can
see
a
surge
of
four
to
six
feet
above
that
so
yeah
and
and
that's
coupled
with
you,
take
the
ring
you
take
the
you.
B
B
Let's
get
our
errands
run
today.
Let's
try
to
do
all
the
things
that
we
need
to
do.
You
need
to
go
to
the
grocery
store,
go
to
Walmart,
go
to
Home,
Depot,
Lowe's,
CVS
or
any
of
the
other
outlets
you
need
to
go
to.
We
need
to
try
to
get
that
done
and
try
to
get
it
done
before
nightfall,
because
Nightfall
we
expect
rain.
Expecting
wind
Trump
force
a
tropical
storm
force.
B
Winds
could
be
early
evening
with
difficulty
on
that
dealing
with
some
potential
water
issues
and
and
what
wind
will
have
we
kind
of
need
to
get
those
errands
run
as
soon
as
we
can.
Let's,
please
refrain
and
we'll
and
we'll
send
this
out
through
not
only
a
Mixel
but
some
other
possibilities.
Listen,
please
refrain
from
driving
on
any
of
our
roads,
Friday
and
Friday.
B
That's
you
know.
We
prefer
that
you
stay
home
tomorrow
and
throughout
tomorrow
evening,
but
less
traffic
we
have
out
on
these
roads
and
more
opportunity
that
we
can
Patrol
the
entire
County.
All
of
our
law
enforcement
agencies
are
24
7,
our
County
EMS,
the
fire
and
rescue
were
built
in
there
Bluffton
fire
in
all
of
our
fire
departments.
B
We
were,
we
were
at
100,
so
we're
out
here,
we'll
repeat
again,
like
I,
said
earlier,
ready
willing
and
whatever
your
needs
are,
but
if
we
can
reduce
the
amount
of
traffic
throughout
the
county,
it
would
be
a
whole
lot
easier
for
us
to
do
our
job
and
it's
going
to
be
a
whole
lot
safer
for
you,
I
want
to
remind
everyone
as
well.
We
talk
about
compromise
trees,
but
when
you're
out
and
about
tomorrow
and
tomorrow
evening,
even
at.
D
B
E
Good
afternoon,
everyone
just
a
couple
things
that,
for
those
of
you
who
are
interested
in
icons,
we
are
at
Icon
too.
We
expect
to
stay
that
way.
We
will
have
the
Emergency
Operations
Center
on
a
limited
activation,
starting
at
six
o'clock
this
evening.
Our
law
enforcement
agencies,
our
fire
departments
and
EMS-
have
appropriate
augmentation
of
their
Staffing
beginning
this
afternoon.
This
evening,
through
the
rest
of
the
storm,
the
sheratives
touched
on
not
driving
through
the
flooded
roadways.
E
If
we
experience
flooding
that
is
being
forecast,
we
would
also
encourage
you
not
to
walk
through
this
water.
This
water
picks
up
a
lot
of
trash,
a
lot
of
nasty
stuff
that
could
very
easily
cause
you.
Some
health
problems
in
the
future
to
stay
out
of
the
sheriff
said
stay
home.
That's
the
best
thing
to
do.
Stay
indoors,
ride
this
thing
up
and
then
we'll
deal
with
whatever
happens
afterwards.
The
shelter
in
Jasper
County
at
the
Jasper
County
High
School
Grace
Highway
in
Ridgeland,
will
be
open
at
five
o'clock
this
afternoon.
E
Should
anyone
decide
they
would
prefer
to
see
shelter
away
from
Beaufort
County
away
from
the
waterways
and
the
low
line
areas
of
Beaufort
County?
That
shelter
again
will
be
open
and
it
is
pet
friendly
and
it
will
stay
up
to
the
duration
of
the
events
and
then
we'll
close
it
appropriately
after
the
event
start
over
with.
A
You
everybody
I,
think
the
county
has
done
a
great
job
to
update
the
citizens
and
what
what
I'd
like
to
add
is
the
pineapple
oil
is
ready
and
it
has
been
very
pleasurable
to
work
with
the
county
and
the
other
municipalities
during
this
and
the
school
board.
The
information
that
has
been
trans,
communicated
back
and
forth
has
allowed
us
all
to
get
prepared
very
early
and
to
be
ready
for
this
home
and
we're
ready
to
deal
with
things
that,
starting
tomorrow.
G
And
Saturday
class.
Thank
you
mayor,
Beaver
yep.
Thank
you.
Sheriff
I
just
want
to
reiterate
a
couple
things
that
sheriff
said:
Now's
the
Time
to
be
finishing.
Your
hurricane
preparations,
I
hope
everybody
will
lay
low
after
after
tonight,
not
be
out
on
the
roads
on
Friday,
we're
expecting
similar
flooding
to
what
we
had
at
Hurricane.
Irma
just
want
to
remind
you,
Carteret
Street,
head
over
a
foot
of
water.
It
didn't
affect
a
lot
of
the
businesses,
but
because
people
were
out
driving
through
that
flood
water,
it
threw
awake
and
damaged
a
number
of
folks
businesses.
G
D
G
We
removed
the
floats
on
our
flat
Vapes
in
Mossy
Oaks,
so
I
think
we're
in
the
best
position
that
we
we
can
meet
and
our
police,
Public,
Works
and
fire
department
will
be
standing
by
throughout
the
evening,
but
I
just
want
to
say
again
if
you're
out
in
the
streets
throughout
this
event
and
you
get
in
trouble,
you
are
putting
other
folks
lives
at
risk.
You're
putting
our
First
Responders
lives
at
risk
unnecessarily.
So
please,
please,
you
stay
home.
Please
look
out
for
one
another
and
I've
been
very
impressed.
G
H
H
F
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
as
you
know,
the
Beaufort
County
School
District,
is
operating
today
and
tomorrow,
as
an
e-learning
date.
That
decision
was
made
for
several
reasons.
Obviously,
the
information
and
data
coming
in
yesterday,
as
well
as
the
information
today
that
continuously
evolves,
our
buses
simply
came
out
run
on
the
highway
with
Wick
high
wind
gusts
or
some
high,
sustained
winds,
and
so
we
make
those
decisions
in
the
interest
of
safety.
The
e-learning
days
provide
some
flexibility.
F
It's
not
a
decision
we
make
lightly,
but
it
is
the
important
decision
to
make
and
it
offers
our
Educators
and
students,
flexibility
in
that
learning
process,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
our
teachers,
our
administrators,
our
support
staff.
Everyone
within
the
school
district
who've
worked
hard
to
make
these
e-learning
days
a
possibility.
If
utilities
were
to
go
out.
One
of
the
advantages
of
e-learning
days
is
that
there
is
that
flexibility
students
receive
some
more
guests
yesterday.
F
They
received
work
today,
so,
even
if
connectivity
is
not
possible,
that
work
is
part
of
the
instructional
process
for
our
children,
and
so
that
covers
the
e-learning
base,
saves
the
makeup
days
of
December,
20th
and
21,
which
I'm
sure
nobody
had
any
interest
in
so
again,
thank
you
to
our
teachers.
Thank
you
to
support
staff,
thank
the
administrators
parents
and
students
for
their
engagement
during
these
e-learning
days.
Thank
you
all
right.
C
I
know
similarly
like
not
in
Florida
and
stuff.
You
know
some
of
the
third
agencies
will
say
you
know
you
already
mentioned
stay
off
the
roadways
and
we
should.
But
are
we
at
a
situation
where,
if
the
winds
reach
a
certain
amount
that
you
say,
you
can
call
9-1-1
but
they're
not
going
to
come
out
and
and
because
of
the
standards
for
them?
And
secondly,
after
the
storm?
Is
there
agencies
already
pre-staged
such
as
you.
B
You
know
I'm
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
one
to
retreat
the
guys
and
gals
Sheriff's
Office
and
law
enforcement
throughout
Beaufort
County.
You
know
we
work
in
tough
conditions.
All
the
time
I
mean.
This
is
something
that
you
know.
We
don't
work
in
hurricanes
every
day
and
we
don't
do
it
every
week,
thank
goodness,
but
we
work
in
tough
conditions
all
the
time
and
we're
not
we're
not
afraid
of
working
in
any
kind
of
condition
s.
B
So
if
someone
needs
our
help
in
Beaufort
County
we're
going
to
do
our
very
very
best
to
provide
and
provide
that
help,
and
if
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
do
it,
it's
going
to
be
done.
We
have
some
high
water
vehicles
that
we
use
throughout
the
county.
I
mean
the
blocks
of
the
few
persons
and
the
sheriff's
office.
We
all
have
high
water
vehicles
and
if
we
can
get
to
you,
we're
coming
to
you
now,
the
the
difference
in
that
is
that
you
know
law
enforcement
drives
for
the
most
part
low
profile
view.
B
We
also
have
access
to
the
helicopter
if
the
if
the
weather
is
available
for
it,
we
have
boats.
We
have
many
ways
to
get
around
the
county,
but
we'll
be
running
to
problems
as
we
run
into
problems
with
our
Ambulance
Service,
because
you
know
those
are
top
heavy,
very
top
heavy
vehicles
and
they're
a
little
more
difficult
to
navigate,
especially
on
open
area,
open
terrain,
special
causeways,
Bridges
and
some
of
the
other
things.
So
we've
got
to
be
extremely
careful
with
those
fire.
B
Trucks
have
a
little
easier,
so
heavy
and
the
mobility
is
a
little
bit
different,
but
the
weight
of
a
fire
truck
offers
is
a
whole
different
challenge
as
well.
So
we
want
people
to
use,
of
course,
use
9-1-1
or
non-emergency
number
give
us
as
much
information
as
they
possibly
can
about
any
type
of
condition
or
a
situation
you're
dealing
with
and
we'll
do
our
very
very
best
to
get
to,
regardless
of
whether
it
is
you
know
we
have
to
be
careful.
B
B
B
I,
you
know
it
really
depends
on
on
what
type
of
challenge
we're
getting
from
the
storm
now
we'll
when
they
will
start
up
about
six
tonight.
Yeah
we'll
start
with
about
six
tonight
with
a
light
crew
and
that
light
crew
is
going
to
have
dot
available,
we'll
have
Fire
EMS
and
law
enforcement
and
County
what
County
Department
of
Public
Works
so
we'll
have
County
Public
Works,
so
it'll
be
a
light
thing.
If
we
need
to
increase
overnight,
we
it's
not
a
problem
to
do
it.
So
if.
B
B
It's
an
excellent
job
that
they
do
the
predictions
that
they're
making
or
very
close
to
to
what
the
reality
ends
up
being
based
on
the
Storm,
the
scientific
methods
they
use
to
calculate
and
predict
pretty
good.
So
and
it's
getting
better
as
we
move
forward,
and
it
really
helps
us
a
lot
to
try
to
predict
and
look
at
what
the
needs
are
could
be
County
of
coastal
County
like
beaver,
and
that
way
it
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
kind
of
plan
ahead.
But.
I
B
B
Okay,
come
on
hi,
I,
really
again,
I
really
appreciate
y'all,
making
the
trip
today
and
I
know
some
of
you
came
from
I
think
from
Savannah
and
other
parts
I
I
don't
want
to
do
that
to
you
tomorrow.
We
don't
need
to
if
we
need
to
do
another,
a
press
function
tomorrow,
we'll
do
it,
but
there
are
other
ways
that
we
can
accomplish
this
without
having
you
drive
all
the
way
to
view
technology
is
great,
we
want
to
use
it
and
we
want
to.
B
We
want
to
use
it
to
benefit
everyone,
but
we
do
appreciate
the
information
that
all
of
you
are
sharing
with
our
residents
and
guests.
It's
extremely
important
that
we
do
this.
So
if
we
get
into
a
situation
tomorrow,
a
lot
of
platforms
do
we
have,
and
how
can
we
share
by
doing
a
very
small
press
release
that
everyone
can
get?
If
you
can.
J
Explain
that
yes,
sir
well,
of
course
everybody
can
sign
up
for
our
nixel
alerts
and
I
know.
Most
of
the
media
here
is
signed
up
for
those
also,
we
have
the
media
releases
that
we
send
out.
Facebook
is
a
great
great
way
to
find
out
what's
happening
with
us,
especially
tomorrow,
as
you
know,
the
storm
progresses
and
to
where
you
can
check
out
photos
and
video
etc.
For
you
all,
if
we
can
reach
back
and
forth
I
can
send
you
video,
sound.
B
B
At
any
time,
during
during
the
next
couple
of
days
or
whatever,
just
let
us
know,
Lindsay
and
Angelo
are
always
available
to
Angela
standings
first
office,
and
we
can
help
in
any
way.
But
again,
thank
you
for
helping
us
provide
this
information
to
our
residents
and
guests,
it's
very
important
that
they
get
as
much
information
as
they
can
and
we
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
dude.
No,
more
questions
we'll
did
farewell.
Thank
you.
D
I
When
you
look
up
at
the
night
sky,
just
about
every
point
of
light,
you
see
are
stars
located
in
our
Milky
Way
galaxy,
a
giant
spiral
disc
100
000
light
years
across
there
are
somewhere
around
200
billion
stars
in
the
Milky
Way,
all
rotating
around
a
supermassive
black
hole
at
the
center.
But
what
binds
all
these
stars
together?
What
keeps
them
from
slingshotting
out
into
space?
It's
the
same
force
that
keeps
the
Earth
in
orbit
around
the
Sun,
the
moon
in
orbit
around
the
Earth
and
causes
this
apple
to
fall
to
the
ground
gravity.
I
In
the
late
1600s,
Sir,
Isaac,
Newton,
discovered
and
described
gravity.
He
developed
the
law
of
gravitation
to
explain
the
force
of
attraction
between
two
objects.
He
found
that
the
closer
two
objects
are
the
more
Force
they
exert
on
one
another
and
The.
More
mass
of
an
object
is
the
more
force
it
has.
I
The
law
of
gravitation
was
so
successful
at
describing
the
Motions
of
celestial
bodies
that
it
held
up
for
nearly
230
years,
using
Newton's,
math
astronomers
were
able
to
accurately
predict
the
orbits
of
all
the
planets,
including
the
discovery
of
Neptune,
except
for
Mercury
Mercury
seemed
to
be
zooming
around
the
Sun
Slightly
faster
than
expected
enter
Albert
Einstein
in
1915.
He
published
his
general
theory
of
relativity,
which
improved
upon
the
limitations
of
Newton's
work.
Einstein's
theory
brought
space
and
time
together
into
an
entity,
now
called
space-time.
I
It's
essentially
the
fabric
of
the
universe
and
anything
that
has
mass
distorted
space-time.
So
we're
going
to
use
this
stretchy
fabric
to
represent
space
time,
and
you
can
see
that
matter
curves
space
time
when
you
have
a
more
massive
object.
Space
time
is
curved
more
so
the
larger
object
has
a
larger
gravitational
force
and
you'll
notice
that
the
closer
you
get
to
the
object,
the
more
curved
space
time
is.
We
can
demonstrate
how
the
more
massive
object
has
a
stronger
gravitational
force
by
the
rate
at
which
the
Marble
Falls
into
it
foreign.
I
I
We
can
also
see
that,
as
the
planets
get
closer
to
the
star,
they
orbit
more
quickly,
because
space
time
is
more
stretched
there,
and
if
we
have
a
really
massive
Planet
going
around
the
star,
it
actually
causes
the
star
to
wobble
and
that's
how
astronomers
look
for
planets
around
other
stars.
They
look
for
the
wobble
Einstein's
theory
of
relativity
also
successfully
predicted
gravitational
waves.
I
Any
object
moving
through
space-time,
creates
small
ripples
in
the
fabric
of
the
universe.
Detecting
gravitational
waves
would
provide
further
Evidence
confirming
Einstein's
theory,
as
well
as
give
us
details
about
major
astronomical
events.
The
problem
is
only
massive
events
such
as
the
collision
between
two
black
holes
would
create
waves
large
enough
to
be
detected
and
even
then
would
only
cause
a
distortion,
one
percent
of
the
diameter
of
an
atom
by
the
time
it
reached
Earth.
I
Amazingly
gravitational
waves
were
detected
for
the
first
time
in
2016
in
an
experiment
called
ligo
where
the
laser
interferometer
gravitational
wave
Observatory
gravitational
waves
might
help
us
understand
some
of
the
biggest
mysteries
of
the
universe,
such
as
dark
matter
and
dark
energy,
which
make
up
the
vast
majority
of
the
universe,
but
have
not
yet
been
observed
directly.
There
is
still
much
to
understand
about
gravity.