And now, from the mayor's office, above the boat house, on the east shore of Spoon Lake,

its garage logic, with rookie on production, Chris Reaver's Director of Social Media,

John Hyde in the newsroom, and occasionally Kenny from the Krabby Coffee Shop,

here is your flashlight king, fireworks commissioner, and keeper of common sense.

Your mayor, Joseph Shure.

I'm answering the wrong, it's not a tremendous number of lines.

You know, I was going to start with a visit to the failed academy, but I've veered off,

I want to start with Hurricane Florence.

Okay.

Did you see the picture?

I'm talking to people in Bulgaria, of course they didn't see the picture.

There's a front page picture in the Pioneer Press today.

Yes, of a, looks to be a very expensive beach home.

I commented on that this morning with my wife.

What was your immediate reaction to the set up there?

Well, I bet it's the same as mine.

Ding, ding.

Sandbags, surround homes on North Top Sale Beach, North Carolina on Wednesday.

As Hurricane Florence threatens the coast.

The National Weather Service said 5.25 million people live in areas under Hurricane Warnings

or Watches and 4.9 million live in places covered by tropical storm warnings or watches.

So here's a picture of what looks to be, I would say, a very pricey beachfront house.

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