meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Today, Explained

CAROLINAS, PLEASE EVACUATE

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Meteorologist Angela Fritz forecasts the catastrophic storm that's about to slam the Carolinas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Support for today explain this week comes from transfer wise. It's a different

0:04.7

Reimagined cheaper faster way to send money

0:09.0

Internationally transfer wise's borderless account lets you hold over 40 currencies at once and

0:15.3

Convert between them whenever you like you can try it for free at transfer wise dot com slash today or download the app

0:22.5

Angela Fritz meteorologist deputy weather editor at the Washington Post

0:31.3

Hurricane Florence is headed for the east coast

0:34.3

How's it looking really catastrophic usually these hurricanes that develop way out in the Atlantic they end up

0:41.2

Recurving out to see this one

0:44.4

Completely different and unfortunately it looks like it's really narrowing in on the Carolinas

0:49.4

So we're talking Wednesday morning. I know this situation is constantly shifting. Yes, but where is it expected to make landfall as of right now

0:57.2

Here's what I like to say. I don't want to focus on landfall

1:01.4

Play along with me here sure the range of impacts on this thing are gonna be so broad

1:07.1

That landfall is gonna be pretty arbitrary and landfall is really specific. It's where the eye comes ashore

1:14.8

There's gonna be some like oh I can see landfall is happening this thing happened this like switch flipped and landfall is occurring

1:26.6

The storm surge is gonna start ramping up on Thursday

1:32.4

The rain is gonna become torrential on Thursday

1:35.7

Winds are gonna start bringing down trees power outages are gonna start Thursday

1:40.2

And I'd rather just talk about impacts and duration of impacts

1:50.6

But everyone wants to know about landfall so in the Carolinas on that border

1:56.3

Sometime on Friday probably Friday morning listen, you're the meteorologist. I'll talk about whatever you want to talk about

2:02.3

So let's talk about impacts. Yes, and duration of impacts. All right

2:07.9

There are a couple of things that we've been trying to focus on first is that you know the storm surge could be catastrophic

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.