Hurricane Editorial [Video]

WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE. STARTING AT FOUR. THIS IS A WXII 12 EDITORIAL BY PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER MICHELLE –. IT’S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE LANDFALL. SO LIKELY YOU’VE LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. JUNE 1ST BEGINS HURRICANE SEASON. AND WITH IT, PREPAREDNESS THAT’S NECESSARY FOR MANTEO TO MURPHY. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE LISTENING AND WONDERING WHY INTERIOR NORTH CAROLINA WOULD WORRY ABOUT A HURRICANE ON THE COAST, BUT UP TO THREE DAYS AFTER MAKING A LANDFALL, A HURRICANE CAN SPAWN DANGEROUS AND DEADLY TORNADOES. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, INLAND TORNADOES ARE OFTEN EMBEDDED IN THE SOAKING RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT RESULT FROM A HURRICANE. WHILE THEY MAY BE SHORT LIVED, THEY POSE A HUGE THREAT BECAUSE MOST ARE ACCOMPANIED BY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. THIS SEPTEMBER WILL BE 35 YEARS SINCE HURRICANE HUGO MADE LANDFALL IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, COMING ASHORE AS A CATEGORY FOUR. …