salvation salvation army, and we will find a way to use the volunteer. >> what is the one thing that you can think of. -- think of that a lot of people forget to do and don't think about until it is too late? >> i had to remind my wife yesterday, he picked up a couple cases of water because we don't know what the conditions are going to be. the water is important because it does help to keep you hydrated, and if the electricity goes out, you can drink a bottle of water. >> she said make sure have you wet ones and make sure you fill the bathtub with water. i didn't think about it, but when you flush the toilet the water leaves and you don't have more to replenish it. you take the water out of the bathtub -- it is terrible to talk about on tv, but it is something you can -- you have to think about. wet ones and phone chargers. the crapg that will charge your >> the crank that will charge your phone. >> we discussed it yesterday. i said put buckets outside your house. the rain will fill up the house and then you fill up the bucket for flushing toilets. and that may be a solution. i also want to point out if you don't mind that when we look at the track of the storm we are in puerto rico and the ba you huh mas. 8 had you -- 800,000 people without electricity from puerto rico and the dominican. salvation army teams are already involved in the regions. they are delivering meals. the impact of irene as it is moving slowly is leaving destruction along the way. the first impact you will recall was in puerto rico, and the salvation army is active there, and we have been asked by the government to help with the initial assessment of the damage. >> nice reminder. we can go on-line and give what we can. if you can afford. it go on-line and give to the salvation army. >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> they do such great work. your mom has great advice. i was taking notes. >> they know it all. once are you a mom it is instant. >> we have the wipes in my house. that's not a problem. we have lots of baby wipes. >>> coming coming up next, governors across the east coast are urging people to get out of town, but irene is making travel more difficult. we'll tell you what travel routes have been hit hard. that's coming up next. and we will talk to one resident who decided to ride out t

salvation show. >> mike: yes, brother love traveling salvation show was the attempted approach on the bus tour and tanking job numbers the u.s., taxpayers bought a couple of buses from a canadian company. ♪ >> mike: the magic bus . mitt romney called it the magical misery tour. ♪ every day is a winding road. >> m <> ike: and it was certainly a winding road for the president out there, but even though he had bumps, he traveled all over the upper midwest. ♪ he was a bus rider for a few days out there and even so he took heat from the black congressional caucus because he neglected to hit the hard hit areas like detroit. ♪ you will share my umbrella. >> mike: that was one of his bus stops he did make. his bus stop in places where the job numbers were not so bad as the national average. ♪ country road. >> mike: he likes the country road and steamed to be better for him. he said he had a plan and going to get right on it. ♪ i am in a hurry to get things done. >> mike: he seems to be in a hurry but not until he jetted off to martha vine yard for a couple. ♪ ♪ in the summer sun. >> mike: indeed what a va

salvation army are active members. from the salvation army's standpoint, when we say that we have been actively engaged since irene came on the radar screen. the reason being that we have responsibility for pr, and some of the islands of the caribbean. i would remind you to look back a few days, as we have been dealing with major issues on the islands of the caribbean, puerto rico, the dominican republic, and we have reports from yesterday 800,000 individuals have no power on those islands. so, feeding, sheltering, and spiritual care is of being implemented on those regions. in the early days of preparation, we put come and teams in florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, all positions in safe ranges so that when we understand where the impact is most going to be, we will be mobilized and quick to respond. we currently have, in north carolina, the capacity of 300,000 -- 300 canteen's that conserve 1500 meals a day, and mobile kitchens that can prepare up to 150,000 meals. our specialty is mass care, mostly feeding, doing some sheltering. three shelters are operating under our auspices in north carolina, and they tell me breakfast began at the crack of dawn. that kind of work is going on. we are positioning florida assets moving further off the coast, and put a large asset base at a salvation army summer camp to house people in eastern pennsylvania who will be mobilized in whichever direction on the east coast of their most needed as the definition of the storm continues to take shape. we agree, and have continually announced that this is a serious storm. we are putting all of our assets in place. we have approached this from the salvation army," viewpoint as a national disaster, which gives us access from all of the resources from all 50 states, and we are mobilizing volunteers and those assets in key strategic areas, so that as the storm moves through, we will know precisely where to send those assets to be able to respond. our contribution to this will be mass feeding, some sheltering, long-term case management, and emotional and spiritual care. those of the things we feel we do extremely well, and we're able to function in this partnership with the red cross, fema, and through the group of the 50 organizations. thank you very much. >> will now go to some questions. >>

salvation army, also a great partner of ours. >> thank you and good morning. i represent the salvation army as the chief communications officer. today, i am also representing a network of wonderful voluntary organizations that we refer to as a national voluntary organizations active in disasters. they are organizations each gifted with a particular skill. throughout the year, this group of organizations committed to saving lives and rebuilding lives after devastation work on how we can best respond colored of late whenever a disaster strikes. the voluntary organization has been mobilized effectively with this particular hurricane. ies are theagency' southern baptists. they are known for their ability to cook wonderful meals. they have 131 kitchens on standby with an average capacity of 130,000 meals on a daily basis. there are all kinds of that kind of work that will take place. pre-planned, highly coordinated with support infrastructure for fema as we work together. the salvation army and red cross are active members of that. the salvation army has been actively engaged since arlene -- irene came on the radar screen. we have responsibility for puerto rico and some of the islands in the caribbean. we have been dealing with major issues on the islands of the caribbean, puerto rico, and the dominican republic. the last report i had yesterday was 800,000 individuals with no power on those islands. feeding, sheltering, and spiritual care is all being implemented in those regions. in the early days of preparation, we put command teams in florida, north carolina, pennsylvania. their opposition in safe ranges -- they are all position in safe ranges so that we will be mobilized and quick to respond. in north carolina, we have the capacity of 300 individual feeding camp teams that concerts 1500 meals a day. we have mobile kitchens that can prepare up to 150,000 meals. our specialty in these situations is mass care, mostly feeding, doing some sheltering. we're operating

. >> while the salvation army does this eyre after year, corporate donations are an all- time low. the need is at an all-time high. this year the salvationo play for all oaf these supplies out of pocket. >> every year, the corporation, they give us their papers and pens and stuff like that. well this year we didn't receive anything. not because they don't want to, just that businesses now are forced to make cuts. >> families had to preregister for the school supply give away. they also get a gift card for new shoes and a flash drive. >> kids that don't have the supplies they need, they don't have the confidence to go into the classroom and focus on their studies. >> for the elliot children and hundred of others, it's exciting to know they are prepared. cbs 5. >>> and it's the same measure where volunteers spent the day filling backpacks for kids in need. the family giving trek helps out 20,000 students before their first bell rings. >> unfortunately, the kids that don't have the supplies event up not being prepared for each school year. >> the family giving tree still needs donations. we posted information on how to help at cbssf.com. cl

salvation army has shall terrifies open just over the bridge in moorehead city and salvation army started to serve meals at the three shelters there at 8:00 p.m. a lot of people told us throughout the day they were going stay and the ride this out. but an equal number if not more said you know what? we're not taking any chance with this. this could be the worst storm here since the 1950s when hurricane hazel came through. a lot of older folks who know what can happen from a major hurricane decided they were going to get out. anderson? >> yeah. there's nothing like that experience having gone through it to bring the reality of it home which is something folks in new york have not experienced firsthand. john we'll continue to check with you. ed rappaport joins us from miami. how does this hurricane compare to others that we've seen? >> what's different about this hurricane is that the forecast track which is pretty much locked in nuclear program at least through north carolina, the eastern part of the state is going to be a little bit further to the west than what we've seen for other hurricanes in the northeast and for some folks that means this is the most significant event in 20 years from a tropical system. when we have a hurricane out here approaching north carolina we see track move on out the sea, missing new england, missing the coast to the south but in this case the forecast track comes up through north carolina, the eastern part of the state but doesn't turn right way. instead it moves very close to the shore line, perhaps across long island and southern new england. that means all the weather that's usually, in this case, worst to the east will be much closer to the metro politan areas and definitely hit the southern new england area and since there are strong winds, high surge, we'll see some of that along the east coast as well. >> so for a city like new york what strength do you think the storm will be when it comes into this region? is there anyway to say definitively? >> at this point, what we have is a category 2 hurricane that's very slowly weakening. we think it will still be category 2 perhaps category 1 as it crosses north carolina. then that continued slow weakening will persist through the landfall in new england but it gets up to the new york area, southern new england probably looking at a lower end category 1 hurricane, perhaps upper end of a tropical storm conditions. what's important about this particular storm is not so much the peak intense egyity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. in north carolina they are experiencing hurricane force within for as much as ten hours and the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm conditions for as much as 24 hours. it's a long period of having a battering of wind as well as higher levels of storm surge and because it's so long we'll go through a full tidal cycle in the northeast. there will relatively high tides coming this weekend. high tides plus the storm surge has us concern for the shore line. >> yeah. no doubt about it. a lot of damage. probably long island. i had no idea, i didn't realize it would linger around for those tropical storm winds for 24 hours. that's with the tidal surge that could be really very unpleasant for an awful lot of people. let us know what you think. follow us on facebook and twitter at anderson cooper. next you'll hear from a hurricane hunter who just got back from a flight through the storm. he'll tell you what he saw and we'll talk to the storm chaser when hurricane irene hit the bahamas and hit it hard. we have new video of the damage there. >> reporter: anderson as the hunt for moammar gadhafi goes on searches have been uncovering his network of escape tunnels and secret bunkers. we got a look. you'll see what we saw tonight when 360 continues. vrrooom...vrrroooomm vroom vrrooom vrrroooomm vrrroooomm vrroom vrrrooomm vrrroooooooommmmmm mmmm mm. 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[ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. ban >>> our breaking news tonight of course hurricane irene, the outer rain bands hitting north carolina on a path heading straight up i-95 right up the east coast, straight to new york city where we are tonight. a hurricane warning for the city, mandatory evacuations where i'm standing and other low-lying areas. i'm in battery park. moments ago mayor mike bloomberg spoke to residents here. take listen. >> mta, our local mass transit system is shutting down bus and subway service tomorrow at noon. and once gale force winds arrive later in the evening it's going to be too late to go anywhere. so the mandatory order requires you to be out by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. from a practical sense if you're not out tomorrow morning you'll find it very difficult to get out. >> well, earlier new york city, excuse me, new jersey governor chris christie had one last warning for anyone who was still at the jersey shore. >> get the hell off the beach and asbury park and get out. you're done. it's 4:30. you've maximized your tan. >> he said warnings takes many factors including detailed information from aircraft flying through the storm. a few minutes ago i talked to the noaa hurricane hunter who has just been right in the middle of irene. i asked him what it was like. >> yes. i'm on noaa's c-3 aircraft. we just passed through the center of tropical storm or hurricane irene. the south side of the storm was kind of benign but the south of the storm is quite bumpy. we got knocked around quite good. this is about par for the course especially with the storm at this stage, category 1, category 2 hurricane. parts of it can be rough, and parts of it are smooth. but right now, like i said, we're on the north side just out of morehead city and we're getting bounced around pretty good. >> getting knocked around pretty good. some people chase hurricanes from 30,000 feet. others do it on the ground up close. sometimes they get video like this. we showed a portion it to you at the top of the broadcast. this is what hurricane irene looked like at a category 3 storm when it hit the bahamas. then take a look, this is some of the damage that the storm did in new jersey's governor chris christie and everybody else in a leadership position has said you don't want to thereabout when stuff like this happens. jim edge was. it's his job. he joins us now. jim, you were on the island when the storm smashed into it. what was it like? >> it was hard. we thought we would be close to the eye but it wobbled to the west and we got the worst part of it. >> how badly was the island damaged? >> we had some roof structures that were damaged. south part of the island was breached. i haven't been down there yet. some sails were on the mast. overall not too bad. they build houses a lot stronger here versus the united states. >> they certainly learned the lesson of past storms. i appreciate your time. thank you very much. i'm glad you did okay in the storm. the first hints of hurricane irene are being felt right now in the carolinas as we've been telling you tonight. coming up we'll take you live to north carolina where the storm is expected to make its first landfall. still ahead bracing new york city. the hurricane is already a historic event first-ever mandatory evacuation order for all five boroughs. the northeast has taken a direct hit from a hurricane, what kind of an impact that has had coming up. 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while the salvation army does this year after year, the biggest difference this year is that corporate donations are an all time low. the need is at an all time high. this year the salvation army had to pay for these supplies out of pocket. >> they give us their binder, paper, and pen. this time we didn't receive any. businesses are forced to make cuts. >> yeah, we had to preregister and a gift card for new shoes and a flat drove. >> kids don't have that confidence to go into the classroom and focus on their studies. >> for the elliot children, it's exciting to know on the first day of school, they're prepared. cbs 5. >> students in ?an stan aren't the only ones getting a het start. take a look at all the backpacks they collected so far. family giving tree hopes to place backpacks on the shoulders of 20,000 under prig lean ledged bay area students. >> the kids that don't have the supplies end up not being prepared for the school year. it helps the students have the tools they need. >> you can help families in addition to money they need binders, scissors, and highlights. and for more information, log on to cbssf.com and click on nick link. >> she still makes millions left

salvation army has opened -- shelters have opened just over the wrij in more-head city. and salvation army started serving meals at the three shelters there at about 8:00 p.m. i can tell you a lot of people told us throughout the day they were going to stay, they were going to ride this out. but an equal number, if not more said, you know what, we're not taking any chances with this. this could be the worst storm here since the 1950s when hurricane hazel came through. so a lot of the older folks who know what can happen from a major hurricane decided they were going to get out. anderson? >> yeah. yeah. there's nothing like that experience of having gone through it to really bring the reality of it home which is something a lot of folks here in new york have not experienced first hand. john, we'll continue to check in with you. joining us now is ed rappaport director of the national hurricane center from miami. how does this hurricane compare to others that we've seen? >> what's different about this hurricane is that the forecast track which is pretty much locked in now at least through north carolina through the eastern part of the state is going to be a little bit farther to the west than what we've seen for other hurricanes in the northeast. and for some folks that means this will be the most significant event perhaps in 20 years from a tropical system. so normally when we have a hurricane out here approaching north carolina we see the track move on out to sea missing new england, missing the coast to the south. p in this case the forecast track comes up through north carolina, the eastern part of the state, but doesn't turn right away. instead it moves very close to the shoreline, perhaps then across long island and southern new england. that means all the weather that is usually in this case worse to the east will be much closer to the metropolitan areas this time around. and in fact will definitely hit the southern new england area. and since there are strong winds, high surge right near the center of the storm, we'll see some of that along the east coast as well. >> so for a city like new york, i mean, what strength do you think the storm will be when it comes into this region? is there any way to say definitively? >> at this point what we have is a category 2 hurricane that's very slowly weakening. we think it will still be category 2, perhaps category 1 as it crosses north carolina. then that continued slow weakening will persist through the landfall in new england. by the time it gets up to the new york area, southern new england we're probably looking at a lower end category 1 hurricane, upper end of the tropical storm conditions. what's important about this storm is not the peak intensity but the duration. it's a very large hurricane. in north carolina they're experiencing hurricane-force winds for as much as 10 hours. the whole east coast near the center of the storm will experience tropical storm conditions for as much as 24 hours. that's a long period to have a battering of wind as well as -- as well as higher levels of storm surge. and because it's so long we're going to go through a full tidal cycle in the northeast as well. there are going to be relatively high tides coming this weekend. so the high tides this weekend plus the storm surge has us concerned for the shoreline. >> yeah. there's no doubt about it. a lot of damage no doubt probably if long island. i mean, i didn't realize that it was going to be lingering around for those tropical storm winds for 24 hours. that's with the tidal surge, that could be really very unpleasant for an awful lot of people. ed rappaport, appreciate it. follow us on facebook on twitter @ anderson cooper >>> you'll hear from a hurricane hunter who just got back from a flute through the storm. also we'll talk to the storm chaser who captured this moment as hurricane irene hit the bahamas and hit it hard. we've also got new video of the damage for you there. let's check in with isha sesay right now >>> as the hunt for muammar gadhafi goes on, searchers have been uncovering his network of escape tunnels and secret bunkers. cnn's sara sidner got a look. you'll see what she saw tonight when 360 continues. ing and my itchy eyes took refuge from the dust in here and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lily and i are back on the road again. where we belong. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. >>> breaking news tonight. of course hurricane irene the outer rain bands hitting north carolina on a path heading straight up i-95 straight to new york city where we are tonight. a hurricane warning in effect for the city. mandatory evacuation where i'm standing right now and in other low-lying areas around the city. i'm in battery park which is in the southern tip of manhattan. moments ago mayor mike bloomberg spoke to residents. >> mta, our local mass transit system, was shutting down bus and subway service tomorrow at noon and when scale force wind arrive later in the evening. it is just going to be too late to go anywhere. so the mandatory order requires you to be out by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. but from a practical sense, if you're not out tomorrow morning you're going to find it very difficult to get out. >> well, earlier new york -- new jersey governor chris christie had one last warning for anyone who's still at the jersey shore. >> get the hell off the beach in asbury park and get out. you're done. it's 4:30. you've maximized your tan. >> this warning takes many factors into account including doe tailed information from aircraft flying through the storm. a few minutes ago i talked to the noaa, hurricane hunter ian sears who has just been right in the middle of irene. i asked him what it was like. >> hi, yes. p 3 aircraft. we just passed through the center of tropical storm or excuse me hurricane irene. the south side of the storm is kind of benign but the north side of the storm here just south of morehead city is quite bumpy. we had the seat belt light for an extended period of time, we got knocked around pretty good. and i've been in a few other storms prior but this is about par for the course especially with the storm at this stage in a category 1, category 2 hurricane. parts of it can be rough and parts of it are smooth. but right now like i said we're on the north side just out of morehead city probably about 20 miles north of -- south of morehead city an getting knocked around pretty good. >> some people chase hurricanes from 30,000 feet. others do it of course on the ground up close. sometimes they get video like this. take a look at this. we showed a portion of it to you at the top of the broadcast. this is what hurricane irene looked like as a category 3 storm when it hit the bahamas. storm chaser jim eds shot this video. then take a look. this is some of the damage that storm did in new jersey. new jersey's governor chris christie and just about everyone else in a leadership position has said you do not want to be there when stuff like this happens. jim edge was. it's his job. he joins us now. jim, you were on the island when the storm smashed into it. what was it like? >> reporter: woe thought maybe it wouldn't be so close but it wobbled to the west and came right over us and we got the worst part of the eastern eye wall. >> how badly was the island damaged? >> reporter: we had some roof structures that were damaged the south part of the island. some sails were on the mast. but over all it wasn't too bad. it's a lot stronger here versus the united states. >> yeah. they've certainly learned the lesson of past storms. jim, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. i'm glad you did okay in the storm. the first hints of hurricane irene are being felt right now in the carolinas as we've been telling you tonight. coming up we're going to take you again live to north 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[ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. to make its first landfall along the east coast of the north carolina. the spokesman says the hurricane could affect 20 counties with 3 1/2 million people in north carolina alone. that's where john zarrella is with us from atlantic beach. john, what time is it expected to come there? what kind of preparations have they been making? >> reporter: 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, anderson. if the eye crosses us here, that's the time the center of the storm is expected to get here. so just after first light. preparations they've taken, not a lot of people put up shutters or boarded up. we did see some. most of the people here, at least a good percentage of them, did decide to leave. others said they were going to go ahead and stay. mandatory evacuation, of course that means they still can't force you to leave but they did issue a mandatory evacuation. police are patrolling all up and down here. shelters are open just over in morehead city over the bridge, three shelters that we know of. salvationerving meals there. anderson, one thing to point out as we see the wind picking up and we've gone through some heavier wind and rain now as it continues to get heavier and heavier all the time, inland flooding is what kills more people in hurricanes than storm surge these days. so we're seeing already ground saturated here. a lot of runoff already beginning. and as ways saying earlier, we've got the atlantic ocean to the south here and the bogue sound to the north there. but we could have storm surge in both directions as the storm comes by and passes us. but inland there could be a lot of inland flooding. and that's a real, real risk for anyone who tries to get out and drive in it. and then the roads are underwater, impassible. and that's how loss of life occurs in these things. but again, anderson, the wind kicking up a little bit. still only right around tropical storm force. but the rain steadier, steadier and heavier as the moments go by here. anderson? >> john, stay there. i want

while the salvation army does this year after year, the biggest difference this year is that corporate donations are at an all-time low. the need is at an all-time high. and this year, the salvation army actually had to pay for all of these supplies out-of-pocket. >> every year, the corporations, they give us their binders, their paper, their pens, and stuff like that. well, this year, we didn't receive any. and not because they don't want to, it is just that businesses now are forced to make cuts. >> reporter: families had to pre-register for the school supply give-away. they also get a gift card for new shoes and a flash drive. >> the studies have shown that kids that don't have the supplies that they need, they don't have that confidence to go into the classroom and focus on their studies. >> reporter: for the elliot children, and hundreds of others, it is exciting to know on the first day of school, they're prepared. in san francisco, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >>> and students in san francisco aren't the only ones getting a head start. in millipitas, volunteers filled backpacks today for kids in need. take a look at all of the backpacks. you thought your home had a lot of stu

while the salvation army does this year after year, the biggest difference this year is that corporate donations are an all-time low. the need is at an all-time high. and this year, the salvation army actually had to pay for all of these supplies out-of-pocket. >> every year, the corporations, they give us their binders, their papers, and their pens, and stuff like that. well, this year, we didn't receive any. and not because they don't want to. it is just that businesses now are forced to make cuts. >> reporter: families had to pre-register for the school supply give-away. they also get a gift card for new shoes and a flash drive. >> the studies have shown that kidses that don't have the supplies that they need, they don't have that confidence to go into the classroom and focus on their studies. >> reporter: for the elliot children, and hundreds of others, it is exciting to know on the first day of school they're prepared. in san francisco, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >> as students in san francisco aren't the only ones getting outfidded. in millipitas today, volunteers filled more backpacks for the kids in need. the family giving tree hopes to place backpacks on the shoulders

salvation army shelters they had 200 people. a lot of people headed home. then we got hit with the second half of the storm. i talked with the salvatione headed back to the shelter now. second half really feels a lot stronger than the first half. >>> that is interest can and it speaks to the sheer size of this hurricane. we've had reports from early on from up above the storm, folks that are watching it from plane saying it's just enormous. i think that is why we're going feeling the bands. it's extraordinary large storm and hung in there as category 1 for quite some time. so folks are still hunkered down. we thank you very much jennifer. >> bill: 7 hours and still going. back in 2004 there was a hurricane florida, hurricane jean. she dumped rain for 36 hours. it was only a category 1 storm but up through new jersey up to the state of virginia there was records amount of flooding as a result of that storm. >> it could very well be this one will be like it. it has a lot of rain and moved very slowly. >> bill: so mandatory orders to evacuate they are out there. the governor of new jersey one of the million people, they wanted million pe