Hurricane Juan on Track to Hit Nova Scotia Tonight
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: Hurricane Juan is on track to hit Nova Scotia later on this evening. Residents in the Canadian province are taking precautions. Barry Manuel of the Halifax Emergency Organization now joining us live on the phone with more information. Barry, thanks very much for joining us this morning. You don't get many hurricanes up in that area. How are you preparing? How concerned are you this could be very damaging?</s>BARRY MANUEL, HALIFAX EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION: Good morning. Thank you for inviting me. We do get hurricanes. We are right now in the middle of hurricane season. This one in particular, we're concerned, because it's predicted to make landfall. Of course it will make landfall through the municipality. One of the things we are concerned with is the potential for the storm surge, the high water that precedes the hurricane.</s>CALLEBS: Sure. You have a very rocky coastline. How will that affect you?</s>MANUEL: It's going to be affected in various areas. There are low-lying areas and there are coastal areas. That could cause some extensive flooding. That's one issue we are concerned with. We are concerned about flooding that affects the roads. If we lose roads, we won't be able to provide emergency services.</s>CALLEBS: Just quickly, category 2 hurricane, pretty powerful winds. As it moves over the cold water are you hopeful it will be downgraded somewhat?</s>MANUEL: That's what normally happens to a hurricane when they go over cold water. They do slow down a bit. We are talking to the weather office to make sure we get accurate information. We're talking to our provincial people. Again, we're trying to share information. We're talking to other agencies and state governments to make sure we are coming together on this, so that we know where everybody is, what their contact information is, and their backup contact information.</s>CALLEBS: OK. Barry Manuel of the Halifax Emergency Organization, batten down the hatches. We'll keep an eye on you, and hopefully it will pass as easily as possible. Barry, thanks very much.</s>MANUEL: You're welcome.