New Bern, N.C. Mayor: ‘This Is Not the Time To Come Back’

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OUTLAW: "Well, the main thing now is to get water pumped down that’s in the city. We had to wait until water receded enough to turn pumps back on. We can pump 42,000 gallons a minute once we have water receded enough. There are power lines down. We still have 6,000 customers without power out of 22,000 customers, so this is not time to be out riding around. There’s plenty of news media that can report on that for you. It’s very dangerous. Lines are down. Limbs are down. Ground conditions are saturated where trees are falling over. As with many hurricanes, people are hurt after the hurricane, not during it because of not heeding the government’s advice to be safe and stay home."