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Southern California hit by wind, rain and coastal flooding as Rachel…

Hurricane Rachel is bringing damaging coastal flooding to Southern California tonight, with low-lying streets near the water at particular risk of inundation.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSouthern California is taking strong winds, rain and damaging coastal flooding tonight as Rachel makes landfall.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith me from FCI Terminal Island is inmate 40718, Cornelius Tabor, a self-taught tide expert.

  3. Cornelius Ambrose TaborThank you, Hank. Sea level is a mood, and tonight the ocean is in a mood about Southern California.

  4. Cornelius Ambrose TaborI have my laminated tide chart right here.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich coastal streets are most at risk from flooding tonight, and what should people do about it?

  6. Cornelius Ambrose TaborStay off the low streets by the water. Lovely little lots, those.

  7. Cornelius Ambrose TaborEleven hundred square feet, ocean views, and walkable to the water at high tide. Very walkable.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou said you sold those lots. Is that why you're in a minimum security facility?

  9. Cornelius Ambrose TaborI was in sales, Hank, and the paperwork says a great many things. I never said the lots were dry.

  10. Cornelius Ambrose TaborI said they were coastal.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo is that a yes? Were the properties underwater when you sold them?

  12. Cornelius Ambrose TaborOnly at high tide, which happens twice a day. Check my chart. Sea level is a mood, and on Tuesdays it was a bad one.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwice a day.

  14. Cornelius Ambrose TaborPlus storms. And with Rachel coming in, I'd say those same lots are having an event. I can still get you a deal on one.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'm on live television, in a studio, in a different state.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDo you want the officials to hear that you're pitching property during a hurricane landfall?

  17. Cornelius Ambrose TaborI'd like to be the official coastal flood adviser, Hank. Think about it: nobody knows these waterlines like the man who sold you the lot.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is the strongest argument against hiring you I've heard all year. Mr. Tabor, thank you for the tide chart and the warning.

  19. Cornelius Ambrose TaborAny time. Want the ocean view before the water gets there, Hank?

  20. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll pass. Chip Darnell has the news from across America, and I assume every state is his favorite flood zone.

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