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Raleigh Tornadoes: Consultant Wants a 12-Week Wind Study

At least 5 tornadoes strike Central NC, damaging homes in Raleigh. The whole segment, as it aired. Guests who wandered in, and the anchors who let them.

On air
Gloria Vance, with Ferdinand Oyelaran-Hobbs (Managing Partner)
Aired
on BBN Overnight
Length
1:44
“The first hour is complimentary. Which, to put a pin in it, ended four minutes ago.”
Ferdinand Oyelaran-Hobbs

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  1. Gloria VanceA Benzinga correction on our twelve forty-four story: we reported Emmer defending Trump's Russian diesel deal.

  2. Gloria VanceBenzinga now reports bipartisan fire, with senators demanding he reverse course, and Kamala Harris saying it reeks of weakness.

  3. Gloria VanceIn North Carolina, WRAL reports that five tornadoes tore through the central region, destroying trees and leaving homes damaged across northeast Raleigh.

  4. Gloria VanceWith me from Charlotte is Ferdinand Oyelaran-Hobbs, managing partner at Brightwater Lindqvist Advisory. Ferdinand, what is your read on the night?

  5. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsGloria, my read is that a number of trees are now on the ground that were previously upright.

  6. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsTo put a pin in it, that is a finding, and I would scope a full study.

  7. Gloria VanceThe trees were uprooted by tornadoes. Is the study about why?

  8. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsThe study is about wind. Wind moved the trees.

  9. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsI have a laminated chart, and to put a pin in it, I would need a twelve-week engagement.

  10. Gloria VanceTwelve weeks. The storm lasted minutes.

  11. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsAnd that is precisely the inefficiency.

  12. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsA faster tornado would have been cheaper for everyone, and I would put a pin in that, with a quarterly review.

  13. Gloria VanceLet me ask you plainly. Homes in northeast Raleigh are damaged. What do you tell a family standing in front of one?

  14. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsI tell them to call their insurer, and then, to put a pin in it, I send an invoice for telling them.

  15. Gloria VanceYou send an invoice for that.

  16. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsItemized. Four thousand an hour, and the chart is extra, because the laminate was not cheap.

  17. Gloria VanceAnd what do I owe you for tonight's conversation, Ferdinand?

  18. Ferdinand Oyelaran-HobbsThe first hour is complimentary. Which, to put a pin in it, ended four minutes ago.

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