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Withstand 145 mile p-an-hour winds. i dont know whether we got that here. down on the ground, 80, 90 miles an hour. told up in the skyscrapers gusts of 100 miles an hour, but clear two of those cranes at least have failed. authorities are telling people not to go anywhere near the areas of those two cranes, and, of course, its not just the cranes that are a problem. also the storm surge. very much what we anticipate to see on the west coast of florida. a very real problem at this moment in miami...

City of naples and now the strongest winds are right in the middle of bonita springs and well shift this right into fort myers in about an hour from right now and well send it after that even further up the coast and well talk about port charlotte. port charlotte is famous because thats right where hurricane charley came onshore with 145-mile-per-hour winds and devastated that area. >> head back over here and see if we can open up mike bettis mike because weve been focusing on a shot thats been ...

About miami beach being inundated. they said please leave miami beach because we will not get you. it is not dying out anytime soon. that is a completely dangerous situation. weve been in a hotel with the plan to move down for the third-floor conference room. so we are sure that those people are now in the conference room no doubt if they heeded the warnings as to what the hotel was going to do in the conference room right now because weve got cranes all around, 25 cranes. they can take 145-mile...

And the wind intensity has really picked up in the last 145 minutes. these palm trees are really starting to get compromised. palm fronds and coconuts are starting to become projectiles. theyre flying all over the place here. and just below it you see street signs wobbling. and even these sturdy expansions behind me with the streetlights on them, are starting to wobble. so thats a real concern. were basically in the window now where people call 911 and theyre not going to be able to come out and...

Smaller things that are flying around the area. as you know, they can be very dangerous projectiles if youre outside. >> for sure. >> luckily we have not seen a whole lot of people outside. high rises, we see people walking their dog and going back in. another major concern for people in this area, we have more than two dozen very large construction cranes right now in the air, which we can show you right now, each one of these construction cranes because there is a lot of construction, a lot of...

Watching this, particularly the atlantic coast of florida, you never know when it is come, the conditions are in place. and again, the wind is at high levels. we know that in miami, winds at high levels are reaching 100 miles per hour. in some of youral buildings, you have hurricane winds and many have been replaced. they can handle inds up to 1-- s up to 150 miles per hour? >> yes, and the cranes also are supposed to withstand 145 miles per hour. but no one wants to test those. were looking at ...

Whole lot of people. we see people walking their dogs in the high-rises. we have more than two dozen very large construction cranes right now in the air, which we can show you one right now. each one of these construction cranes because theres a lot of construction, lot of building in miami, weigh at least 30 tons. right now they are just swaying around in the wind like a pendulum. construction crews cut the power to them and left them up because they take two weeks to deconstruct. right now the...

Across the city. >> thats correct. >> so let me read to you something that came from the deputy director of the building department. the crane arm has to remain loose. its not tied down. an example of that swaying. the arms counter balance poses a potential danger. i understand that theyre rated for 145-mile-per-hour winds. >> the cranes were all inspected by third party inspectors. all of the connections were secured over the last four days. the turntables that we talk about weather vaning, we ...

Lets go the chad myers in the weather center. thats the question, where and when. >> absolutely. is it gong to turn, does it turn into island marotta, middle or northern keys, upper keys, or key west and really slam into ft. myers where exactly you are right now. what we know at this hour is that the eye of the storm is now moving away from cuba. that means its going to get back into warm water, it is going the restrengthen. its dropped down now to about 125 or 130 but were expecting it to go to...

Losing power, we look up into the air, all the way in the back of my dad is a crane. there are 20-25 cranes in downtown miami. they are designed to move in this weather. the weather there able to sustain its 145 miles an hour. we are expecting this storm to be upwards to 150 miles an hour. there is concern about those cranes in downtown miami, and people are talking and comparing it to hurricane andrew. a lot of people in this area are new to miami. they never experienced hurricane andrew. hurri...