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Potentially go through. over here, the taller buildings here. there is a light or two, you see a couple of lights from the condos. once you start getting up 15, 20 floors, the winds gusts become even more. it is not advice but hopefully they will leave by tomorrow afternoon. the governor wants people out before the tropical storm winds begin. when you take a look over here, miami is constantly under construction, and a 20-25 cranes in the downtown area. the city says that the designed arms are d...

Its been more than two decades since hurricane andrew devastated parts of florida. millions more directly in this path of hurricane irma. are the cities and the construction sites ready? >> tonight, a clear view of trouble on miamis horizon. a sea of kruk cranes with no time to take them down. officials who operate two dozen cranes say the 360,000 pound steel structures are built to withstand 145-mile-an-hour winds. but theres fear tonight irma could knock them down, which is why theyre designed...

Up the issue of power. they expect 9 million people. that is a kraen. there are 25 cranes in downtown miami and they are designed to move in this kind of weather. but the weather they are able to sustain is 145 miles per hour. and we expect the storm to be upwards of 155 miles per hour. and there is concern about those crepes in downtown miami and people are talking comparison to hurricane andrew. a lot of people are new to miami. and they didnt experience hurricane andrew. that was small and th...

During one of those gusts. this is enormous, 10 to 15 long. it is have i very, very heavy. its a major issue. theres a major tree canopy here in the miami metro area. after hurricane andrew we saw so many trees come down. you couldnt get down a number of roads because those trees had come down. and of course, miami is known for its palm trees. its going to be interesting to see how hurricane irma affects all of that. the other issue here in downtown, of course, you heard sam talking about all of...

Per hour. now, there are bigger buildings in florida than you might expect because they dont build on sand. they build on coral. they go down and get bedbedrock. there are many big buildings, especially in miami. 70 over 40 stories tall. if the wind is 145, all of a sudden, youre 174 and almost to 190. lets reduce this, if youre 100 miles an hour at the sur aface, youd be 120. and a category higher but due to the friction up above, the wind blows anytime it wants to. most of those buildings are ...

>> all right, thanks so much. i appreciate it. and we also know, you know, with the keys being first impacted that the reporting coming out is that by daybreak, they could see 145-mile-an-hour winds, 145 miles per hour -- excuse me. its about 145 miles away. but the system itself, bearing 125-mile-per-hour winds as we continue to clock this storm, we want to find out exactly how state and local and federal officials are dealing with it. joining me is congressman charlie crist joining us from st....

To veer right, back out over open water, erin. thats what everybody wants to hear. you dont want it to hit too many places right after they got hit from irma. >> absolutely. when you talk about that storm surge, that surge, waves of up to 25 feet, a sense of why it is not safe to be near any of that. it is the storm surge and the winds. you are saying it could hit the keys at 160 miles an hour or so. right on that category five line. at that wind speed, what happens? just to give people a sense ...

Are you protected? well, at the surface, perhaps youre looking at winds at 145 miles per hour. so youre looking at very powerful winds. if you went up about 30 stories, then your wind is going to increase about 20%. go up another few stories, maybe between 80 and 100 stories, and weve got an additional 30% greater wind. why? simply friction. there is more friction in the lower levels of the atmosphere than there is higher up. if youre thinking youre a little safer because youre in a highrise con...

Fort myers to cape coral to naples and to venice. john? >> chad, those who wait. some people like to wait to the very end. part of it stubborn, part pride in her home, whatever. now a day and a half, two days from irma. at what point are you certain this isnt going to take event? >> eich watching the brand new model coming in in about 30 minutes. european takes six hours to run. why has the european been better. rung it six hours, not four. more data, dimension, more layers, so it can be better,...

Theres your landfall through the keys. miami going to get an onshore flow, going to fill up biscayne bay with a storm surge, a big storm surge. let me go to the european model because we talked about european and american all day yesterday. the european has been outperforming on this particular storm. the american did great on the 2015 snowstorm. so you still have to give it some props. the european model, saturday at 6:00 a.m., well focus on miami, by saturday 3:00, wind gusts of 50. by 8:00 yo...