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But we are here to be eyes for you. the witnesses for you. so you folks at home that are worrying about your homes, worrying about your businesses, worries about your family that is in the way of the storm, you can see what is going street to street where we were but you dont have to put yourself or your family in danger. this is an incredibly strong storm. and we are about 225 miles from the eye of the storm. so were nowhere near the eye. yet we see the incredible winds. we are also on the east...

Arent just gusts. it is sustained at this point that were seeing. it hasnt been this bad for much of the time. everyone else is getting hit. now daytona beach is feeling it. i want to mention to you how far away we are and have been from the eye, were about 225 miles from any semblance of an eye that is left for this hurricane that is now at a category 2, and yet it is so powerful, and so big that all the way on the other coast here on the east coast way up on the coast we are still feeling thes...

It, just hearing it. >> actually, no shutters where i was but hurricane glass windows that are able to withstand 225-mile-per-hour winds. >> reporter: what did you see? >> we saw -- it was like niagra falls coming through the lanai for about an hour and a half. >> reporter: were you at all rethinking your decision to stay while mother nature was pounding at the window? >> we were actually exhilarated and very excited about riding it out. we never really felt any, that i know of, any -- any fear ...

Like its going to deteriorate over the next couple of hours. >> and im kbeguessing youre a home and staying put? >> actually, im at a brand-new town home in old town in the heart of downtown. its pretty much built like a bunker, concrete, steel, rated 225 miles an hour winds. this is one of the safe spots on the island. i knew i had a pretty good chance of making it through this thing. >> as you have been hearing no doubt, hurricane irma is now intensified and strengthened to category 4 and as y...

Right call. i would have to go to skaiz to escape this thing and that wasnt a viable option for some people down here. so we made the best with what we have. we are 30-plus feet above sea level in a place that is built to withstand 225-mile-an-hour winds. i mean, thats a better chance than being exposed out on the highway and traffic trying to make it to georgia. >> absolutely. plan for the worst and hope for the best. jason, i appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. do keep us posted and...

>> rehema ellis, joining us from nassau bahamas, thank you for that. >> the storm has really been pummelling cuba. take a look at the eye. its working its way across the northern tier of cuba. >> its like its hugging, going right along the coast. >> that eye wall is so strong. the torrential downpours continue from the strong winds so cuba not getting a break from the storm. and its starting to turn toward florida. its getting closer to miami. its 225 miles south of miami beach. the maximum sust...

Joining me now, msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider. lets get an update on the storm, where its going. the fact that its tracked slightly to the west, how does that affect things overall? >> it affects things in a big way in terms of where well see the most storm surge, the most damaging winds. unfortunately for cuba, the storm hasnt moved yet. if you look here, theres the eye, watch it work its way to the north coast and just kind of stay there. its been bringing torrential downpours to cuba, ...

Not take this storm seriously. at the end of the day, the national hurricane center did indicate we were looking at 185-mile-per-hour winds sustained with gusting over to 225 miles per hour. the next morning when we got up, it really reflected exactly that. it was simply a harrowing experience on this occasion. and anguillians had been tested. we had louie in 1995. but this was the first one i think that intensity of the storm, it was the first time in our family in particular, really moved to a...

Craig. and we focused on the maps for days and days right now. but it gives people the sense of a game of stratego, how close is it going to come to me, in my enabl neighborhood, in my county. these are the pictures most important to show right now. look at the path of devastation as we take a look at scenes from st. martin and some of the caribbean islands, where this storm has already rolled through. now we return to the imagery. and if that didnt, again, bring you a sense of reality, and a se...

Of this storm. right through the eye wall of the clouds, in a storm that has generated gusts of 225 miles an hour. because of gps transponders, we can follow their path through these storms. on board, its work in the mids of a harrowing ride, but no one on board, no one would rather be any place else. this is what they do. their work saves lives. to do their work, they must risk their own lives. in their case the phrase public servants has never been so accurately applied. that is our broadcast ...