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We dont know the damage in haiti because its hard to communicate with the outlying areas. sam, youve been watching what tammy is experiencing. is that what is about to hit florida? >> reporter: its certainly within the realm of possibility, andrea. heres why, that storm was a category 3-4 as it moved through those islands. basically as it moved through the islands, the weather was easier on the east side of the storm than on the west side of the storm than the east side. so, wherever you see the...

To 7 feet possible storm surge. as you head towards the charleston area. heres the latest radar storm has been looking very impressive, very small tight eye approaching moving west. can you see if it continues on this trajectory, will make landfall probably to the north of west palm beach later on today. we talked about the surge. lets talk about the winds for a minute. here are the hurricane force winds as we head throughout the day. all these areas shaded in white. this is 11:00 tonight. movin...

To a police officer who was out here earlier. we said if, in fact, they start doing mandatory evacuations, will you make people get off the beach? a police officer told us, once it gets to that point, its too dangerous for us to be out here. he said its everyone on their own at that point. theyre not going to come help people and put their own lives in dramatic danger in order to get people off the shore when they were told to do it 12 hours ago. >> blake, finally, what about people who are ill,...

Hurricane andrew in 1992, building codes were upgraded significantly so a lot of people have hurricane windows on their houses, hurricane-proof windows and others with shutters they can close up. its given people misplaced confidence here. you can see the only bar open on the street, there are a lot of people who have come to hang out and watch the high surf build up and winds pick up here. its really amazing to see this many people, though, still out in light of how bad the conditions are and h...

Mood here from the folks who we spoke to this morning, andrea, to what we see right now. theres a sense of urgency, people packing up and making the last minute to leave. thats the case of derek. we ran into you. you were about to drive off. what made you change your mind? >> the intensity of the storm and the amount of time its going to be here. if youre out on the barrier island, you can get killed. theres nobody here to save you. they stop emergency vehicles from coming over the causeway at 5...

Whether people are following those mandatory evacuation orders for your city. >> im here. >> raphael miranda is in new york. well establish communication with mayor hudson in ft. pierce. i apologize. blakemy coy is joining us from ft. lauderdale. blake? >> reporter: andrea, a lot of the businesses here have closed up shop. theyve been closed for a lot of the day ahead of this storm. we have still seen some people, though, out. a lot of these people are locals who have decided to stay in ft. laud...

The morning. you can see some people out there surfing, wind surfers not heeding the warnings to stay away from the beach and stay away from the water. keep in mind, were still 12 hours out, as bill was saying, from maximum impact here in ft. lauderdale. the eye of the storm is expected to pass about 60 miles offshore late tonight. and if this is what its like 12 hours out, you can imagine just how strong these winds are going to get later on. you can see over here, some businesses have been boa...

The warning s evacuate, heed those warnings, heed those orders. thank you so much. the weather channels sam champion joining me from juneau county, part of the evacuation. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: were on juneau beach. palm beach is down to the south of us. as craig was talking and even bill was talking, a lot of concern is everything points north of this area. weve been looking at the radar, just to let you know. ill show you a look at the waves. high tide for this area is at a...

Exponentially less damage along the shoreline as you start to move inland. all i care about, andrea, right now is not right or wrong by 10, 15, 20 miles. what i care about is getting people out of harms way. weve had a lot of time, a lot of storms of category 1 and category 2 storms that people are familiar with. this is a 4. some people i trust a lot, implicitly in storm forecasting say 2 will be very close to a 5 in some points. i want you away from the coastline. i want you out of harms way. ...

Were fine. thats not this storm. if it stays offshore, fantastic. well all feel better by the time we get to saturday. right now the forecast is for this thing to come so close that its practically on shore here, to bounce along the coastline, run right along it, and possibly make a point of impact on the space coast, somewhere near melbourne and everything north of that is a mess with the flooding as well. this is a big storm, andrea. weve had a lot of people talk about storms in the past and t...