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Category five or a category four hurricane. and weve had them before, hurricane andrew and others that followed that one. we certainly have changed our building codes, people are experienced in this state, but you can never be experienced enough for this level of winds and rain and water. were particularly concerned about flooding. i know youre going to have the mayor of miami beach which is already seeing some flooding in miami beach. we have at the same time king tides which are the highest ti...

Miami-dade for there to be flooding. its inevitable there will be serious flooding in these areas you know about, correct? >> there will be serious flooding and weve already had that experience. its going on now. im as worried about the flooding as i am about the other direct hits from the hurricane. remember after hurricane andrew, this community and many of the communities in florida change their building codes. so we have much stronger building codes than weve ever had before but trees fall o...

Its going on now. im as worried about the flooding as i am about the other direct hits from the hurricane. remember after hurricane andrew, this community and many of the communities in florida change their building codes. so we have much stronger building codes than weve ever had before but trees fall on houses and we have flooding across south florida and so we have to be prepared for everything. >> congresswoman, thank you for being with us tonight and getting that message out. hopefully peop...

Shift in the models at the last second. we dont want to be unprepared for a category 4 storm. thats why we have to listen to all our emergency managers. well continue to track, all of these squiggly lines. west palm beach, central florida and up like this, now they shifted about 200 miles to the east. many of these are a fish storm, the yellow lines are a hurricane model thats a popular one we watch for many years, decent accuracy, thats a fish storm, and then just along the north carolina coast...

The beaches of florida. one of the models that we watch closely is our european computer model. i put pause points in at 8:00 a.m. over the next five days to track this thing. heres where its located earlier this morning. lets take this into 8:00 a.m. monday. were going to skip over tomorrow, tomorrow its still over the water. 8:00 a.m. monday. you see it right here, this is freeport here, this is why we think the northern portion of the bahamas could be in the heart of a major category for a hu...

The northern part of abacos. i have been through roughly 15 hurricanes over the lifetime of my tenure here at atlantis. we always make sure our guests and staff, their safety and security is a priority. weve housed up to 3,000, 4,000 people during storms at this facility, so we have been through this, and its not -- you know, its not something you ever get used to. you just keep an eye on things and hope for the best. we have no control over mother nature and all we can do is be prepared. like e...

Away and goes up the coast and basically leaves florida alone. but in the case that it doesnt, miami-dade county will be prepared. >> are you worried, mayor, that the gasoline shortages are going to get worse over the next 24, 48 hours? >> im sure they -- that as more and more people gas up, were going to have shortages. but again, we have plans in place to replace those gas stations and our mantra to gasoline stations is to top off your tanks and even if the storm approaches we want you to top ...

Thank you so much and good luck in the coming days. speaking of the local officials the national weather service says the probability of tropical storm force winds hitting miami is about 50/50 right now. joining me on the phone is the mayor of miami, francis suarez. mr. mayor, thank you so much for being with us. tell us what youre expecting right now and what steps the city is taking to prepare for this storm. >> well, were monitoring the system very closely. obviously we have seen a variety of...

Model. we can hope its not the european model. that looks -- we have long memories. that looks like andrews path. >> yeah. eerily similar to andrew. andrew was a category five storm with sustained winds in excess of 200 miles an hour. the good news is that after 1992, we updated our building codes and the city of miami is incredibly wind resilient. we have storm shutters or impact windows on most buildings. the challenge is an event like irma, which was an incredibly wet event. slow-moving. it h...

Example, changed in the velocity, trajectory, and speed all in the days leading up to landfall. so the probability cones are all over the place all the way from just slightly north of the state of florida to miami direct hit. you know, so you really cant predict these storms until about 24 hours before. so were taking this very seriously and we know, unfortunately, weve had a lot of experience with hurricanes in the city of miami that you have to be prepared. >> im curious, because of your exper...