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But youre going to have effects. youre going to have power outages. you are going to have floods and youve got people who are not sure what theyre supposed to do about this because some people think they are dodging this. >> you are right, ali. and thanks for having us to continue to share this important message. when i look at the impacts in the bahamas right now first and foremost, our thoughts and prayers to all of those that are impacted there. but the slow movement of this storm and the unc...

It will then begin its accident north. when and how that happens is going to be critical for impact on the state of florida. but our east coast certainly is within the cone still. and people need to remain vigila vigilant. if you are ordered to evacuate, you need to do that. from palm beach to nassau, the florida/georgia line. it is important that residents heed those calls. get out now while you have time, while theres fuel available. and you will be safe on the roads. go to floridadisaster.org...

To need to get assets into place very quickly. i say you, i talk about fema, but i know this is the coast guard, this is the national guard, this is everybody. how do you think about staging for a storm like this? >> well, ali, one of the first things we do is we get personnel into the emergency operation centers of the states and they have been there for several days already. so in coordination with the states based on what the impacts could be, based on what the needs are, thats where we reall...

What this means that its moving as slowly as it is, a mile per hour. whats the relevance of that other than the fact that were not going to know for some time what that path up the east coast looks like. >> well, this is that stall weve been advertising for the last three or four days right over the bahamas unfortunately. and you really draw a circle right around that center not moving at all. i mean, just absolutely stalled out. so we are waiting for that disturbance in the eastern part of the ...

The closerwer speed. this is thursday, this is friday, and then near cape cod basically on saturday. but look how close we are to the florida coast line there. thats why we have those hurricane warnings, those storm surge warnings. a little wiggle could put some of the core winds right on shore. thats why we are telling everybody, hey, this is still the cone. the cone says you can still have a little bit of air and thatll put it right on the coast. thats why we have to be ready for the winds and...

This is a monster storm that is massive in size and category 5 for a long portion of it. and it looks like we are going to dodge the eye. and we are outside of the cone. but we are monitoring it to make that northerly tact that weve been waiting for it to make. obviously its -- the eye is slightly north of miami and the west palm beach area which is a sign of relief for us. but its obviously a concern for those in west palm and in the northern part of florida. we have our urban search and rescue...

Mean, i can walk faster than this. basically were looking at hurricane warnings now from just north of west palm beach to north of melbourne. plus hurricane watches up to jacksonville. we have tropical storm watches also. and of course hurricane warnings over the northern islands of the bahamas. here 130-mile-per-hour winds by late tomorrow night. it is justakes a turn, but it just hugs the coast. the greatest shot at some landfall will be sometime on friday as it cuts across cape hatteras. we m...

Sunshine in the middle of the eye. 20 inches of rain, not to mention the storm surge, 18 to 23 feet, even higher. as it makes a westward motion, its going to bend to the north eventually, but the state of the cone is still in uncertainty, meaning the center of the storm could occur anywhere inside this cone, and thats why its so important for our friends in florida to watch very closely with this storm before it makes that turn to the north because the hurricane-force winds extend 30 miles outsi...

Storm rides closer to the state of florida, thats going to be huge impacts as far as winds, storm surge, rain. of course, this could be skirting the coast as a category 4 storm with 145 miles per hour winds. unfortunately with it just of a few days away, its still too early to tell how close its going to get to the state, with florida still in that cone of uncertainty. and then even more uncertainty as we get farther out into -- further out into time. thursday into friday could be impacting the ...

Youve seen a decline for demand in miami-dade based on the change of this cone. we dont have any bridge closures at this time. the coast guard makes decisions on that based on the wind speed. so the bridges will remain open for marine and vehicle traffic as long as they can safely be open. obviously that situation is going to continue to be monitored. ft. lauderdale, hoyle international, palm beach international, airports are all currently open. theyre monitoring the hurricanes and theyre going ...