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Steve: brock, i saw one story from one of the south florida newspapers about how throw are two nuke plants down there in the cone of uncertainty right now, turkey point and st. lucie as well. whats the concern regarding them? >> well, obviously, we dont want them to come off line. we are working closely with the department of energy. working with them very closely and monitoring the situation. and as you can see behind me, this is the entire federal government workforce, you know, at work, tryin...

Weekend. >> shepard: any change in the cone, michael? >> not really. you know the forecast is shifted around a little bit as the models have sort of shifted left and right from each cycle to cycle. the overall track still expects this west-northwest ward motion, northward turn in the vicinity of the florida peninsula late saturday night into sunday. motion northward into the united states. at this point its too soon to narrow down exactly where that turn is going to occur. everybody in florida n...

Developing story, 72 hours away from land fall, a category 4 land fall around florida running up the east coast to south carolina, north carolina and maybe georgia. notice where we are, we have not and cannot rule out the west coast of florida. its much more likely, look at the distance here, compared to here. more likely to miss to the right than the left or more likely through the middle somewhere, a 60% chance of the middle of that cone being valid. here is the model. i want to take you to a ...

1992, but no one wants another disaster like the fukushima meltdown where a tsunami knocked out the cooling system while the reactors were still hot. >> we will safely shut down these nuclear plants with the -- well in advance of hurricane-forced winds. >> reporter: even the winter white house, donald trumps treasured mar-a-lago estate at palm beach, whose calls have weathered countless storms could be in the path of the unpredictable storm. >> look at cone. the cone has our entire state. and th...

Cone, from tallahassee all the way over, they cant predict exactly just as the governor was saying. but the cone of uncertainty covers the entire thing. and the center, the eye of the storm, i think i said 25 miles an hour, i meant 25 miles wide. thats varying a little bit from time to time but its 23 to 27 miles wide, right? so when its that wide, that covers just the eyewall if it comes right up over the peninsula, it is half as wide as this. the eye could move over large swaths of the state. ...

Fort pierce, and the melbourne area. again, this is the cone right now, and the one thing that they want to tell everyone is this point right here three days from now, the average air is 120 miles. florida is only 140 miles wide. we still have concerns from the west coast to the east coast, and we still could get a swing and a miss. we have about 60 hours. i want to go now to miami international airport where nbc news correspondent marianna is standing by. good to talk to you once again. how a...

This cone and has it going up the east coast, it could move further west. we could be -- it could also go east. but we all have to be ready. this is a catastrophic storm that our state hasnt seen. its already killed a will tlot people in the caribbean. dont think you can ride out this storm. protecting life is our absolute top priority. no resource or expense will be spared to protect families. that means you need to plan now and where you will go, dont wait, figure it out. [ speaking foreign la...

Should be prepared to evacuate. if this storm is at the same strength as that is no, whoever is in that area will there be mandatory flood evacuations? >> we are tracking the storm and making the decisions weve made. what every buddy has to realize is that if youre in that cone that the national hurricane center has put out, the storm can move west. we can be lucky and the storm move way east. and staff the coast like what happened with matthew. it can still go off the west coast. every buddy ha...

Can to get you out. the big thing is, you cant wait. this is -- you cant -- just think, whether its fuel, whether its traffic, whatever the issue is, the longer you wait, its harder to provide the resources. take this seriously. the truth is, which ever coast you are on. this could change. in andrew, i had hospitals, i evacuated hospitals to a hospital in the southern part of the city. these things can change, a small change can change which coast its going down. if you look at the cone, the con...

It can come in a long way and it can cover your house. you have got to listen. you know, volunteers, we have strong storm surge models, county by county, how we decided on the evacuation areas. listen. they tell you your area should be evacuated, thinking how big will the storm surge be? everybody is -- believes the path will be at the east coast. the cone is not just on the east coast. the cone is virtually on the west soviet. a -- coast. if theres a wobble to the west, it impacts the west part...