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In miami. yesterday she was figuring out the situation at the airports, a lot of people there were frustrated, pricing too high, availability too low. worries about getting out. where are you now and what are you seeing? >> chris im in downtown miami right now. you can see the skies are gray. every now and then we get some increased wind gusts, but for the most part conditions are good here. one of the big concerns in downtown miami are these cranes, construction cranes, theres about 20 to 25 co...

The winds arent that bad right now and get out and finish putting up your shutters. for most of the week, it was about the center and eye of the storm going up through miami, fort lauderdale, west palm beach, up to daytona and jacksonville and suddenly the west coast of the state is looking to have the exact same effect of the eye going up the west coastline, bouncing north. so, friends of my wife, who have three little kids, they drove and evacuated to tampa several days ago. now, they are pack...

To bring him with me. >> reporter: downtown, officials are worried about construction cranes. experts tell us in hurricanes, theyre designed to spin to avoid toppling over. >> tom, you first pointed out last night that a cat 5 hurricane on the ground is much different when youre up that high? >> reporter: the higher up you go, the stronger the wind gets. this is how it works. just above us at 30 stories, it will be 50% stronger. at the top, at 50 stories, its 55% stronger. so, if its 140 miles p...

To get to shelters at this point if you can even get to him. jon? >> jon: the construction cranes can really be terrifying when super storm sandy hit new york city, there was one that came untethered and had folks scared. 150-mile-an-hour winds, four stories up, you can easily see that in miami. lets hope those cranes live up to their billing in terms of what they can take. bryan llenas, thank you. we will head back to daytona beach. rick leventhal is there where it appears to be getting worse. ...

As it comes in, they will actually have the movement of the storm plus the rotation contributing to the winds. to be in the stronger winds and the strong storm surge as well. >> this is very, very frightening. ive got to tell you. all right, stand by, louie is going to be with us. other breaking news in the meantime continues. were going to get a live update from miami. what will hurricane force winds do to the many construction cranes dotting the city sky line? were also getting new images of t...

People sit along the beach. theres a restaurant and watch big planes land. they have sunset beach bar its called. dutch officials tweeted this picture out. they say theyre getting the airport back up and running. its a high priority for delivery of supplies to get the economy back moving. so far its not yet. this is a house in puerto rico. didnt get a direct hit there. the owner says starting a generator. a million people lost power there. this is st. thomas and the u.s. virgin islands, this is ...

You can see, its a metal tie. >> reporter: construction cranes, and extra steel added, the hoist allowed to swing free like a weather vein. >> this is open to the bay. >> reporter: so the standards today are as meticulous as they can be? >> absolutely. >> reporter: much different than what? >> different than pre-andrew. >> reporter: not since hurricane andrew in 1992 has south florida prepared for such a potentially destructive storm. tall buildings like the 62 story, 1,000 museum, far different...

Is on the scene for us. john, there are a lot of construction cranes dotting the city skyline. what happens to them because potentially if they collapse that could be a huge danger? >> its a big fear here, wolf. there are more than 20 of these cranes up around the city. it is a sign of the progress in miami and a booming economy here. there is a lot of construction going on. these cranes are designed to withstand 145 miles an hour winds. the problem is irma is going to hit as a category five sto...

>> i stayed there through five hurricane and did very well. the house is built like a fortresses. >> so you are ready. >> i am ready. >> martha: gr good for him. that is one of the many florida residents who are not leaving and there is concern about the construction cranes. more than two dozen are in place due to the booming real estate market and there are concerns that the heavy pieces of medal can go flying through the air. that is the back story, hi, steve? >> reporter: marta the winds are ...

Advance of the storm. thats one thing thats really different from andrew is the preparations ahead of the storm and my hats off to the emergency management community across the whole spectrum, because theyre ready and taking it seriously. people should take the advice of the local officials. when they say get out, get out. >> its not too late. theres still time to get out of this danger zone, and unfortunately its a large danger zone. louie, well get back to you. along floridas coast right now, ...