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Strengthened as its gotten closer to the panhandle, and an area, this area where its going to get hit, hasnt seen a big storm in a dozen years, right? >> thats true, dennis 2005. october, chris, ranks as the number one month for hurricanes to make landfall in the state of florida. however, there have been very few category 3 or higher hurricanes to ever hit the panhandle. the last one was dennis. were looking at something historical here. this is not just going to be the strongest hurricane to m...

All right. floridas governor is warning of, quote, total devastation when hurricane michael strikes, and with good reason. it was just a few weeks ago that we were talking about florence, another hurricane that made landfall. that one in north carolina, but the superlatives you are hearing now, monstrous, historic, dont dismiss them as hype or hyperbole. lets bring in tom sader, cnn meteorologist joining us now. and you can put me on the bones of why its not hyperbole. lets start with two facts....

Continental shelf in the gulf is much broader, much more of an area that the water is shallow. this is ivan, by the way, 2004, when they moved to the region the wave height grows with time. the tsunami last week following the earthquake in indonesia, the reason it was so high is the water went through a narrow area shaped as a submarine so the tsunami grew with time. theres the ivan you were talking about. this is dennis. ivan actually made three landfalls but dennis came through all west of pan...

People who are out of the way of the storm surge than to get them out afterwards if they stay. congressman, as i told the mayor when something like this is headed their way, if you need to get the word out, if you need to say what is needed our brothers and sisters even up in wilmington are getting their kids back in school, they have a need for all kinds of essentials and hopefully the storm doesnt exacerbate that for them. >> thank you. we appreciate that very much. its important and people ge...

Things being hurricane proof and windows and different aspects of construction. well see now, 2004 hurricane ivan, hurricane dennis. ivan and dennis will be painful reminders for people in that area. you remember living those pictures, horrible. now thats not the big problem, though. wind, as, tom, you instruct us all the time, wind isnt what kills you. water is in hurricanes, storm surge. please, tom, explain to us the different aspect here of dealing with the shelf, low-lying areas in terms of...