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You, erica. >> all right, patrick. we will take it. it is remarkable. glad you and the crew are staying safe there. we lost johns shot for a minute. but i think youre back with us now. there he is. >> i am back. you can imagine, erica. with the water and the rain and the sand and the wind, sometimes the equipment goes on the fritz here. but were back up and running. i have to say patrick oppmann, it was amazing to get that forecast there. i want his team to stay safe. lets bring in the captain o...

Please be careful. keep the people in ft. pierce careful. thank you so much. thank you for standing out here in the rain with us. youre a true floridian. this didnt scare you at all. >> no problem. thank you. >> thanks very much. all right, erica. as you can see here, again, its raining. it will be like this now for days. we the rain coming in and out. by later today, its going to come in and its just going to stay and pour. 4, 7 inches of rain on the coast and thats best case scenario. the wind...

Situation. and we need to go out and rescue them. >> i have to tell you, even driving here this morning before the storm really passed over, theyve had so much rain in southern florida over the last several weeks, the road is just saturated. there were puddles and standing water in so many places. that was an important warning. dont drive other it. chief, thank you, as always for your help understanding this. stay safe. you have your work cut out for you over the next few days. >> thank you, joh...

Path. correct? >> correct. if its closer, the number will be higher. but it doesnt have to go over the dune to get into the inner coastal. its going to go through the cuts where most of the boats come out. so the water will get back there whether it goes over the dune or not. there will be a 4 to 7 foot surge inland simply because the water will go through those cuts. and the water may be going through there at 40 knots. never would you get a boat out of there nor would you want to put a water i...

This is going to sit where it is muchl of the day today and then approach you on the morning of wednesday. so those waves are going to build and build and build and then every time a band goes by, youre going to get what you had about an hour ago where just the winds were 50 or 60 and then thats when the winds begin to come down with the rain. when it doesnt rain, you dont get mixing. you dont get the atmosphere to mix in it. the winds blow over your head. when it rains, thats when the wind brin...

>> for high winds and storm surge, some rain, and they cant take this lightly even though it looks like its treating us nicely. >> and this is nicely. >> yeah. this is nice. >> i do want to point out, again, the storm surge as you can see the surf kicking up here, this is heading out towards low tide. the storm surge at 7 feet including the water up -- >> over the dunes, absolutely. that would mean that some houses would have damage. a lot of sand will be pushed on the road. and the hurricanes o...

>> always appreciate the perspective. thank you. >> thank you. john berman is starting to feel the effects of hurricane dorian. john, though, i can see you now. looks like the rain let up for a small window here for you. >> yeah. the good news is its dry for the time being. but we can expect more of those bands to come through dumping more rain. and the wind has been consistent. the seas are really kicking up. i know there have been some air ye air -- aerial shots. the ocean has been churning ...

You are sheltering in place. you need enough provisions for seven days. you need your food, your water, any medications you might need. if you are met with an emergency, volunteer responders will do their best to get to you. but you have to understand that there will become a point in time -- or there may come a point in time they are unable to reach you due to the high winds. so you have to keep that in mind and do your absolutely best to be self-sufficient for a period of time. >> and again, t...

What kind of challenge does that pose to you? >> any time you have a long period of time extended duration where youre receiving rainfall, especially in saturated soil, the soil can only absorb so much. and that rain will begin to build. that rain will collect in low lying areas. and people find themselves unexpectedly in areas of deep water. and in our case in particular, what we try to advise people is especially if youre out on the roads, if youre driving, if you see water, you cant tell how ...

Beach here. there was standing water on the road. youve been inundated with the rain already. >> that is a concern, yes. >> theres nowhere for the twurt go in the storm. even in the best case scenario, its going to rain over the coast here until wednesday. >> thats right. thats exactly right. we have to hunker down and make sure nobodys going to starve to death in two days. right? so well be fine. well be good. >> how many of these have you been through? >> well, i was born in ft. pierce, so a l...