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Something about it. that is more true of this storm than it even was of florence. >> absolutely. were not talking about a heavy industrial area where you have high income. what you have is high investment property along the coast there. as you move in to florida up toward tallahassee, you have a large concentration of vulnerable population. the right front quadrant is going to have a significant impact by all prediction on tallahassee. as of this morning, they only had 57 shelters open in florid...

Miles from mexico beach so were just outside the inner wall so to speak of that bad band. but it sounds exactly like a jet plane but a jet plane that wasnt going to ever take off but rev its engine for three hours. >> what do you expect to happen? what have you been told? as you said you have some affiliation with the local government but what are you being told to expect? are you expecting to be out of power for a long time? what happens next? >> its unknown. the power went out about 11:00 this...

Line. when they go down, it can take days to get back up. distribution lines can take weeks in isolated areas. >> thats an important point. a storm of this category can take down harder infrastructure than just trees and simple polls. general, always good to see you, thank you. >> ali, i just keep thinking, 155 mile-per-hour winds. we saw those images from mexico beach and the amount of mobile homes could simply be decimated. we can only hope those people did evacuate. >> thats it for this hour....

The window. the window is cracked. im going to try to get the microphone over here. i lost something. lost my phone. i want to let you hear what it sounds like for a second. its like a jet engine blowing past us. when we had the window open, it was running parallel to us. driving water, standing water, some minor flooding in the parking lot but trees falling down, bending over. very concerned about some of the power lines in this area. hard to know how many people are staying in this hotel. its ...

You would think a place like tallahassee is used this kind of weather but this is an unprecedented storm for this part of florida. people are taking as many precautions as they can. the big thing is trees. thats their thing. 50% of the city is covered in trees. every time they get this weather, the trees fall on houses, cars and power lines. i was talking to the mayor a couple howevers ago. he was saying thats the real concern because last time they had a hurricane, it knocked out -- it affected...

Who deal with down trees, repair power lines. when we were sitting in our hotel last night, there were cops, firefighters. thats what the city was putting up. there are also people who work for the power companies. there are people part of what the city considers to be first responders. they are ensuring the safety of the people here by trying to get the lights on as fast as they can. >> thank you. we were heartened to see some lights on the building behind you. we dont point out often enough, t...

Area. weve been talking to the mayor as well. this is a city of 3,000 people. he said the hospital closed yesterday at 5:00 p.m. there is no shelter at port st. joe. very concerned about the people that did not evacuate. a lot of the folks already losing power. this hotel where were coming to you live from has already lost power. a lot of locals are saying they are afraid that the landscape in this city and along the panhandle will not look the same after the storm, just short of a cat 5 made la...

To show you these trees behind me. thats what the roads are looking like. they are getting more and more inundated. were starting to see more debris and more trees that cannot with stand the strong winds from this historic storm. im just a short 15 minute drive from mexico beach from where hurricane michael and made landfa landfall. we drove there today. we were going to be live there. we turned back because we were afraid when the wind gusts reach 45 miles an hour, they close the bridges, so we...

>> to be clear, the crew is inside and getting this. thats not what its like outside to be in that wind. think about this, wind speeds up to 150 miles an hour sustained. the thing about sustained winds, maybe people have been outside and felt 40, 50 miles an hour wind gusts. >> for a moment. >> this is sustained. it keeps on blowing. then you have wind gusts up to 175 miles an hour. if you are a structure, youre a sign, any of these things, thats what youre up against. thats where the trees come...

Alive. >> with winds at 155 miles per hour, given how rural it is, how tall the trees are, how long could this area have no power? >> it could be weeks, worst case scenario. i use worst case scenario because yesterday the governor and the federal government did a great job getting ready for a category 2 storm and the storm showed up as a 4. it reassures the military planning process of prepare for the worst and hope for the best. this storm reminds us that we cant prepare for the category, weve ...