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But it doesnt really make landfall. Lets move this a little bit further to the north. Doesnt really make landfall until you get up towards the tampa st. Pete area. Is that possible . Certainly looks like it. This has been one of the most fickle hurricanes. We can have all the greatest computer models in the world and they could tell us Something Different because the environment has changed, how it intersects with land may chang, how the sea surface temperature may change. There are all kinds of...

Continuing coverage of irma, we are now in naples, florida along the western coast. This path has shifted with the hurricane. We heard about it early this morning. The change has stayed in terms of what the expectation is, that the central to west coast of florida is now expected to see the worst of Hurricane Irma. From here all the way up from tampa bay. Right now im going to give it to john berman who is in miami. Im going to try to get my communications back, john. I cant hear you, but you ca...

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Actually. they have done studies. it is one of the more vulnerable cities in the country and around the world to flooding from something like this. a lot of houses right here the water and not much in the way of coastal defenses either. so this whole storm surge issue is very concerning to a city like tampa. now jon heins joins us now on the phone. he lives in key west, florida. he has been waiting out the storm there. we spoke on the phone yesterday. you were confidence you were going to wait i...

Will move their people to safety based on a possibly 15 feet storm surge. >> thanks so much more being with us. florida director of florida emergency management. thats a message we heard from rick scott as well. listen to your local officials. they are the ones that know best. if they say get to higher ground, get to a shelter and there is still time to do it, do it. stick around. i want to bring in now jon heins, who i believe is joining us from key west. jon heins is a chef. he decided to stay...

Pretty good. its starting to rain a little bit but not quite bad. i believe irma is about 110 miles out and shes about to smack us right in the mouth. >> so, jon, again, there were mandatory evacuations orders in place for the entire florida keys. why did you decide to stay? >> we decided to stay when we first knew the thing was coming. we were on the fourth floor of a concrete condo. the hurricane is not going to knock down the concrete condo and were on the fourth floor. im a chef, so we obvio...