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Not far from tampa. listen, this storm path has changed. but youre still feeling the brunt of it right there in clearwater. weve been watching you all evening. >> yeah, absolutely. and in just the last five minutes or so, we actually saw our first emergency vehicle pass by us with lights and sirens. have no idea what call theyre responding to. but you think about a high profile vehicle like the ambulance that passed by us with lights and sirens dealing with this wind, you have to take your hat o...

Some two feet above level down there. i was here for wilma back in 2005 when 75% of key west was inundated. it came in two waves. they thought the worst had passed in the morning, and then there was a midnight wave that calm back and surprised everybody. as you know, chris, weve been -- you have to microadjust. thats what makes this such a dramatic story. every minute something new develops. the storm path tracks a certain way. but as far as the keys go, we know there are a handful of people rid...

This area were going to get out of here and get to a higher elevation. by the way, chris, i want to talk about you know that im about 160 pounds, right, this is jolting me around, 65, 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts. if you can imagine what this is going to do along the west coast at 130 miles an hour. >> its true. we aint seen nothing yet. you are sturdy and your reporting is strong. please, get inside, get your cameraman and crew safe. well check back with you in a bit. an important update from mi...

Inevitable. all those keys are going to get whacked by this storm. its not going to be just about what the storm does in the first hour, second hour, third, fourth, fifth, up to about ten hours of potential exposure. it will speed up when it hits the keys. thats what hurricanes do when over land. but its going to take a long time. then what will life be like after? thats as big a concern for safety as what the hurricane will do in earnest at its worst moment. its how do you live after it. were g...

Coming slope and its relentless. shep: adam housley live for us in key largo. we have an opportunity to go to elaine duke. big picture, how are we? >> good morning. we are as expected, a slight move to the west. the storm path has not changed anything we predicted. the storm has hit as a shirk category 4. the winds and storm surge are starting as predicted. shep: this is beginning to look like from the latest update like a marco island call your county naples event with what appears to be unless...

Your advice in reality. where we are down here. downtown miami, im more than an hour from high tide, okay? but the difference in the wind and the difference in the storm surge already has this place water over the docks, the boats are straining their lines. the shoreline and where you see the bulk heads and the natural rock formations are already over capacity. the water is already going into parking areas. and again, storm is a day away. so the message is very simple -- it does not take much to...

That should stop like a minute ago. this is not about left, right or about politics. this is about people. senator rube yo is not only a lifetime floridian who has seen a lot of storms come and go, but hes the official who has the information that is informing his perspective and his message was clear. if you were in this storms path you have to heed the evacuation warnings, you have to get to a position of safety. you have to have a plan, you have to have supplies. if youre in a situation like ...

Will be from irma, but it could be worse. the past three days, weeks and a lot of preparation here including people boarding up their homes and building sandbags. there was one sandbag spot in south daytona beach where they were filling thousands of sandbags over the past three days, dumping truckload after truckload of sand and shipping it out as quickly as they could bring it in. people were allowed up to 25 bags each. we talked to officials where whos at people got what they needed, but this ...

If anything it has gotten worse. i want our camera man to show you what people are facing. a sea of people as they try to leave south florida to hed the warnings to get out quickly. its not easy to do. there is a shortage of gas and 40% of the gas stations in miami and when they try to leave by air, theyre facing canceled flights, airlines not bringing their crews here as often as they should be, and people here just trying to get out of the path of this monster storm. the airport is closing in ...

Meetings with those parishes. that dialogue stays pretty open all the time. as soon as it looks like theres going to be an incident, those parishes are able to raise their hand and say hey, we think we might need guard help. chances are were already leaning forward and well move guardsmen and vehicles in and boats and preposition those where we think we can get best at the impacted areas quickly. we did that pretty early on in southwest louisiana and that allowed us to make a difference in lake ...