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Was pretty tough to take, heres a look. im all attached to these cables and im in a harness for safety. we are going see here, im going to see personally what its like to battle those winds, experience a tropical storm force winds, we are going start to crank the winds up now, then we are going try to reach category 1, 2, and maybe a 3. we will see, at some point though the winds will get so high, that you are not going to be able to hear me speak, because i will not be able to speak. and those ...

Dicey, do you have somewhere to go? >> yeah, i mean, yeah, the final hour, its crunch time, the bail out plan would be if it is that tight and the storm is route on top of us, we have the building here itself, the marina, we are welcome to hang and chill out here. >> reporter: thats made of wood, rich. thats your plan b? >> this is what is on the highest ground. prior to that, i mean, if its looking just -- with the early bail out, we could just shoot -- head south, head to key west if the storm...

Were anticipating surge ranging from 20 to 25 feet in certain areas as the storm passes. example, greater nagua. they can expect surge up to 20 feet of water based on the strength of the storm. but water would not settle. it eventually runs off. the destructive force of a 25-foot surge is our greatest concern. that can really cause catastrophic results. >> and in terms of supplies, gasoline, access to gas, water, food, for people in the aftermath, how are you situated? >> again, like i said, as ...

Companies, florida, to bring supplies to new providence. again, that all -- florida impacted as well. we service those islands that will be impacted as a result of a storm. >> captain russell, we wish you the best in the hours ahead. thank you very much. >> thank you, too. >> the last thing we want to think about, another hurricane. category 3 hurricane jose making its way behind irma. this wouldnt be the first time major hurricanes hit the united states one after another. well take a look at th...

Will ride it out on his boat? >> i was surprised and disappointed to hear that. if the hurricane comes ashore, not far from where they are, at the intensity that we are seeing, his chances and the chances of the other dozen people he mentioned to survive are low. you do not want to be in a boat with 150 plus mile an hour winds with a 5-10 foot storm surge in 20 feet waves. he said we will leave, we have an hour. we are talking about tropical storm force winds for 36 hours and hurricane force win...

Stays there. in 2004, the sunshine state is walloped by three back-to-back storms. >> shes devastating, you know, its just -- you know, you never expect this at all. >> reporter: the first is hurricane charlie in august 2004. it makes a last-minute curve to the right, sparing tampa, and smacking port charlotte and punta gorda leveling both communities. before its over, the category 4 storm kills 15 and causes $15 billion in damage. before residents even have time to catch their breath, a few wee...

So he even has the energy to take the long way home. keep it up, steve! dr. scholls. born to move. we are getting a perspective on how powerful hurricane irma is. major you flew in to the hurricane last night and you have planes up now, what is going on with the storm, is it maintaining its strength? >> it is, actually, and its kind of unprecedented that it is maintaining the strength at such a strong storm. irma has been a category 5 for three days now, and its the strongest category, or stro...

Low populations and have been evacuated. the danger has not passed. irma is racing toward the bah a baham bahamas, as we speak, do you feel your country is prepared for the storm? >> yes, we are prepared as best as we can under the circumstances for category 5 storm approaching. we are monitoring the storm for the three or four days. based that we evacuated some people from islands. >> you said this is the largest evacuation in your history. do you know how many are in shelters? >> probably as m...

Drinking, they were having a good time. whats your advice to them? >> first of all, there are psychologists that could probably help you from making comments like that because its just crazy. this is a storm that weve never dealt with. its one of the worst storms that has ever hit the atlantic and they need to get out of there. yes, it may be less than what weve been looking at at these 185-mile-an-hour winds that have been going on for a while. it may bouncing off of cuba be reduced in intensit...

Wall area, and thats what you start to get josteled around, you are obscure with cloud cover and rain, what is unique about the major hurricanes is, as soon as you hit the eye wall, and punch through it and it opens up in to the clear blue sky and calm winds. so, its incredible. >> you talked about you could feel the power of the storm as you were flying through it. how do you feel that in an aircraft? >> well, one example is theres something that we call slip. and so, when you are flying throug...