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Going to get slammed. what are you telling your people tonight? >> exactly what you all were just talking about in the last two or 3 minutes. the biggest concern i have is the storm surge, the biggest concern that our emergency experts have is all about the storm surge. this is a very different hurricane then what we just saw in texas. texas was a huge rain factor, a huge water factor is tragic as it was, is just a different type of hurricane. we think this will be one that will bring a tremendo...

Ive been in florida all of my life. my kids are six generation floridians and i dont recall a storm ever having this size, this magnitude, just, its just one of the biggest baddest storms ive ever seen and were making sure our neighbors, our citizens understand the damage it can do. >> in terms of the vulnerability of your city of ft. lauderdale, you think about the potential threats here when you think about obviously the rainfall totals projected, the wind possibilities, the storm surge thats ...

Us all on notice. we have been playing for a few days. staff has done a great job of first responders and fire and rescue. were geared up and ready. we feel like we can handle the effects of rain and some of the rain factor. but our biggest concern on the east coast here is the storm surge. we get into our seasonal high tides, we have a full mood, and it comes ie shore with a seasonal high tide, a full moon, and they will be pushing water. we have over 200 miles of navigateble water ways. >> wha...

Storms ive ever seen and were making sure our neighbors, our citizens understand the damage it can do. >> in terms of the vulnerability of your city of ft. lauderdale, you think about the potential threats here when you think about obviously the rainfall totals projected, the wind possibilities, the storm surge thats been projected. what is the thing that you think is capable of doing the most damage? what is worrying you the most? >> well, rachel, thats a great question. you talk about the rain...

Forecast. the rain, it looks like its going to get in later this afternoon. and so that could really make for a mess on the track, and of course peoples bets. we spoke with donna brothers earlier, who is the nbc on track analyst, the one who rides a horse and gets right up on them right after the race and talks to them, and she said dont place your bet until right before the race, because of the rain factor. so, that is certainly going to be what everyone is talking about today. and then the bea...