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Thats a good sign. we want people to get out because of the threat of life threatening storm surge. just three feet of storm surge water is enough to move a car. and were anticipating four to seven. >> have you gone door to door? do you anticipate going door to door? what is your last effort to get as many people out as you possibly can? >> we have been using a number of methods, working with our media partners, social media, direct messaging through text alert systems, which you can sign up for...

Involvement in asking the bbc to stop their investigation, whether that gives the bbc time to pause and reflect, that is a question to answer. i have a lot to bbc journalist friends, the vast majority of them are very unhappy about the way the bbc has handled this. for internal morale reasons it is not great, obviously, and i think further delays in a sense only add to the internal issues. tim davie has a difficult position, i can see that, absolutely. the way this has been handled it is almost ...

Spokesperson for the if i of fort myers which is in lee county. liz, good morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> do you believe more lives could have been saved if lee county had ordered evacuations sooner? >> well, i think lee county ordered the evacuation when they thought that it was necessary. the city of fort myers we went ahead and we asked our residents, especially those living in zone a, which is the coastal areas to please voluntarily evacuate. we started doing that on friday. >> just so ...

Morning. neighboring counties issued those same orders a day earlier. did the note go out too late. >> we based upon the data of the cone and the projection of the storm and the low liars first for the mandatory evacuation for zone a which is the barrier li islands and then the next day zone b. but people chose to stay. we sue this when people do not listen to the warnings from the media and local officials. they made the choice. it is what happened over the years here and weve had so many diffe...

Level that even if we have a surge, we are safe. and its exactly what we did. anyone can go on the west side and check their elevation levels. and the news tells you that your home is going to be on elevation with a surge that you need to evacuate, then you need to do that. so, thats exactly what we did. we checked our level, and our home was safe. and thats why we stayed. so, for everybody in zone a, i believe that most people in sanibel got evacuate. and people in zone b also got evacuated. an...

Situation for rescue and put their own folks at risk. and so we know that there are folks in the really high risk zone a, evacuations, owens who did not evacuate. some have called in and those people are being logged and there will be a response but it is likely going to take a little time for the storm to move forward. >> representative rainier, when you talk to first responders what are they telling you about what that response looks like and how they assess a hierarchy of need given that ther...

City of of sarasota was turned off as the area is bracing for what will be, they believe, widespread flooding. joining me now is the mayor of sarasota, eric arroyo. thank you for joining us this evening. this wasnt supposed to happen to your city, but florida was obviously under a watch. water has been shut off, but the bridges have also been closed. im wondering, mayor, how are you feeling about all the preparations thus far. will it be enough? >> you know, our main priority at the city of sara...

16. that number has gone up. theyre only 3 feet above sea level. if you surge that much, its going to be up against their gutters or higher. are all of those people gone? >> reporter: thats a good question. we dont know. we understand from the officials that they evacuated zone a, the coastal communities and the barrier islands, they did say they were heeding those warnings. we were not able to get into those communities because of the evacuation orders, but from what we understand they did -- t...

The news we got just over the last 15 minutes from the national hurricane center is that sustained speeds of two miles an hour short of a category 5 storm. tell me how that changes the dynamic. >> it changes the dynamic because if anyone did not evacuate, they are in trouble. they are. their life is now being threatened. if you know someone who has just been, your dad, your grandpa, your uncle who doesnt want to go, zone a, zone b, they need to go now. some places around zone c may be wanting to...

That water out, and as it approaches closer, all that water comes with it, right? and there you go. it empties out first. then behind it a rising wall of water. what do folks do in that situation? if theyre experiencing it, and that water is rising so quickly, it looks like the prepass to a tsunami there. >> well, in this particular scenario you described, we have called for evacuations for zone a and zone b. folks should be gone right n nowp >> people are being warned that