other hurricanes. we know it's been downgraded to a category 4. it could pick up speed here again, but the smallest item, even tropical storm force winds can be a deadly projectile. >> reporter: oh, yeah. anything flying through the air is a deadly projectile and now we're dealing with storm surge along the coastline and major rain which will bring flash floods so we have every danger element that a hurricane can po siz. we are experiencing it right now in puerto rico. >> a million people in puerto rico lost power as a result of irma. you've been through enough of these to judge what type of preparations have been made, how prepared is puerto rico for maria? >> reporter: i arrived hoar yesterday morning so i didn't have a lot of time to scope things out like that too much but just on the ride to where i