Family. [inaudible] abby Hurricane Irma an hour away now from the eye of the storm making landfall on the west coast now bracing. Hundreds of thousands of the entire mayor. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and could reach 15 feet in some areas. Others are forced to stay behind. Team coverage this morning. Pete with Griff Jenkins on the ground right now. Reporter in naples the wind is terrible. Its about 25 come in maybe 30 miles, but it coming and key west which is just minutes away from a direct impact with 130mile per hour winds are near to the west coast. They are hunkered down. Officials here describing it as a worstCase Scenario because you will have high wind combined with storm surge. The mayor telling me the biggest concern is storm surge. The west coast of florida will take the water row. Just behind me to bring it back in. Upwards of 15 feet above ground level search starts hitting here, it is going to absolutely flood everything and you do not want to be there. Thats what it is lifethreatening. Communications director for Collier County spoke earlier on fox news they need to hunker down because literally the shelters are full. Take a listen to this. We have 27 shelters open. I will say to millions on top of my head, the majority of them are filled up. Reporter guys come you know, right along the coast in 2005 come hurricane wilma bradleys storm surge like the one that is blocked in and flooded everything in its past. We will have a three parser to scenario in the next several hours are out today. One is the wind, then the storm surge following by the flooding. Catastrophic of my threat being. Get into a safe space along the west coast and stay high. A History Lesson as well on this day, september 10th in 1960, hurricane donna doing 130 per mile hour winds. It is here on the west coast destroying naples and the surrounding area in 1960. Incredible that have been 60 years ago. I communicated with key largo where i was a few days ago. He is safe and thats good news here. Coming directly for here. Abby thank you. Well be back with you short a period i imagine the conditions are a lot windy air. Reporter hey, guys. Im in downtown miami. Combat is water behind me. That is the flooded water. The third type of initiative. The wind is really around. If you could go to this coming you can see it coming from this way. The strongest weve seen over the last hour. This is why authorities are telling people we may have dodged a bullet when it came to knock in the eye. For 20 to 24 Hours Community circuit conditions we will be seeing and has been in miami and broward. Weve got localized flooding in surge in some areas. This is what we are seeing. Officials are keeping their guard up in the wind only getting stronger as they move through the keys and depending how close it gets to the west coast will determine how strong the winds would continue to be in south florida. Weve already had 250,000 people down here without power. That number is only going to go up. We may have dodged the bullet, but keep your guard up. 20 to 24 hours long will cause some damage. That is leveled out. Weve got some here. Coming in right now. They are being flown in. This is the type of sustained stuff we are starting to see over the last hour. Downtown miami. Resize window blowout over there. You see a little bit of it glistening. Even have this metro mover. Some classic pieces have fallen off the metro mover and of course that brings us down to this point. The branches connect anything flying it 30, 40 miles an hour becomes a weapon. Only imagine the large plastic wrap around the poles. We will try to show you once these go down. Its a dangerous situation. That is why they are telling people to stay in. It may be 150 miles away. It is a 400 miles storm and this is going to be the situation throughout south florida. Abby are you the only one out there . Can you see any other person . Reporter no. It is just us really, which is a good thing. A mandatory evacuation area. This is a side in the shops. This again, we did dodge a bullet that we have 20 to 24 hours and we can stay out of it at all. This is the stuff we see throughout miami, miamidade. A couple tornadoes and Broward County. Its only going to continue to get worse through today. The wind is kind of picking up again. There it is now. Trade to just briefly. You said 250,000 people at this point without power. Where is that going . Reporter thats a good point. Right now we are seeing transformers blowout. About a dozen times since weve been out here. 170,000 people without power in 76,000 broward. Im surprised we do still have power here. That is the situation. Remember what the power, this is going up and its a big storm. These people will be without power. We have to wait for it to leave forward in many cases. Until the winds go down to 35 miles an hour. So again, people need to remain patient and indoors. Weve had a transformer blowout in the back. That is the situation, guys. Abby please take care of yourself. Its not just a matter for the eye while his spirit every Single Person in florida is feeling the effect of this storm. Abby absolutely. Following this all morning long. What is the latest at this moment . 6 10 p. M. Eastern time. Reporter getting close. He is about 150 miles or so away from where the center of the storm is in the storm is still to the south. A long ways to go. The eastside of florida will get a ton of storm surge enough factor right now from South Carolina. This helps the cuban coast for 24 hours. You see these little jobs here. They kind of wobble as they rotate on in. The Center Getting right here towards the coastal areas are towards the keys. The worst of the storm surge will move over there very shortly. The radar picture shows the worst of it and to the south from right at the north of the alley anywhere to the south. Right there, and that is the outer eye wall and here are the keys, see and not moving him within the next hour or so. Its going to take a while to get over it. We will be seen as this moves then come in to key west pushing 133. Miami getting towards Hurricane Force towards this afternoon. Hurricane forces on the key is pushing 100 miles an hour in fort myers and naples by 5 00 tonight, still 110 miles an hour. Once the storm moves the storm is thin, very important to note. A lot of areas basically at sea level, maybe a couple feet above it. Some of our forecast storm surge going miles and land here. That is very dependent on exactly the issue where you are. One foot down, four to five feet higher will change where you are. Storm surge is big later on. It takes a long time. By monday night the center of the storm is somewhere over Central Georgia. Watching Hurricane Force winds as far north as up into what it is. Pete tonight is the peak storm surge. Trade made it depends on where you are. Naples, fort myers. Abby tampa. Its a very different thing in each position. In some spots water or pull away from you and then come back to you afterwards. Tampa bay is a good example. The inside of the day looking at first it has to move in one direction and all that even internally into the base. Every single spot is a different story and that is why in most cases your local forecasting is the best bet for you for that kind of specific detail. Abby thank you very much. We will watch this closely. Pete one of those scenes with just mentioned is naples, florida. Weve got the mayor, bill barnett on the phone. I know your city is under mandatory evacuation in naples, florida. Give us the latest on what you see on the ground. It is raining. It has been raining hard since last may. Its a little early to tell outside. But it just looks like its going to be one ugly day. 135. Im kind of watching it as well. 110mile per hour winds. I am like everybody else here. I dont think we will be running around the streets today. That is for sure. Storm surge is a major issue for us then maybe we will dodge the bullet. I dont know. Everybody is top the way and i can sure see it howling out here. The question is at the wobble encodes, we dont know. Thats been the toughest thing. Jon unfortunately, not everybody can dodge the bullet. How do you feel your residence did in evacuating . I think they did great. They did follow orders early in the week they started. Naples because the buyer winter resident that are here, that was a big help and for those truly in the week were on the road. About 28 shelters here in Collier Countys and had not heard anybody say they could not get in. They are still having an issue yesterday. Im thinking that its really a good thing. Abby we also had a number of people that. That was the safer place to be on the westside of florida that ended up going over to naples. Later on today, by 5 00 p. M. The wind will pick up to 100 Miles Per Hour. Of course you are prepared for the worst, praying for the very best. What is the worstCase Scenario . The worstCase Scenario weve been talking about is predicting storm surge. It was 10 to 15 feet last night. We dont know until we see it how much damage would be done. Thats our biggest concern. Rightfully so indeed. Essential Services Like medical services, hospitals. Are they open if necessary for those unsure shelters . We have our hospital is downtown. They closed and moved just north to the other facility because they didnt want to take a chance. They opened up rooms responders that need rooms. Here in the hotel and a couple of engine trucks appear. So they spread them out as needed. So far everybodys hunkered down. Abby mayor bill barnett coming thank you for being with us. We are praying for everybody. Thank you for being with us. Transfer back to downtown miami were bryan llenas is weathering the storm. Hey, guys. Ever since i started talking to you, it got even higher. Downtown miami, the stop sign is telling you about completely snapped from just the winds. This is just indicative of what we are seeing throughout south florida. This term is 150 miles away in terms of the eye. This is some of the flooded water we are talking about here. Again, we are starting to get water from biscayne bay which is 500 feet that way. You will see over here at the miami metro. The metro mover brings people in and out throughout downtown miami. What we have been seeing here is these things flying off. We are seeing miss. That is the dangerous part. This is a hard day at the thing that is dangerous about being out here. Luckily we had the same as slide any further. We see people in terms that underneath that 40 miles an hour coming back and do some serious damage. Surprising, this is the dad visited dad thinks we have been here and we got here at 11 00 last night. Trade to try and stay positioned as best you can. We were talking about wind speed, 40, 50 Miles Per Hour. What if it hits 100, 110 . How much worse would it get . Reporter i wouldnt be standing here right now. We would be seeing almost would be a lot higher. Storm surge. As a matter of fact over here on this end, you can kind of tell we are starting down. This again is the strongest winds weve seen. Hurricane wilma in 2005 and what was bad about that. Abby we want you to get to a safe place. Its looking pretty bad. Please go find a safe spot. Jon is rick pointed out, hes 103, 105 miles from the eye of the storm. Abby long way to go. A storm chaser and extreme meteorologist for the Weather Channel joins us now via skype. Where are you right now . Can you tell us what the conditions are . Key west and the eye is approaching from the east. Over 130 miles an hour here. I am on wall street here on the golf side that way. We do expect the storm surge to be calming down. Thats when the winds will ramp up 150 miles plus. That is going to be the next hour or so and will impact u. S. Tree into what you expect as far as water . Key west in the eye of this. The wind will pick up, i presume you are Holding Onto Something here. Mobile to do that longer. The water is a big concern, especially key west. And so we do expect that to come piling up the water. Northeast winds here, also a search on the. I can see on the road and homes will be inundated all over the island. If he did hold out and youre still here, hunkered down. It will be worse about 7 00 a. M. Abby i can imagine anyone else. You are very well trained for this, reed. At what point does it become too dangerous, the winds up to 100 Miles Per Hour come is that too dangerous as well to be doing this . S. , definitely. I will seek shelter in the concrete and that is when we will go up on the second or third floor. Abby that is where we connect it to surge as weve been hearing about, 10 to 15 feet of water . Gap in the maybe five to 10 feet of naples as well, ive are great the storm surge. Im glad you got a place to shelter in. Looks like we lost him. In the name of understanding these events, eventually provide the information. Pretty incredible stuff. Jon hurricane hugo was my first hurricane that hit charleston in 1989, category four. I am not awed by the power of this hurricane. I got out of my car in somebodys backyard shed blood and pieces of sheet metal go flying through the air. Thats when you know youve got to stay safe. Abby that was what was bryan llenas was saying. People didnt evacuate they can get very hurt. Julianne neeley, maybe calmer where you are, but not in the next few hours to come. Thats when everybody is expecting things to get tough. Image is a couple minutes ago where they have their eyes glued because they are wanting to see what is coming, right now we are right along bayshore boulevard here in tampa at the edge of tampa bay. Definitely raining out here, when its getting stronger the last time we checked in with you guys on fox and friends. An hour 20 minutes ago we saw a man out here walking his dog who is saying. This area floods pretty routinely conceding you are so close to the bay. You see waves crashing up over the wall. Considering the storm surge everybodys expecting with this hurricane, this is completely underwater. People are definitely afraid. The mayor says they are prepared. Obviously, we didnt have the runup in anticipation like the east coast it. Folks are pretty responsive. We live in florida and we know about these storms. We are doing what we can to get people to higher ground. The governor in the state of been great, reporter the majority of people have skipped town i will tell you that. People say we are happy we had days to prepare for this silly to get supplies if we are staying. The last plate blew out yesterday. At this point a finger at the point of no return if you are still here. You are staying here, hunkering down. We have seen a few people out and about. That is going to change and its going to be inside. Abby that is going to have pain. I did speak to somebody last night who went to one of the shelters. Where do they go . That is the problem. Not everyone evacuated when they should have. My grandma is right in the tampa area on oxygen. She cant get many places. A number of pets at home. Where you couldnt take those animals . Every situation is different. Harder than it often found to get out. Trained in the same mayor of tampa last night in americas news headquarters said everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. We are about to get punched in the face and well see what happens. Shelters are closed, people hunkering down. Nobody wants these things to happen. Those are unleashed when Mother Nature barrels forward. Abby absolutely. Time has run out for anyone looking to fly out of florida. Airports now completely shut down. Nearly 10,000 flights from around the country also canceled or delayed until after the storm moves through. That is exactly what needs to happen. You dont want any flights in and out of florida in the next couple days. The mayor of st. Petersburg, florida, rick price. Thank you for being with us. St. Petersburg ratepayer near tampa. Beautiful part of florida. Bill nelson yesterday said it might eat a scenario. What are you hearing . We are seeing this storm, right over us. We are concerned about the wind and the storm surge. We dont know how its going to impact us. Weve got a lot of areas that are lowlying and we are concerned about the storm surge. Pete weve heard some stories about shelters. What is your shelter situation . Do you think they would escape in a storm surge . Are they full . Have you turned anyone away . Weve got a little over 6000 people in st. Petersburg in our shelters right now. We still have people coming into our shelters countywide with the storeroom, we are just hoping for the past. If you havent gotten into a shelter, getting now. A couple days this term is basically forecast in the east coast of florida. Now you might read in the bullseye. People rethinking their plans, not too late for them to get out. It is not. If you havent gotten into a shelter, you need to take every opportunity to make it as safe as possible in your home. If you are dealing with the interior room, find as much soft material as you can put around it so you dont get hit by things that might be flying. Make yourself as safe as possible. We want our people to be safe. Abby paso weve been hearing from Governor Scott as well. Where christman, you were at our prayers. Thank you so much. Pete is hurricane karma continues to move towards the United States, every aspect we are tracking. Supposed to make landfall in less than an hour. Fox news channel fox news weekend. Dont go anywhere. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. The reason im telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. Your little girl getting married being one of them. We are now hunkered down to wait out this historic hurricane. True to the florida keys to see the eye of the storm within a few hours. Right now to bryan llenas in downtown miami. You are falling over earlier. Tell us how things would be right now. We always had a safe corner here by three sides, we are not hated by wind right now. Well come for safety and now is the most important thing. The bottom line is south florida is very much getting hurricane gusts. Most people hear the authorities are saying dont look at the track. Dont look at anything. We will have 24 hours of what we are seeing, which is a ton of rain, a ton of wind that could cause flooding, it take down power lines. Souther radians get a sense o