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october 2020, we reported here on this show on something that we first learned about from one of the great historic, gigantic radio stations in the united states, the michigan behemoth, wwj radio in detroit, michigan. wwj has been on the air for more than 100 years. they're just a huge deal in american broadcasting history. they are still on the air today. they are still a big deal today. and just about exactly two years ago, october 2020, we learned about a story that was broken by a reporter at wwj named sandra mcneill. she had gotten a tip from a listener to wwj in detroit. the li...

we first learned about from one of the great historic, gigantic radio stations in the united states, the michigan behemoth, wwj radio in detroit, michigan. wwj has been on the air for more than 100 years. they're just a huge deal in american broadcasting history. they are still on the air today. they are still a big deal today. and just about exactly two years ago, october 2020, we learned about a story that was broken by a reporter at wwj named sandra mcneill. she had gotten a tip from a listener to wwj in detroit. the listener told her that they received a really, really sketchy ro...

a pretty low lying area. >> that storm surge they're preparing for, what exactly might that look like when it comes to the businesses and the homes in that area? >> reporter: well, to give you a sense of howe things look where we are right now, we're at a park that's surrounded by three bays, the old tampa bay, the tampa bay and then that third bay. what they're worried about, especially the folks in pinellas county, that storm surge is going to flood things no matter what. even if that forecast track ends up having ian moving parallel to tampa bay and the tampa area, they still beli...

unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let's get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. >> we have a lot to talk about and it's going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means...

to get out. the red on this map shows the mandatory evacuations as of one hour ago. basically the low lying areas near the water. ian is getting strzokker. florida governor said it is 500 miles wide at the moment and he adds that the storm surge and heavy rains will impact the entire state. >> we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and perhaps isolated tornado activity and that is true regardless of the precise track that this takes. don't think because the eye may not be in your area you won't see impacts. you will see signifi...