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You see winds are picking up in st. augustine. they're blowing very hard. they're worried about the storm surge there in st. augustine. but that will come later, as that storm moves past. it is a massive storm. 314 miles across. and it's a category 3 so you heard what chad said the winds are very strong. they could gust up to 100 miles per hour, plus maybe all the way up to 120. you heard the mayor say -- you heard the mayor say that she wants people to stay inside their homes, only half the people in st. augustine evacuated. she didn't sound pleased about that. because you can't send rescue w...

Across the st. john's county area. in certain spots and in strategic spots, so they can get places that -- plan ahead because emergency management officials have been working around the clock figuring out where they may need their assets to be not only during the storm but after the storm. we have seen a lot of sheriff's deputies and st. augustine police officers that have been in certain spots where their cars are protected but now they can make their way to places where they may be needed at times like this. >> chris parenteau. you see what conditions are like in st. augustine's. the mayor s...

Poles. every once in awhile a huge wave will cover the poles up altogether. we're concerned about some overwash on some of those lower islands. that's what storm surge looks like. that should be a beach. it's not. >> it's not. okay. chad myers thanks so much. with me on the phone right now is the st. augustine mayor nancy schaefer. welcome back. oh -- >> while i'm talking to you i want you to know we're awaiting a press conference from your governor rick scott. that's expected to take place at any moment now so i may have to interrupt you. >> that's fine. >> on the right of my screen i have co...

Everything, but not get too exposed if possible. all right so that's what's going on in daytona beach. that's the present. which is a look at the future of what's going to happen up the rest of the east coast and here in jacksonville, carol. that's why the governor was saying the i-10 corridor which cuts east to west is open and passable. now is the time to move while you still can. >> now is the time to move. unless you live in st. augustine. because we just talked to the mayor there. she wants people to stay inside their homes. there are bridges there, too, going to be shut down shortly. whe...

Taking forever. we've been here all night long waiting for the storm to go by but it's only moving 10 to 12 miles per hour and it's going along a 300 mile seashore all the way from jacksonville down to about daytona. and that's where it goes. eventually gets into myrtle beach. eventually moves out to sea. but the risk today is the water going up the st. john river, going into st. augustine, going into daytona. i think, and this is kind of i'm calling this an audible off the cuff, we had a shot from daytona beach, it was a surf line shot. see if the control room can find that. there's a fence o...