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Of the question, as it is now, staying right off the florida coast. looks based on forecast track closest point of approach if it makes landfall, south carolina. but as my good friend former director of the center max mayfield used to say don't focus on that skinny black line. hurricanes are not a point on the map. this is an area of impact over a large area. storm surge, heavy rains, talking potential with the weather service about heavy rains in north carolina causing tremendous flash flooding. you need to heed local officials, local weather service offices. don't worry much about landfall. ...

Clouds. i just retweeted that on the twitter account. it begins to clear up a bit and then went through the eye wall and now, but what's fun and different, is you can go, it's a 360 video and spin it around. see the pilots in the cockpit and look at the front of the plane's window and the side of the window. it's neat stuff they're doing and these are brave people and amazing people that they're out there doing missions at night and doing it during the daylight hours and punching. they have families too. they're sitting there punching through 150-mile-per-hour winds with an airplane to help us...

>> thanks. >> that was governor rick scott in the state of florida urging people to evacuate. as he has said, this is a life and death situation. get out. the number one priority for the governor of florida is to keep floridians safe. he does not want to see one single person injured. he's urging people to go to visitflorida.com. if you know people that live on the other side of the state, call them. go stay there. hotels, airbnb offering rooms for free. he cannot stress with more of a serious tone how serious this is and he has said over and over, power will be lost when this hits land, it's ...

That with flash floods, things like that. beach erosion, strong currents. possibility of tornadoes. hurricane force winds. storm surge. think about this. the storm surge of 5 to 9, not inches, but feet, 5 to 9 feet. feet. from sebastian to the florida/georgia line. upper keys to deerfield beach. these are heights aboveground, 5 to 9 feet. think about that. on top of that, waves crashing. so you'll have storm surge, and on top of that, significant waves crashing. do not surf. do not go on the beach. no one should be on the beach doing anything. remember, all of these are projections, and it can...

Landfall or maybe get very close to the state of florida. >> congressman, please stay safe and i do hope your constituents are listening to both you and governor rick scott. and they are taking precautionary measures in getting out. time is, of course, running out for those along the florida space coast. officials throughout the state urge evacuations ahead of an extremely rare possible category four hurricane. it is just hours away. traffic is beginning to build as well as wind. we're going to be right back with more. narrator: adventure can be found anywhere but the best place to start is it...