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Is being shredded because these winds are sustained. they keep coming through and just barrelling through this area, pushing all of that water onto shore, it is now a lot further in, several feet into onto shore there from the water. that s the thing that everyone is afraid of is as these waters get pushed onto shore, it puts people in true danger. right now you re okay. right now if you wanted to evacuate from this place, you could. but it is going to get to a point where you cannot, according to the predictions. so, stay safe. try to get to higher ground. you don t have to go far. all right, i think we are now moving on, carolyn, where are we going from here? all right. brian todd is in tallahassee, he s in the capital of florida for us, we ve heard from ron desantis this morning who has been telling people that, look, we will get to you as soon as you can if you have an emergency. if you haven t left the evacuation zones you are on your own for a while because the emergency system ....
Is in dire need of help because of the storm surge. and it is the water. we can keep reminding people about this because it can t be said enough, that it is the water. it is the storm surge that is the most dangerous. it is the most deadly in every storm that we see. we pay a lot of attention to the winds because they are very visual, but it is the water that is extremely dangerous, very hard to get away from if you don t evacuate in time. sir, thank you so much. police chief anthony holloway of st. petersburg. all the best of luck to you and your team there as you await this storm. you not only have to protect people, you lirch there. so you have to protect your family an work force. i appreciate you are time, sir. thank you very much. all right. now, carolyn, can i toss back to phil? yeah. i was ready. i was ready, but that was a more much more important person to talk to very ....
Family with you. derek van dam, thank you so much for a view from the very warm ocean. we will toss it now back to phil. actually, no. no, we re not. we are not going to do that. we are going to pay attention to our executive producer, carolyn, who tells me that st. petersburg police chief anthony holloway is here with us. sir, can you hear me? yes, i can. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. thank you for being up bright and early with us as we are finally seeing how beautiful it is here on the west coast of florida. but there is danger on the way. what are you expecting there in st. petersburg and what are you telling the citizens of st. petersburg to be on the lookout for and to do? good morning again. you are absolutely correct. for the next eight hours, we are asking people that are in the ....
Becoming a pilot, ever since my first flight lesson. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: together, on united flight 260, reunited. reunited and it feels so good reporter: cole s mom has been a flight attendant at united for over 45 years. mom and dad have worked in aviation, his sister, carolyn, is the late toast become a flight attendant. the passengers cheered. i m excited to be able to fly her for the first time today. reporter: some online commenters were touched. at least one parent noted, lol, i won t get in a car if one of my kids is driving. okay, maybe instead of reading, he should have tried winging it, but still mom, i love you, and to everyone on board, welcome ....