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Finishes off structures and situations, that the rain softens it up, the surge does damage, and then the wind can finish things off. is that why there's such a concern for so many of the different types of outlying areas like here in jacksonville, i'm 15 miles in from the coast right now, but we have the st. john river right behind us which feeds off the intercoastal and the ocean and we will get another four feet of tide as it becomes high tide at about noon today, and we're already up at the bank. so once you get that extra surge plus the rain that's coming down and the wind that combination...

Come to us right away. the shot will start going in and out a lot. we're getting hit by one of these outer feeder bands of rain, so this is not the real deal that we're dealing with here in jacksonville at all. yes, the advisory has shifted. this is supposed to be a concentrated impact area. but that's hours from now. you will see this is just a taste. we're still several hours away from high tide. there's going to be another four feet of tidal action here on top of six to ten feet of tide surge and the st. john river hint behind us, 50 miles from the ocean, is already just about at its bank c...

The issue of storm surge. we've got a lot of canals. we're not just an ocean front. we have the river behind us, the banana river and indian lagoon and cocoa beach has 60% of single family dwellings are on water whether that be riverfront, canals or ocean front. and that's a lot of people. you know, basically directly in [ inaudible ] the storm surge what they're predicting nine to 11 feet, that could be serious. from my, you know, basically hurricane, biggest loss of life isn't from the wind, it's from the storm surge and flooding. >> right. you have that combination effect of wind, the surge...

Or his motive of why he would want to do this. mary to will's point about multiple doctors now we're hearing -- and we heard about the note shredded up in his apartment from a doctor saying unfit for duty unfit to work. part of this early motive that's coming out from investigators is this notion that perhaps, you know he was worried that it would get out to his employer to the airline, that because of his medical conditions he'd be yanked out of the cockpit. my issue with that is, so why would you then feel the need to fly and take the lives of 149 people with you? >> well that's a big myster...

People. that's where the fatalities happen. >> yeah. i'm not sure, we still have chris? is chris still with us? >> yeah. i'm here. i'm looking at the radar. >> you are. what are you seeing? >> yeah, i'm looking at the radar and i'm talking to one of the noaa guys. i know i'm on camera, but anderson's making good editorial points and i'm just trying to get some information. if you put up the latest radar, you see what the problem is headed our way, my friend. we see big bands on the northeast side of this storm. those are going to come in behind us. okay? so they're not going to hit the coastli...