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Save lives. the sensors that they're mounting in various locations up and down the coast that are about an 1 1/2 in diameter, about a foot and a half tall. they measure not only the storm surge but also the pressure readings at crucial locations that need the pinpoint data that saves lives over time. storm surge is a killer not limited to coast. tropical storms are low level hurricanes can do this. inland areas can see storm surge. they happen before, during, and after landfall here. as an example of that, l louisiana, they had surge going as much as 25 miles inland. >> i want to conceptualize...

Category three that had more depth and damage. a major reason was the storm surge. it's something we keep talking about here. katrina's 28 feet versus camille's 22 feet. my colleague richard is joining us to talk about this. we've got noaa. they say it's storm surge. that could be the biggest worry. talk about the reasoning for that. >> that is what they're saying. they're saying this because wind is not the killer. they're saying storm surge, that's the tropical storm killer. let me show you some of the numbers behind all of that. if you look at this, over 50% or almost 50% is caused by the s...

The issue is that it's tacked this way farther west as steve has been telling us. this is the inherent weakness of the coastline all across florida. you can see where it's most week when it comes to storm surge, it's mostly on this side of the state. tha that's why this is so concerning when you're looking at how it is now tracking this way. now, when we look at how a storm surge actually does look, this is an animation from the national hurricane center. they laid it out. you can see this might be a levy or storm surge barrier. then as the surge starts to come in, the bulges of water is what ...