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And tampa and ft. myers, they want to know what percentage is the southern half of the eye compared to that northern eyewall. because they want to know what they're going to go through after the center passes. >> reporter: okay. so if i follow, again, it is noisy, i think you said folks north of here, up in ft. myers are probably already beginning to experience some of the eyewall, i would think, at this point. then sarasota, and then further up into tampa. the strength of the wind is, at least for us, we had it at 131 miles an hour. that's what was calculated. could have been stronger. some o...

>> reporter: yeah, absolutely. the ground is sopping wet. a lot of this ground on this street here we've actually seen covered in water and then it is no longer covered in water, then it is covered in water again. so that sogginess is definitely a real factor here. as this wind continues to pick up, we're getting hit with these outer bands. we may not be in the eye of the storm, but it certainly feels very serious. that's why folks are continuing to stay home. >> i want to just show people, jo ling -- stay safe. i want to go over here and show people about the fact that there are still hurrica...

Break a few minutes. lets go over here, sam champion who's been standing in the wind all day. sam, this is important to discuss, you know we are trying to carry a few thoughts at the same time. winds gusting around you guys. and i think they put up some big wind gusts for you. naples of 142 and marco island is 130 and we have the 90 miles per hour gust that took the first crane down in downtown miami. bill, we have some models for what we expect from the winds here over the next few hours. i don't know if you guys went through that or not. >> bill, pull that up.

Main sign. let's just walk right over here. that was brought down just a couple of hours ago. so you've got 600,000 people in broward county without power. they've all been under a curfew until tomorrow morning. broward county sheriff saying stay safe, get into the safest place in your home. because even though we are no the in the eye of the storm here, you can see that the damage is really starting to materialize in a different way here. we have seen some pretty significant downed trees as well, some flooding. we actually haven't even been able to get to the coast yet because those bridges a...

Almost sweeps him off his feet. here is comes on the sidewalk behind him. there it is. this is the concern now as darkness falls. >> because you can't see that coming. >> you can't see it. you go out, you look for damage, a tornado, you can't see it, and it turns everything into those flying projectiles. >> things that are nothing. our cities, our developed cities, are full of "things" that you wouldn't pay attention to. kerry sanders always points out, coconuts on these palm trees are now weapons. >> the other thing that happens, people go out before the storm and think i'll cut down all of t...