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Islands and i'm sure they're scared to death what happens down there. i'm praying that everybody comes through that but we know we've already lost lives down there. my goal is i don't want to lose a life. i want everybody to survive this storm and i will do everything i can to keep everybody safe. >> bill: you have mandatory evacuations started yesterday for monroe county, florida keys, parts of miami-dade. >> right. there will be more as the national hurricane center comes out with their hurricane warnings and their storm surge. here is what's different about this than even andrew 25 years ag...

At 13.68. >> i think it's gotten to 18.67 or something without anything happenin happening. >> 14.68 feet they can take a lot of water right now. for whatever reason it just sat here and dumped rain, that's their concern. their concern is not the wind right now. [ inaudible question ] >> yep. so turkey point, of course, will be closed at the right point. and the -- i've been talking to fp & l. they're all prepared to do t we're preparing both, to close it and how to reopen it. the big issue on reopening it, we have to have the evacuation

Inspections when it hits 17 feet. 13.68 feet they can take a lot of water right now. the biggest risk would be if for whatever reason it just sat here and dumped rain. that would be -- that's their concern. their concern is not the wind right now. >> [inaudible question]. >> turkey point will be closed at the right point and the -- i've been talking, they're prepared to do it. we're preparing both to close it and how to reopen it. the big issue on reopening it is we have to have the evacuation zone completely clear so we've worked a plan with the national guard to make sure it's closed but rea...

Right now. the big risk they have there, of course, is if we get too much water. it looks like so far this storm is moving fast, which means we won't get the same sort of rain that texas got. now, that can all change but the biggest risk on the dike at okeechobee is too much rain and why they're lowering levels and doing the same thing with the canals. so we're trying to make sure to the extent if we get a lot of rain and the storm surge at miami-dade. the canals will be as low as we can get them. if something changes we'll tell you. we're at 13.68 and we can take a lot more right now. i think...