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Goes. it's log rhythmic. taking a 75-mile-per-hour storm, compared to what we have here, 150-mile-per-hour storm, that seems like it's two times greater. no. actually it's 256 times more powerful when it comes to doing damage because it's not a linear extrapolation, it's a log rhythmic extrapolation. port fourchon got the center of the eye, but the problem would be grand isle. grand isle got the right side of the eyewall, not the middle of the eye. you only got the eyewall itself. 150-mile-per-hour storm, that's almost where we were with michael that made landfall on mexico beach. i can probab...

The worst part is that eyewall itself, the center of the eye is calm. we don't care about that. >> and it's sitting in the jet stream, gathering more heat and potential momentum. >> the gulf stream. >> the gulf stream. thank you, sir that's why he's the meteorologist. for more, we go thrive jensen beach and meteorologist derek van dam. good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning, christine. you know, we've been here for about eight hours now. and we've endured driving rain, we've had tropical storm-force gusts all night. and also surging ocean, as well. that's the threats going forward as...

Sandy. in haiti, matthew has come and gone, leaving devastation in its wake. as many as 339 people have died according to local officials. let's go out to nbc's ron mott. he's in daytona beach, florida, for us right now. so what does it look like where you are, ron? >> reporter: athere, alex. good morning. you were just talking about the storm surge. that's the number one concern in this part of florida, all up and down the storm zone on the atlantic coast, because that is what usually is responsible for killing the most people in these hurricanes. we got a little bit of good news in that 11:0...