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Night on the weather channel. as you've been telling us all night, if the storm comes up the gulf side, that doesn't spare the atlantic side. explain why storm surge is a bigger problem where you are on an otherwise beautiful night on the gulf coast. >> you raised two issues here. a lot of people are concerned with the point, the center line of the forecast of the national hurricane center. and a hurricane like irma is not just one singular point where the eye will go by. this is a huge, powerful hurricane. so folks on the east coast of florida, miami, ft. lauderdale, oh, we're going to be oka...

And for your viewers, just stay in touch. continue to watch your reports. get the latest advisories, and do the right thing. it's just about being smart, exercising that common sense, and heeding the advice of your local officials as so what to do in your particular part of the state of florida. >> congressman charlie crist, former governor here in florida. thank you, sir, i appreciate your time. the governor has said, governor rick scott has said that the evacuations are not meant to be convenient but meant to keep you safe. right now, we have a lot of people over in ft. meyers in southwest...

It's all said and done with as this hurricane rakes up primarily the eye going right up the western coast, the gulf side of florida, one million floridians could end up without electricity, and they say they expect severe damage, significant damage and people are going to have to wait days, perhaps weeks, perhaps even longer to get electricity restored. nine florida counties on the southern tip now under a tornado watch. we'll take a look at the balm trees as these bands of wind and rain are coming in, starting to bend more, bend more, and then out in the surf, like i said, it's dangerous, it'...

Very much. > >> if you're in an evacuation zone, you have to get out. think about it. we love our families, i love my family. i want to keep my family safe. everybody has to focus on keeping their families safe. if you're in an evacuation zone in plor flflorida, you need to now. if you're in the southern part of the state, make sure you're off the road before midnight. you need to be off the roads because this storm is coming. it's not days away, it's hours away now. >> you've been getting briefed regularly by your emergency managers. i know you just had a briefing within the last hour. what a...

In a tropical storm or a hurricane. still, ike caused a lot of flooding when the storm surge came in. it didn't just come from the gulf side, but it wrapped around this narrow island and came around the back bay side. that's where a lot of the flooding happened and we were driving through gals have to be last night. we could see some water levels throughout this area start to go rise pretty quickly. that's why people who were in low-lying areas are pretty concerned. not many people chose to evacuate galveston because they weren't as worried about the winds and things like that. but they are wo...