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This is coming through from them the company says that it is assembled the largest pre- storm force in us history with more than 16000 people ready to respond. they can't respond until after the storm. that can be monday before they can even start. if they have upwards of millions of people to service, it could take some time to get you. these are the reasons why they wanted to people to leave. these are the reasons why they wanted you to get to higher ground and then have sustenance for a few days in case you go to higher ground and you may not see water but you may see power outages. these a...

Thing out for the next 48 hours. harris: that's important what you just said, mayor. i was wondering what the heck? if these people would try to come back the absolutely can't. they have to stay where they are, correct? >> corrects. we don't want vehicles on the road and cars crisscrossing the state. this storm just might you all covered it for three or four days we knew it was coming and we knew how big and brought it was and were telling people now please get off the roads. the only cars are to be on the roads are public safety professionals, first responders and, you know, the few working e...

We remember this from harvey and the mayor of houston saying set an alarm clock in every so often if you're going to try to sleep this thing out or whatever you are doing, different hurricane, but similar situation of trying to watch to see what the water is doing around you. best case scenario is that they are gone and they don't have to worry about that. when you were talking about for a couple of things the slowing down it hit me that why is that significant and does this start to change the timetable? i'm curious what it means when you say that it is slowing down around cuba? is that a goo...

Golf course with incredible speed. if that hit you, that would hurt you. >> between palm fronds and coconuts and other things that are airborne and could become airborne in this storm, hazards are many. that's why we need people, indoors. >> thank you. >> mayor siler, ft. lauderdale, thank you so much for being with us. hoping and praying for the best for your community and all communities across florida. our correspondent jolene kent is in ft. lauderdale, give us a bit of a situation report on what's going on outdoors. jolene? >> reporter: brian, we are soaking wet, a new band has come in. wa...

That has shifted. now we're looking at a storm surge of 5-10 feet. they can change depending on the precipitation with the storm. our real fear right now is the storm surge. every time it takes a jog one way or the other, the storm surge alters itself a foot or two. and also the timing. if it continues to slow down and comes in with a high tide, that's a bigger problem than if it comes in under a low tide. these are all things that mother nature just playing games with our preparations. look, we're ready. we've been doing this 100 plus years in ft. lauderdale. we feel we're ready. >> i believe...