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and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, "no ice cream for ian." sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that's small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they're looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for p...

The water has nowhere to go. storm surge right now certainly the biggest concern as the projections are between 5 and ten feet. for historical context, the last time a major hurricane struck tampa directly, 1921, 11 feet of storm surge. the speed at which this storm is traveling is perhaps the biggest problem. it is projected to go 3 to 4 miles per hour, the pace we would walk at, so it would be sitting on water and on land dumping rain for hours. if you're look for a historical precedent, hurricane harvey would be the extreme example. it is in the window of possibility for what could happen h...