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Marco island, we have one little spot -- what corner, do you know exactly where you are, steve? >> reporter: yeah. we're right on fifth avenue, and props to the -- [inaudible] for having an amazing, safe hotel and for taking us in and for taking in first responders. this is the hotel of choice for your category five hurricane. [laughter] shepard: steve harrigan, be by the inn at fifth. another prop for the inn at fifth right there on fifth avenue very near downtown naples. so that's the heart of the city, and what a beautiful place it is on a normal day. not so much today. all this is headed n...

To wait and see if it actually does happen, shepard. shepard: i think it will. janice dean is with us watching. janice, this is the front edge, the leading eye wall, we presume. >> reporter: that's exactly right. if you look at the radar, you have the strongest winds right now over steve harrigan. and we're saying 115 mile-per-hour sustained winds right mow from the national -- right now from the national hurricane center. that's their latest advisory. and as steve mentioned, i think around 4:50 p.m. eastern time is when he will experience that crazy calm when the eye of the storm actually com...

Trash and debris. that is definitely happening here along st. pete beach. this area was under a mandatory evacuation. if you're still here, it's too late. police tell us they're not going to respond. when the winds hit 40 miles an hour, it seems like we're probably at that point right now. everything we've been reporting on and have seen on your shows in the past couple hours is on its way here to st. pete beach. shepard: matt finn live for us. matt, we appreciate you. thank you. i've just gotten this in from "the miami herald", a massive airborne relief mission is enroute to the keys to help ...

But the -- as we see some debris fall there. the wind has abated, and the wind has aa baited as well. i'm not seeing that clear sky we've seen in the past when the eye of the storm goes over, shepard. shepard: i'm watching it on the radar. the eye is a little shaky, a little wobbly. a straight-up look in just a minute might show something a because the eye of the storm, the eye of hurricane irma is passing over naples and north naples right now. >> reporter: it's just one more way that these storms can be deceptive, how dramatically they can change from one minute to the next. you can see gust...

It. we are going to get another update, a full update at 5 p.m. eastern time with the full coordinates and whether the storm will continue its weakening trend. certainly, that seems to be the case, which is good news. but this is a storm surge story with all these vulnerable coastlines. so that's an ongoing threat especially as we get into the tampa bay area. shepard: no doubt. look at wsvn interviewing someone on the streets in florida. listen to this. >> here we go. we're going to let you get inside, we're going to do the same. >> all right. >> all right. stay safe, we'll be talking to you s...