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That and it gradually weakens as you go out. the only maybe saving grace for west coast florida is that we did not end up getting a hurricane hit landfall necessarily -- the angle of approach makes all the difference. and a storm that's more parallel -- oh! that hurt. i'll admit, that hurt. >> mike bettes admitting temporary defeat to the forces of mother nature, has gone back
Trees wouldn't be there. >> well, that's the reason why barbuda is almost unable to support human life. there is -- there is nothing left. >> if you remember, it was only 48 hours ago that the national hurricane center said we'd have a landfall right where we're looking now at 155 mile per hour winds, cat 5. that was only hours ago. you know, cuba took a lot out of this storm. and the reason we're not dealing with a category 5 or strong 4 right now is because cuba dealt with this storm for about 24 hours. >> we realize a whole lot of suffering is going on on the atlantic coast. we're not going...
Know? what's happening, what you just saw here is now happening in bonita springs also to the north. that's that northern eye. here's naples. that's in the clear and that's the eye right here and mike bettes is located near 41 which is in the north side here. so his shot will slowly end and the winds are dying down. bonita springs is the area north there and then we head into forth meyers. we've been trying to give everyone a head's up of when they need to seek shelter and go to their safe areas. now is the time to do that in fort meyers. from the winds we just saw that produced the 142-mile-p...
Brief. but the problem is now they are coming more frequently. you could get a gust happen once a minute, now you're getting a gust that happens three, four, five times a minute. the sustained winds are now elevated, right, so now you're just -- ratcheting up -- yeah, i'm good. >> unbelievable. >> he's been in this for, like, 20 minutes. >> the best depiction i've seen of the strength of this storm, as human terms as we can put it. and that is a guy like mike standing out there -- >> you know this is a cat 3. look at those trees. they are still standing behind where bettes -- as bad as that lo...
System, it will be a drawn out storm. we'll see the effects throughout the night, overnight and even as we head into monday morning. harris. >> boy, this has been a beast as it moves across the country. thank you very much. libya on the brink of civil war, forces loyal to gadhafi stepping up the counter attacks. leland vitter, our correspondent there is about to give us a close look at the battle front. stay tuned for that. a daring break-in by a guy with, well, droopy drawers. police say he was after that was so important, he couldn't even pull up his pants. homeowners -- rates have been goin...