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Right where that blue sign is that shows florida's treasure, which is the manatee and showing this is where people come to see manatees. now we are seeing the water really rise, really come up. here is the deal, this isn't even the worst of the storm surge. this is just the beginning. we are just past low tide. low tide. high tide is not expected until about 4:30 this afternoon. so we have a ways to go and at 4:30 this afternoon we will really see what the effect of this storm will be on crystal river because this is about a storm surge event and a rain event, not so much here a wind event. we...

Inside and most of the reason that we see interruptions in service is because of debris flying around in the wind that then knocks out poles or knocks out some of their towers. because of that, they have crews stacked for 24 hours looking for that, looking to restore service and similarly in other parts of the state, as well. overall, this is a very bizarre thing and that is why we have seen in all of our social media, l.a. county, san diego, all of them putting out, fema, the state of california, putting out messages itting people to be prepared because no one looks at the weather in august, ...

The city of palm springs telling me they've already closed several major arteries. in and out of palm springs that typically are some of the worst actors during any kind of rain event. to not only have people not drive through them we've got barricades in place and in some cases even police officers stationed at each end of those closures to tell people they are really not going to be safe driving through that road. but, of course, as you talk about people that were preparing now, of course, we are in the thick of it here as we're feeling the effects of tropical storm hilary and throughout the...

We're going to be seeing gusts up to 60 miles per hour. 70 miles per hour on some mountaintops, and sustain winds of 25, 30 miles per hour. but once again here on the strep there's still a lot of people out and about take a listen to what some people thought about this approaching storm. >> you know what's funny is yesterday it was raining, and our whole plan was to do free mile experience and we were out there in the rain, we said you know what we'll tough it out and get through it so no we're not going change our plans and be back later this week it is nice again. >> raincoats and rain hats ...

This is not a wind event. this is a rain event. we do have tropical storm watches already in effect. those will get bumped to tropical storm warnings probably tomorrow, as the storm does get closer. here we go. big storm in very warm water. but then it farther to the north. and as it gets farther to the north, it loses that warm water, and it loses its wind power. it's not going to lose its rain effect. it's not going to lose all the power it can have here. these areas here, category 4 for flash flooding event. there's only 4% of the days in america with this type of purple. and 37% of all the...