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Engines, the airport and the sea port, you know, and then everybody else's livelihood. so, yeah, there is a lot of things to worry about. i was here as the fire chief of miami when hurricane andrew hit and that left a lasting impression on me. this one -- this one, you know, i hope that somehow it turns off and goes back in the atlantic and leaves us alone but it doesn't appear that's going to happen rngs but we're prepared for the worst and we're going to pray for the best. >> everyone is hoping all the modeling can say what it wants, but it could be wrong. thank you so much, mayor. and next ...

. breaking news, an alarming new projection as we're tracking hurricane irma's deadly march toward florida. irma will slam florida as a monster category five storm. that would put irma in the same intensity as when it tore through the caribbean decimating entire islands. it was downgraded to a four and it will speed upcoming into florida. exclusive new pictures of the destruction the storm is reeking. live in antiga, which has been flt flattened by this hurricane. 95% of the island was gone. you were able to get in there after the storm. you saw the destruction. what does that look like? >> ...

Not left, encouraged to get out as soon as possible. >> you could have 25 to 30 feet of water above the ground in the florida keys in some places? >> that's correct. if you add the waves on top, that's possible. and even without the waves, though, 5 to 10 feet will cover most of the islands there. >> and in terms of the actual strike itself, ed, obviously i know a little bit shift here, a little bit shift there could make a huge difference. it could make a massive difference, right? right now i know the models are all converging. the storm is coming straight into florida heading up to miami. i...

In miami dade county. but, you know, that's for us and we have always said it's the -- ours are the shelter of last resort. it is much better to be with friends and coworkers and family versus being in a shelter. those that have no other place to go, that's who we shelter. we expect a lot of people to take advantage of our shelters. >> where will you be? obviously you will be leading a lot of disaster response. where will you be when the storm strikes? >> i will be in our emergency operations center when the storm hits because as soon as the storm passes then it begins the process of recuperat...

>> well, in our p-3 aircraft, which is what we use to fly at low altitudes, throw the teeth of the eyewall, and that aircraft, it is like a roller coaster through a car wash. i mean, it's a very wild, just crazy ride through the eyewall. in the g-4 aircraft that i'm currently flying, this airplane is up much higher. this is up at 45,000 feet. even up at 45,000 feet, when you fly across the top of a storm as powerful as irma, you get a lot of turbulence. and that turbulence is caused by all of the mass of the storm that's being sucked into the center, into that eyewall, so the outflow of this s...