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Highest elevation is 13 feet. bonita springs is 29 miles. you're roughly two hours, two hours 15 minutes from being in that eye wall. and as we start to get to sunset, that is when the worst will be going up there. it is a cat 3, we think it will probably remain cat 3. you're about four hours away from now getting into that northern eye. we have sam champion on often. we have strong wind gusts on the eastern shore. we will not see anything worse than we are right now. the storm if you draw a line from miami to the center of the storm is parallel with it right now. in miami you're getting the w...

That's very strong. northeast eye is very strong. that's where all of the damage will occur, that's what we hoped would miss people. if i take it from beginning of the really intense stuff, draw a line distance wise to marco island, we're at 30 miles away. storm is moving, increasing forward speed. now about 10 to 12 miles per hour. again, now we are about three hours away from the first real significant besides what happened in the keys, first real significant wind damage. then after the eye goes through which will take three hours, we get storm surge south of that. i can zoom out further, go...

Needed. >> so, my question is how are you protecting that rescue fleet right now in. >> our helicopters are on a reinforced concrete hanger in a southwest corner of puerto rico which was only brushed by tro tropical storm region during the storm. ships sailed out of the way of the storm and to the south. as soon as the seas allow us to return we'll be moving back quickly to the puerto rico and virgin islands. >> what are you hearing from your folks in the field? >> i got a report from our second commander in san juan earlier this evening reporting that they were experiencing tropical four stor...

It will be a challenge to keep up with conditions throughout the evening. >> the people who have stayed, what are they doing? >> well, the best option, unfortunately, if you're not out y yet. you should be putting as many walls between you and the storm as possible. that way if you have a broken window or something from your roof, hopefully you'll be okay. >> and what are they doing to prepare? >> reporter: driving is not the best option. they took the fire trucks out of the street when the winds hit 70 miles an hour. they don't want anyone driving out here, and when they pull those emergency ...

The winds, whiand the rain is almost nonstop. this will be the storm that people here remember for the rest of their lives. still playing out, will it be remembered for those still making it through or something else? the language they used to describe it is something we haven't heard since the likes of katrina. even though it's near to making landfall, when it does, that's not the end. it will only just be beginning. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> reporter: a dyer warning from the texas governor as hurricane harvey bears down on the texas coast, with the window to now be out...