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Of naples. the winds have died down enough where we can show you what we experienced here. look -- that's to be expected. those tree limbs there. this is part of the -- this is part of the tile that came flying off the roof of the building that we're in there and now we've gotten a little bit better view and you can really start to see a little bit of, you know, the tree damage is to be expected. as soon as all of this passes through and now it's starting to kick up again. we had a break there to give you a better perspective. but that's what we're facing there. obviously the tree damage is go...

Sanctity of this big beautiful wall that will probably kiss at the end of this thing. we'll stay out of harms way for now and just let you look at the wind from this vantage point, chris? >> reporter: god forbid, stay safe. i'll check back with you in a little bit. tell the control room if i need to come back to you sooner and we'll get right back to you. bill weir, he beautifully chronicled the decision making process of a unique subculture down here known as the conks. the people of the keys. he was in key largo as hurricane irma made landfall down there. he is now driving north to survey da...

To evacuate. what about those who have not been told or not under mandatory evacuation orders? is it any way possible they could leave the state by driving out, or is it too late for that? >> certainly not too late at this point. the conditions right now are kind of okay. again, getting towards midnight tonight into the morning, the winds should pick up and the rain should come and it's going to be just too dangerous to travel. so, of course, people didn't evacuate, we're asking to find a safe place in the house to hunker down until the storm passes. but the storm surge is the biggest concern ...

Heavily fortified house. we can hear the wind howling outside. however, we're not feeling any of the effects inside the house. but we can tell that it's blowing. i think the winds are 109, 110 miles an hour right now. >> that has got to be pretty frightening and pretty loud if you're able to hear it there. talk about what you expect to see when you are able to open the door of the house in which you have hunkered down, what do you expect to see in terms of remnants after storm surges? >> well, before i came up and while the sun was still up, i did a little tour of a couple of the neighborhoods...

Lauderdale. the wichbd winds are picking eye on miami. swrid i don't showing strong winds there, as well. waves ahead of hurricane irma's landfall. joining me now is sam champion. sam, what are you looking at there? >> reporter: well, we've been trying to show folks a little bit around the miami area. we just came off the beefach. along the beach, we saw a lot of tree limbs down. so already in a couple of the wind bursts, we've had some tree damage. came here because i wanted to show you some of the bridges in the dancistance. that is the bridge that goes to brick he wiell key. and beyond that...