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Can see damage on some picture there's. trees down, it's going to get worse. you're add at least another 30 miles per hour on to what you just saw when you get that part of the eyewall there and that's five minutes away. chris? >> and then we have to deal with the residual storm surge and see what that does. >> yes. >> we spoke to someone on marco island. you're saying that the storm went over there as a category 3. wayne, please check in with us. wayne is a 61-year-old man, decided to stay in his condo. he said about a dozen people, maybe a little less, decided to stay along with him and in t...

Hour gusts. all of our folks are sheltered right now, waiting for this to pass and i expect later on in the evening i'll be able to pull the 1200 men and women back into the streets and start protecting the residents again and help them save lives. tree and to have you been getting a lot of calls for service? you have to keep first responders that day now. have there been a lot of calls? >> people understood we were going to be able to respond, so we had plenty of advance, so that worked. nobody has really ventured out and risk to their lives so far that we know of. you know, just right now wh...

Key west, yet we are still here in the metro broward county, fort lauderdale, miami area feeling the impact. the beads and the size of the store is aweing. mike: is your best advice to sit tight and ride it out? >> we are tonight. the whole county declared curfew at 3:00 p.m. the roads are completely deserted. everybody is following the orders from law enforcement and public safety personnel. everybody is board up or in a shelter. we have 35,000 people in shelters in broward county. everybody acted responsibly. it's been a few days we have been getting ready here. we are as battened down as we

Hour, according to the detailed forecast. >> when you look at the size of this storm, it appears it will make a mess of much of florida. what are the concerns about your immediate area at this point? >> right now everybody is hunkered down. we are looking at the impact, trees down. right now our biggest issue is power outages. we have 2,000 people in the city withoucity -- without power. so the concern is how many days following this event will it take the until power and light company to restore power. mike: does irma feel different to you? >> i'll tell you, this one is so large, it's south a...

So streets are flooding. we won't be able to get out until probably sunrise tomorrow morning to assess the damage. the pictures that have come in, trees down, you power lines, it's about as bad as you can imagine without seeing it. eric: you have a double whammy, high tide late this afternoon and as you said the storm surge. killer surge, up to 15 feet. you have seen that yet? and do you think most of the people who were told to evacuate did get out? >> okay, i'll answer the last question first about the evacuation. i think everybody that was supposed to get out got out and if they didn't, the...