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Storm surge, because the mayor here is saying we could get up to two feet of rain on a very short amount of time. we got the storm surge that happens close to the coast, we saw what happened to tampa bay, sucking the water right out of tampa bay. and then you had that inland flooding, as we get this barrage of rain on top of me right now. the storm is about inland flooding here. i would say a bigger water event, i'm not a meteorologist, obviously, that it is a wind event. there's certainly a complication. but way more water. so talk to us about the surge in the inland flooding, please. >> the ...

Hurricane ian, it was going 25 miles per hour. ian is going about 10 miles an hour. it was also a much smaller storm and it was really a wind event. so it plowed right through punta go gorda, but there wasn't much of a storm surge. hurricane ian will be 10 to 12 feet. i'm okay now standing here, but this time tomorrow night, you can get this area will likely be under water. so a very different story from charley. >> randi, thank you. with us now is the mayor of marathon in the florida keys. mayor bar tas, thank you for being with us. what does it look like where you are and what have preparati...

Forever, which is a 200 million dollar resiliency program which is voter approved, right on the heels of hurricane irma in 2017. that is an infrastructure program where we are spending significant amount of money to make sure that we can be as water resilient and win resilient post hurricane andrew 1982 and we got 200 mile per hour wind event. so we have gotten some money from the state, we've gotten about $50 million in addition to the 200, and we're obviously hoping to get some money from the federal government as part of the infrastructure bill that was passed recently. so in miami we like ...

Surge. it was very much a wind event. they're very, very concerned about the level of water that's going to be rushing into these communities, including downtown and several other areas. there are barrier islands that had to evacuate. they were the first to go, but we've met people who were hunkering down on a boat nearby. there are boats out here in the harbor here behind me. we will see what happens as this increases in strength, john. >> randi, stand by for a minute. i want to bring in chief meteorologist chad myers into the weather center to join the discussion. chad? >> john, and to randi...

It will pass over, punta gorda with 155-mile-per-hour winds. ranti, can you hear me? >> i hear you okay, john, for now. we are here in downtown punta gorda. we were just on the outskirts of downtown near the water, but we moved to higher and safer ground. it's certainly getting windier. the storm is getting closer. out in the distance there is where we were. if you look beyond those buildings, that's where charlotte harbor is, and that's the real concern. the storm will push that ocean water into charlotte harbor, which of course will not be able to hold that water. at the overflow very likely...