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High tide locally is at about 2:00 a.m. eastern standard time. how long will the wind shift and the power be this way? they're all unknowns and there are a lot of people who have a lot of fear right now and it is understandable but we've been talking to emergency officials and they believe that as soon as they can, they'll come out and be doing the work that only they can. so we'll take a break right now. when we come back, we're going to show you proof positive of what is possible once the first responders can get out. there have been rescues that will blow your mind and lift your spirits abo...

Braving the cold for us, joining us live now from a mountain of snow there in erie, pennsylvania. alex, that city got as much snow in the past several days as they usually get all winter? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, tom. they usually get about 100 inches of snow here in erie all winter. so far, they've gotten 102 inches just in december alone. as for what happens for these massive mounds of snow like this one piling up all over town? officials here say, they just haven't gotten to that point yet. a long road ahead. tom? >> clearly. 102 inches so far. all right, alex, our thanks to you. ...

They're going get a break this week. pedram? >> i think it's about time. well see a little bit of improvement. well see the wind shift become more of an onshore component. worse than beijing on thursday in san francisco. it has improved a little bit. still looking at moderate conditions. but closer perspective as far as the coverage here. we've seen improvement in the fires, say 8 to 15% improvement in the coverage and containment of these fires. but still significant damage in place. but notice the trend. in sacramento upper 80s to mid-60s. los angeles middle 90s. down to 82 degrees. so all o...

There's such a force, that's the kind of thing. its enhancing it if anything. most of irma is over land. we do have outer bans out over the atlantic ocean, also the gulf of mexico. one of the other things that we need to understand, we've been talking about it for hours. my colleague tom slater was talking about it earlier and tom meyer, that is there is going to be a high tide for tampa. those are usually about 2 to 3 feet. that occur in the morning about 4:00 or 6:00 in the morning. and we'll see the wind shift. when that wind shift and it move on shore for tampa bay and clear water, st. pet...

Rising. >> yeah. the sanitary sewer system won't be able to contain that. >> the water had blown out of naples by about five feet we've now almost replaced all of that water in 30 minutes. remember we showed you the pictures in tampa earlier because the water had blown out. it's 30 minutes for four feet of that water to come back. and it's just starting. watch for a wind shift in direction where mike bettes is. it's been --? the crew in the upper right-hand portion is our crew in downtown naples. they will be the first ones as mike bettes' shot will die off, all of a sudden you will see the wi...