BOUND TO FIND US AND WE'LL KEEP
YOU INFORMED AS BEST WE CAN
DURING THE HURRICANE.
I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH
SOMEONE WHO WAS POSTING A
FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEO.
SHE WENT BACK TO HER CONDO AND
THERE IT IS.
IS THAT SILVA, IS SHE WITH US?
?
Caller: I am with you.
Reporter: HOW IS IT GOING
THERE?
?
Caller: It's really windy and
AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
EGYPTIAN OF A LITTLE BIT OF
FLOODING.
THIS IS VERY END OF WHAT'S
INSIDE LINCOLN ROAD AND I LIVE
ON THIS STWREET SO IT USUALLY
FLOODS BECAUSE -- STREET SO IT
USUALLY FLOODS BECAUSE IT RAINS
AND THE DRAINS CAN'T DRAIN THE
WATER FAST ENOUGH.
TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE
THE STORM SURGE ACTUALLY COMING
ONTO THE STREET.
THE WALL, THE WATER IS USUALLY
3 FEET BELOW THE WALL.
THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW HIGH
THE STORM SURGE IS AS THE WATER
IS FROM THE BAY COMING ONTO THE
WATER.
WE'LL TURN AROUND AND ACTUALLY
DRIVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND
SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
HERE MANY MIAMI BEACH.
I WANT TO STRESS -- BECAUSE
WE'RE DOING A FACEBOOK LIVE
FEED AND THERE'S A LOT OF
COMMENTS IN THE COMMENT SECTION
ABOUT BEING SAFE AND I WANT TO
STRESS WE ARE DOING THIS
SAFELY.
THERE'S PARTIALLY LISTENING TO
ALL OF OUR METEOROLOGIST ABOUT
WHERE THE SQUALLS ARE AND WHERE
THE WINDS ARE AND ALSO IN
ADDITION I'VE LIVED ON THE
BEACH FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I KNOW THE STREETS TO AVOID.
WE'RE STAYING IN BETWEEN TALL
SXJZ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET AND DRIVING VERY SLOWLY.
-- TALL BUILDINGS AND IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
AND WE'RE DRIVING VERY SLOWLY.
WE'RE SEEING LIMBS DOWN AND THE
WIND HAS BEEN CONSISTENT EVEN
AFTER LAST NIGHT.
WE GOT OFF THE AIR AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, THE HOWLING OF THE WIND,
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT
TRAIN AND QUITE FRANKLY I'VE
NEVER BEEN THROUGH A HURRICANE
THIS SIZE BEFORE.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN IN A
TUNNEL.
AND THE WINDOWS KIND OF -- YOU
COULD HERE THIS SHAKING A
LITTLE BIT.
I CAN REPORT THAT FORTUNATELY,
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE OUT.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT WE
SAW COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING.
THEY CAME OUT FROM A SIDE DOOR.
THEY LET THEIR DOG OUT AND WENT
BACK IN.
SO -- HANG ON.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A TURN
HERE.
THERE'S TREE LIMBS DOWN HERE.
THIS IS WHERE -- WEST AND
LINCOLN ROAD HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE FROM
THE WIND FROM LAST NIGHT.
ARE WE GOING TO -- YEAH, OKAY.
SO LAST NIGHT WE ALSO SAW A
NUMBER OF -- A NUMBER OF
EXPLOSIONS FROM OUR BALANCE
CONE BECAUSE -- BALCONY
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
LIGHTNING OVER OUR SHOULDER AND
THERE WERE FLASHES OF BLUE AND
GREEN LIGHT IN THE DISTANCE WE
CAN ONLY ASSUME THOSE WERE
TRANSFORMERS WHICH WERE
EXPLODING WHICH IS THE REASON
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER.
THE WIND HAS BEEN CONSISTENT.
WE'VE HEARD CRAIG AND LISSETTE
TALK ABOUT THIS HURRICANE BEING
A WIND EVENT AND STORM SURGE
EVENT AND NOT A RAIN EVENT AND
THAT'S EVIDENT FROM WHAT WE'RE
SEEING WHEN DRIVING AROUND AS
YOU KNOW MIAMI BEACH IS FAMOUS
FOR FLOODING.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THE RAIN, SO
THE WATER IS NOT SORT OF COMING
UP IN THE FLOOD ZONES THAT WE
USUALLY SEE FLOODED WHEN IT
RAINS REALLY HARD FOR A
CONSISTENT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT WE DID SEE THE STORM SURGE
RIGHT THERE ON THE BAY.
SO IF YOU -- STAY WITH US HERE
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A TURN ON
ALTON ROAD, IF YOU LOOK
CLOSELY, A LOT OF THE
BUSINESSES ARE BOARDED UP.
OKAY.
HOW ARE WE DOING HERE?
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
TAKING A DRIVE ON MIAMI BEACH.
SO YOU'RE COMING ALONG WITH US
AS WE'RE TRYING TO SEE THE KIND
OF DAMAGE THAT THE WIND OR THE
STORM SURGE MAY HAVE DONE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD ON
ALTON ROAD AND WE'RE
APPROACHING 15TH RIGHT NOW.
.
Reporter.
A LOOK AT THE PICTURES, CAN YOU
HEAR US?
TO TO LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND
TO KNOW ALTON ROAD FLOODS SO
EASILY EVEN WITHOUT HURRICANES
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HELD UP
PRETTY WELL AT LEAST FROM THAT
VANTAGE POINT.
AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS EVEN
WORKING.
YEAH, THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE
WORKING AND WE DID A LIVE
REPORT FROM MY APARTMENT.
WE HAD POWER ALL OF LAST NIGHT.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET
THAT LOSS POWER BECAUSE OF THAT
TRANSFORMER THAT EXPLODED LATE
LAST NIGHT.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE POWER
AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE
WORKING, YOU'RE RIGHT, PORTIONS
OF ALTON ROAD DO FLOOD EASILY
WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW SHE
REALLY HARD CONSISTENTLY.
-- YOU KNOW, REALLY HARD
CONSISTENTLY.
THE DRAINS DON'T ENOUGH TIME
FOR THE WATER TO DRAIN.
AND USUAL YOU WILL WE SEE --
USUALLY YOU WILL SEE STANDING
WATER AROUND HERE AND THERE
ISN'T ANY.
IT ADDS TO, WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THIS IS REALLY A STORM SURGE
AND WIND EVENT AND NOT -- YOU
KNOW, I'VE COVERED TORNADOS IN
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS AND I'VE
COVERED FIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND
A NUMBER OF OTHER NATURAL
DISASTERS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH --
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE PHONE
HERE.
NO PROBLEM.
Caller: I'VE NEVER BEEN
THROUGH A HURRICANE BEFORE AND
THE SOUND OF A HOULING TRAIN IS
DEFINITELY TRUE I'VE HEARD A
LOT OF YOU DESCRIBED.
I'M GOING TO TURN THE CAMERA
AROUND TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE.
WE'RE SAFE AND DRIVING AROUND.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT -- ABOUT OUR
SAFETY.
HI, EBENEZER [ LAUGHING ].
Caller: WE'VE GOT A TREE
DOWN ON 8TH AND ALTON, CAN YOU
SEE THIS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN.
WE DO SEE IT.
Caller: LET'S GET A LITTLE
CLOSER.
Reporter: ARE YOU
EXPERIENCING THE BIG GUSTS OF
WIND OR IS IT PRETTY SUSTAINED
RIGHT NOW.
IS IT SQUALLS OR SUSTAINED
STEADY WIND BUT DEFINITELY
DRAMATIC, WE CAN SEE.
.
Caller: IT IS SUSTAINED AND
STEADY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
THERE ARE GUSTS THAT COME
THROUGH.
SO YOU SEE -- YOU FEEL THE
SQUALL BECAUSE THEN IT RAINS
REALLY HARD.
LOOK AT THAT TREE, I'M NOT SURE
WHAT KIND OF TREE IT IS BUT
IT'S UPROOTED.
FORTUNATELY IT FELL FORWARD
ONTO THE STREET AND NOT OVER ON
THE HOUSE.
CAN WE GO A LITTLE CLOSER TO --
WE'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND
SEE -- THERE'S A CAR ON THE
STREET.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE SEEN
IN A LITTLE WHILE.
I CAN TELL YOU AS OF LAST
NIGHT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
WERE STILL COMING OUT.
WE HEARD THEM WITH SIRENS A
COUPLE OF TIMES RESPONDING TO
SOME CALLS.
COULD WE GO LEFT?
WE'RE GOING TO GO EAST ON 8TH
STREET HERE.
AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE FLOODING
OR ANY OTHER ISSUES HERE.
WE'RE GOING FURTHER -- TOWARDS
THE BEACH.
WE'RE TOWARDS THE BAY NOW WE'RE
HEADING TOWARDS THE BEACH AND
SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS
AND A LOT OF LIMBS AND THAT
TREE DOWN BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
NOT -- I HESITATE TO SAY IT'S
NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE THIS IS --
THAT FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND THINK
IT'S OKAY TO BE OUT AND AGAIN,
I WANT TO STRESS WE ARE DOING
THIS SAFELY.
WE ARE LISTENING TO LISSETTE
AND LISTENING TO CRAIG AND ALSO
USING OUR GPS AND INTUITION AND
HAVING COVERED EVENTS LIKE THIS
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WAIT, THERE'S A TREE DOWN OVER
ON THIS STREET.
WHERE ARE WE?
YEAH, I MEAN YOU CAN SEE --
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF REALLY
YOUNG PALM TREE DOWNS -- TREES
DOWN.
THAT'S BEEN THE ISSUE.
WE'VE SEEN THE MATURE TREES
DOWN THAT ARE REALLY BLOCKING
THE ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE SAY IT'S
HARD TO GET AROUND.
Caller: CAN YOU SEE THIS?
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
YEP.
WOW!
!
Caller: THAT IS A HUGE TREE
THAT IS UPROOTED.
ANOTHER ONE STRAIGHT AHEAD,
IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO
IT AND THIS ONE -- YOU'RE
STILL ON 8TH STREET THIS IS
BLOCKING OFF THE ENTIRE STREET.
NO WAY ANYONE CAN GET AROUND
THIS THING.
Caller: WE'RE NOT ON 8TH ANY
MORE.
JUST SOUTH OF ALTON, DO YOU SEE
THE SIDEWALK.
LOOK AT THAT.
Caller: THAT'S COME UP WITH
THE ROOT OF THE TREE.
YOU CAN GUESS HOW STRONG THE
WINDS WERE EARLIER TO HAVE
KNOCKED THAT TREE DOWN.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE
TREE.
FORTUNATELY, AGAIN, THE TREE
FALLING ONTO THE STREET AND NOT
TOWARDS THE BUILDING AND THIS
IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE
TOLD SOME PEOPLE TO SAY IN
DOORS AND AS -- SO MANY PEOPLE
TO STAY IN DOORS.
A CURFEW WAS ISSUED BETWEEN 8
P.M.
AND 7 A.M.
THIS MORNING FOR MIAMI BEACH.
I'M GOING TO GET A LITTLE
CLOSER AND TELL YOU WHAT STREET
WE'RE ON.
I SHOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE I
KNOW THIS BY HEART.
WE'RE ON MICHIGAN AND 9TH.
THAT WAS ON MICHIGAN AND 9TH.
SO WE'LL KEEP GOING TOWARDS THE
OCEAN.
WE'RE GOING FURTHER EAST.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURFEW,
AND OF COURSE, MIAMI BEACH WAS
EVACUATED BECAUSE WE ARE IN
ZONE B AND THE CONCERN WAS THE
STORM SURGE.
YOU SAW THAT EARLIER WHEN I
SHOWED YOU HOW HIGH THE WATER
HAD COME ON THE BAY AND IT'S
VERY STRANGE TO SEE THAT
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT
WATER THAT ROUGH BEFORE.
IN FACT, THE WATER IS SO CALM