EVERYTHING KEY WEST
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT DAVE WARREN, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH L.'S GO BACK TO
SOUTH -- LET'S GO BACK TO SOUTH
BEACH.
SILVA IS THERE, WORKING WITH
HER PARTNER THERE, PHOTO
JOURNALIST, EBENEZER DESCRIBE
FOR US THE SCENE, YOU HAVE BEEN
DRIVING AROUND SOUTH BEACH YOU
ARE AT SOUTH POINT PARK, WE CAN
SEE THE WATER LOOKS
UNBELIEVABLE DESCRIBE IT FOR
US.
UM, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
WATER THIS VIOLENT BEFORE, TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THIS
PARK AND FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK TO JUST
SET THE SCENE HERE FOR YOU LET
ME SEE IF I CAN ZOOM OUT I MAY
HAVE TO FLIP THE CAMERA AROUND
JUST BARE WITH ME HERE.
SO THIS IS SOUTH POINT PARK
HERE THAT IS MOST OF THESE ARE
YOUNG TREES THAT WERE PLANTED
RECENTLY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A
WALK WAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A
WHOLE BUNCH OF ROCKS WHERE
PEOPLE SIT OR FISH OR HANG OUT
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT BENCHES
PEOPLE SIT ON AND THEN THE WALK
WAY CONTINUES ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO THE BEACH.
YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR THE WATER
HAS COME UP AT THIS POINT WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT THE STORM SURGE
AND WE TALK ABOUT HIGH TIDE,
COMBINATION OF BOTH AND THAT --
THOSE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE WAY,
THAT IS FISHER ISLAND AND YOU
CAN SEE THE WATER JUST WHIPPING
AGAINST THESE ROCKS, SOME
AREAS, IN FACT, COMING UP ALL
THE WAY TO THE SIDEWALK, THIS
BOARD WALK WHERE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DO WALK AROUND.
ACTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
TURN AROUND AND KIND OF GET OUT
OF HERE, EBENEZER YOU ARE
BACKING UP?
WE WILL BACK UP WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU THESE PICTURES BEFORE WE
HIT HIGH TIDE IN 20 MINUTES OR
SO, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
STORM SURGE, AND WE TALK ABOUT
SERIOUSNESS AND DANGER OF IT,
IT IS ONE THING TO HEAR IT, IT
IS ANOTHER THING TO SEE IT, AND
I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
AGAIN, I AM GOING TO PREFACE
THIS BY SAYING I HAVE NEVER
COVERED A HURRICANE BEFORE BUT
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THIS
PARK TO SEE THIS WATER THIS
ROUGH, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT
BEFORE.
THE STORM SURGE IS A REAL THING
WE SAW SOME OF THAT ALSO, OVER
ON THE BAY, SO THIS IS THE
OCEAN NOW THE CHANNEL WHERE ALL
OF THE FREIGHT BOATS AND ALSO
THE CRUISES GO OUT, AND YOU CAN
SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE CHEESE
WHIPPING THERE.
GO STRAIGHT A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS A PARK -- WOW.
WOW.
OKAY.
SO I SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE,
THIS IS A PARK WHERE A LOT OF
PEOPLE BRING THEIR KIDS, A LOT
OF PEOPLE DO YOGA OUT HERE IN
THE AFTERNOON, AND YOU CAN SEE
HOW FAR THE WATER HAS COME UP,
THERE IS USUALLY ROCKS AT THE
EDGE OF THIS PARK, AND SPACE
FOR PEOPLE TO SIT BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE SURGE COMING UP, AND
HALF OF THIS PARK NOW IS UNDER
WATER.
THIS AREA HERE WE USUALLY SIT
ON THIS BENCH AND WATCH THE
FISH IN THE WATER AND I HAVE
NEVER SEEN THE WATER THIS HIGH
BEFORE.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 6 FEET BELOW
WHERE IT NORMALLY IS.
TO GIVE YOU A PEAKER AND TIFF
OF THE STORM -- PERSPECTIVE OF
THE STORM SURGE.
AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN GUSTS
EVERY NOW AND AGAIN BUT JUST
SUSTAINED CONSISTENT WIND AND
WE HAVE HEARD LISSETTE AND
CRAIG TALK ABOUT THE STORM
BEING A WIND AND STORM SURGE
EVENT.
WE ARE SEEING IT PICK UP AND
SQUALL AND A LITTLE RAIN AND
THEN IT KIND OF DIES DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.
I AM, UM, ...
WOW.
GUYS I HAVE COVERED A LOT OF
NATURAL DISASTER, I HAVE NEVER
BEEN IN A HURRICANE BEFORE, LET
ME CORRECT THAT I HAVE BEEN
THROUGH ISAAC I WAS HERE BUT
NEVER BEEN THROUGH ONE THIS
STRONG BEFORE AND TO SEE WHAT
IT COULD DO, I HAVE TO TELL
YOU, I SAW ONE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES DO A LIVE REPORT
EARLIER FOR ONE OF THE NATIONAL
STATIONS AND HE USED TO WORK
DOWN HERE AND HE GOT CHOKED UP
BECAUSE HE STARTED THINKING
ABOUT FAMILY THAT HASN'T LEFT
KEY WEST IF THIS IS WHAT WE SEE
ON MIAMI BEACH AND WE ARE JUST
SEEING THE OUTER BAND I CANNOT
EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCING DOWN AT KEY WEST
YEAH, SILVA, THAT IS AN
ICONIC PARK IN MIAMI BEACH, AND
WE SAW THAT STATUE WHICH IS
KIND OF THE LANDMARK OF SOUTH
POINT PARK AND THAT IS THE ONLY
THING RECOGNIZABLE YOU CAN'T
TELL WHERE YOU ARE BASICALLY
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT IS THE
LIGHT HOUSE, THAT IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
THERE.
A LOT OF LOCALS, VISITORS.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU DOWN TO A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON -- CAN WE
MAKE A RIGHT TO GO DOWN -- GO
STRAIGHT AND MAKE A RIGHT.
I AM RIDING WITH MY
PHOTOGRAPHER EBENEZER IN THE
CAR AND WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING
AROUND SOUTH BEACH TO ASSESS
DAMAGE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A
LITTLE BIT OF A GUST THAT WE
FEEL IN THE CAR, IT SORT OF
SHAKES THE CAR A LITTLE BIT BUT
IT'S -- DAMAGED A LOT OF YOUNG
TREES, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD
VERY WELL I SPEND A LOT OF TIME
OUTDOORS I KNOW WHERE THERE ARE
YOUNG TREES THOSE ARE THE ONE
THAT IS ARE DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE
COUPLE I SHOWED YOU EARLIER
WHERE THOSE LARGE TREES THAT
WERE DOWN IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS THOSE ARE OLDER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH OLDER TREES.
ALL OF THESE TREES RECENTLY
PLANTED IN THE MY LADY OF THE
STREET.
-- MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
SEE THAT LITTLE WIND FUNNEL WE
ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT OF
HERE, BUT LET'S MAKE A U TURN
AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
SEE ALL OF THOSE TREES THESE
ARE ALL YOUNG TREES JUST
PLANTED, RECENTLY, THESE WERE
JUST STAPPING HERE, BEFORE --
WE JUST -- STANDING HERE BEFORE
WE JUST DROVE PAST HERE, THESE
WERE THE ONES THAT WERE DOWNED
THESE WERE STILL STANDING SO
THESE JUST TOPPLED IN THE LAST
HOUR, YOU CAN SEE, BUT THESE
ARE PLANTED RECENTLY, ACTUALLY,
SO A LOT OF THESE TREES PLANTED
RECENTLY YOU CAN SEE THE
SUPPORT FOR THE TREES ARE STILL
UP.
THOSE ARE THE ONES UP ROOTED,
EBENEZER LET'S GET OUT OF -- WE
ARE ON OCEAN DRIVE WE WILL KIND
OF DRIVE A LITTLE BIT INLAND
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,.
LET'S KEEP IN MIND SILVA
THERE ARE PEOPLE ONLY ABLE TO
LISTEN TO US BECAUSE THEY HAVE
LOST THEIR POWER AND LISTENING
TO US OVER THE HURRICANE RADIO
NETWORK CBS4 IS A PART OF SO
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE IMAGES
BUT SILVA IS DRIVING DOWN OCEAN
DRIVE IN SOUTH BEACH, YOU KNOW,
AGAIN ONE OF THOSE ICONIC
SCENES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
PEOPLE COME TO ENJOY FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF TREES
DOWN.
NOT SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
THE STREET WHICH IS IS A GOOD
THING BECAUSE THE ENTIRE MIAMI
BEACH IS UNDER A MANDATORY
EVACUATION ORDER.
AS SILVA AND EBENEZER MAKE
THEIR WAY THROUGH MIAMI BEACH
TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE YOU CAN
SEE THE SIGNS, IT SAID THEY ARE
OPEN, I AM GATHERING THEY ARE
NOT OPEN AT LEAST I HOPE THEY
ARE NOT.
UM, YEAH, I AM SO SORRY I
WAS DISTRACTED WE JUST MADE A
STOP I THINK HE NEEDS TO CHECK
THE TRUCK TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
OKAY.
WE DROVE THROUGH SOME STUFF.
OKAY WE DROVE THROUGH -- OKAY I
WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING
NOW.
WE DROVE OH, RIGHT WE DROVE
OVER A BRANCH SO HE HAD TO GET
OUT AND GET THE BRANCH OUT.
THERE IS EBENEZER.
OKAY.
HANDLING BUSINESS GETTING BACK
IN THE TRUCK.
YEP, AND WE KEEP IT MOVING
SO, TALK ABOUT -- TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE
BEACH WE HAVE ONLY SEEN A FEW
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND RIGHT
AFTER I DID MY LAST LIVE
REPORT, WE RAN INTO A WOMAN
THAT WAS WALKING DOWN THE
STREET A VERY YOUNG WOMAN SHE
LOOKED VERY DISORIENTED, I
ROLLED MY WINDOW DOWN YOU CAN
USUALLY TELL IF YOU HAVE LIVED
HERE ON THE BEACH LONG AND TELL
WHO IS LOCAL AND WHO HE IS NOT
I COULD TELL SHE CLEARLY DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING I
ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS HEADED
AND SHE SAID SHE WAS OUTLOOKING
FOR A STORE AND AS SHE WAS
TALKING TO ME THE WIND WAS
WHIPPING HER AROUND AND I SAID
THERE IS NO STORES OPEN DO YOU
HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO SHE WAS
HESITANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
I SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED WE
PREPARED FOR THIS HURRICANE AND
PACKED ACCORDINGLY, I WAS GOING
TO TRY TO GIVE HER WHATEVER SHE
WAS LOOKING FOR SHE SAID I WAS
JUST TRYING TO FIND A STORE AND
FIND SOMETHING AND I SAID YOU
PROBABLY WANT TO GET -- SEE THE
FLOODING HERE, THIS IS AGAIN,
PARTIALLY STORM SURGE, REALLY,
HIGH TIDE, IS WHAT WE SEE, WHAT
WE EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH BEACH
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLOODING
HERE, THIS IS ALL HIGH TIDE,
THIS IS NOT THE RAIN.
AND ANYHOW, I OFFERED TO GIVE
HER A RIDE TO THE POLICE
STATION JUST SO SHE COULD BE
SAFE AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SO
WE CALLED OUR DESK AND ASKED
THEM TO GIVE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT A CALL AND SEE IF
THEY COULD COME OUT AND EITHER
TALK TO HER OR THE OTHER
GENTLEMAN WE SPOKE TO EARLIER
SILVA WHERE ARE YOU?
SET THE SCENE AGAIN?
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN DRIVING
ALL OVER SOUTH BEACH WE SAW YOU
AT SOUTH POINT PARK.
NOW WHERE ARE YOU?
ON THIS IS ALTON ROAD SOUTH
OF 5th, THIS IS THE YACHT CLUB
CONDOMINIUM ON THE RIGHT AND
THAT IS THE AFFIGY IN FRONT OF
US AND WE WILL MAKE A U TURN
AND HEAD TOWARD FIFTH HERE YOU
SEE A LOT OF TREE LIMBS DOWN
AND DEBRIS, WE SAW THOSE TREES
RECENTLY PLANTED THE PALM TREES
TOPPLED OVER, AT ALTON AND
FIRST ACTUALLY, FIRST AND SOUTH
POINT, THAT IS WHERE THAT WAS,
WE DROVE ON SOUTH POINT PARK
AND YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE STORM
SURGE, AND WE WERE DRIVING
THROUGH --
YEAH, WE ARE SEEING -- YOU
ARE SEEING US DRIVE THROUGH
SOME OF THE FLOODING THIS IS
ALL HIGH TIDE, THERE IS A
COMBINATION OF WHAT HAPPENS
HERE ON SOUTH BEACH WHEN THERE
IS HIGH TIDE WE SEE THIS TYPE
OF FLOODING ON THE STREETS, AND
THEN WHEN IT RAINS ON TOP OF IT
OBVIOUSLY THE FLOODING GETS
WORSE, WE ARE FORTUNATE THE
RAIN ISN'T AS STRONG BUT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING HIGH TIDE AND
STORM SURGE WHICH MEAN, IT'S
GOING TO GET -- WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS EBENEZER
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DRIVE
THROUGH?
THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
SOMETHING WE CAN DRIVE THROUGH?
WE CAN DO THAT?
OKAY.
SO THIS LOOKS -- YOU SEE THE
FLOODING HERE, WE ARE
APPROACHING FIFTH AND I BELIEVE
THIS IS LENNOX IF I HAVE MY
STREETS CORRECT HERE.
MICHIGAN EXCUSE ME.
THIS IS MICHIGAN AVENUE AND
FIFTH AND FORTUNATELY WE
HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MANY CARS OUT,
ONLY A FEW PEOPLE LAST NIGHT
PEOPLE KIND OF STEPPED OUT AND
WALKED THEIR DOGS AND GOT BACK
IN THEIR HOMES.
TODAY, WE DID SEE A VERY LARGE
TREE THAT WAS DOWN ON MICHIGAN
AVENUE, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO
STRAIGHT AND SEE THAT TREE
AGAIN.
SO SILVA, METEOROLOGIST,
DAVE WARREN TOLD US HIGH TIDE
IS IN 10 MINUTES AND AT NOON,
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WAS
SCHEDULED TO GIVE A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN TALLAHASSEE.
IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU ARE
JOINING US WE ARE WITH SILVA
THERE IS A PERSON OUT
ON A SKATE BOARD.
UM, YEAH, AND WEARING A LIFE
VEST
DID YOU TALK TO HIM?
ONLY ON SOUTH BEACH, RIGHT.
HI THERE, HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD
ARE YOU FROM SOUTH BEACH?
YES
SO, YOU ARE JUST OUT?
JUST --
YEAH, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?
WELL, WE ARE COVERING THE
NEWS ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I AM FINE
JUST CABIN FEVER?
WELL, THIS IS LIKE THAT
HURRICANE,
THIS ISN'T EVEN BAD YET
HAVE YOU SEEN THE THE STORM
SURGE?
YOU KNOW WE ARE EXPECTING HIGH
TIDE AT NOON SO THERE IS A LOT
OF FLOODING GOING ON
YEAH,.
OKAY SO WE'VE GOT MOSTLY --
HI HOW ARE YOU DOING?
DID YOU COME OUT JUST FOR A
STROLL?
SORRY?
YOU JUST CAME OUT FOR A
WALK?
JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS IS HURRICANE IRMA AND A
STORM SURGE EXPECTED TO HIT.
IT MUST HAVE HIT US.
WELL, THIS IS THE OUTER
BANDS, YES
THIS IS NOTHING.
I WENT THROUGH HURRICANE
MARYLAND IN ST. THOMAS WHEN I
WAS 6 YEARS OLD THIS IS EASY.
OKAY I JUST WANT TO POINT
OUT THEY ARE WEARING LIFE VESTS
AS THEY ARE TELLING US THIS IS
-- WE SUGGEST YOU STAY INDOORS.
ALL RIGHT THAT IS SILVA, ON
MIAMI BEACH WITH FOLK THERE IS