EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE
NICE THING IS WE HAVEN’T ALL
RIGHT. WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW
WITH MIKE DEFOREST WHO HAS
BEEN JOINING US ALL EVENING
LONG. I I CAN SEE HOW HE IS IN
THERE. HE IS IN THE MIDST OF
THAT RAIN. HE’S ALONG I-DRIVE
IN THE TOURIST DISTRICT. MIKE.
>> WHY GENDER IS GOING SO
YEAH, IT’S A IT’S IT’S
RELENTLESS OUT HERE. I MEAN,
YEAH, IT’S A IT’S IT’S
RELENTLESS OUT HERE. I MEAN,
RELATIVELY SPEAKING COMPARED TO SOME OF THE HURRICANES WE’VE HAD COME THROUGH THE
PAST HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
WE’VE HAD COME THROUGH THE
PAST HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
IT HASN’T BEEN AS STRONG. I THINK WE’VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT IT IS STATE SOUTH OF THE
CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA. WITH
WE’RE NOT GETTING JUST THE
ENORMOUSLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
ALTHOUGH WE’RE DEFINITELY
GETTING SOME RAIN AND THIS IS
A SOAKER. AND I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE SOME FLOOD ALERTS
IT’S IT COULD BE WORSE RIGHT
HERE ON THE I-DRIVE AREA.
IT’S IT COULD BE WORSE RIGHT
HERE ON THE I-DRIVE AREA.
TRADING OFF THOSE I WIND GUSTS IN THE SOAKER OF A RAIN IS JUST THE RELENTLESSNESS OF
THIS. IT HAS NOT STOPPED FOR
HOURS. THE INTENSITY IS STAYED
ABOUT THE SAME. IT’S BASICALLY
THE CAR WASH HAS BEEN TURNED
ON AND IT HASN’T BEEN SHUT OFF
IN HOURS. AND SO THAT’S WHAT
IT FELT LIKE HERE IN THE
I-DRIVE AREA. NO OTHER PARTS
OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT
WE’VE JUST BEEN MONITORING THE
TOURIST DISTRICT HERE. CARGO
DRIVING BY ON INTERNATIONAL
DRIVE. VERY FEW PEOPLE OUT ON
THE ROAD. STILL TONIGHT, AS
WE’VE BEEN MENTIONING ALL
NIGHT, WE SAW A LOT OF WHO HAD
EVACUATED THE WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA FOUND SOME HOTEL
ROOMS, LOTS OF AVAILABLE HOTEL
ROOMS EARLY ON THIS WEEK. A
LITTLE BIT SLOWER OF A TOURIST
SEASON. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE HOTELS, ALSO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNFORTUNATELY DECIDED
TO MAKE THIS THEIR CENTRAL
FLORIDA VACATION THIS WEEK,
THE HOTEL WE’RE STAYING AT
HARRY. ACTUALLY, I’M TAKING A
LOOK NOW AT SOME PEOPLE JUST
GETTING SOAKED AS THEY’RE
RUNNING FROM THEIR CAR BACK TO
THEIR ROOM HERE. SO EVEN
RUNNING FROM THEIR CAR BACK TO
THEIR ROOM HERE. SO EVEN
THOUGH IT START TO GET A LITTLE LATE AND WE HAVE FORTUNATELY NOT SEEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT WALKING THE
STREETS, NOT MANY PEOPLE
DRIVING. THERE ARE STILL FOLKS
AROUND JUST KEEP THEIR EYES
OUT. WE’VE SEEN PEAK IN THERE
HEADS OUT OF THEIR MOTEL
WINDOWS JUST TO SEE WHAT THIS
STORM IS LIKE IN EVERY TIME
YOU OPEN THE DOOR PRETTY MUCH
THE SAME THING JUST THIS
CONSTANT, CONSTANT NONSTOP
HAMMERING OF THE STORM.
GINGER. YEAH, THE ONE THING,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME HERE TO
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO MAKE
MEMORIES AND BUT NOT QUITE
THIS KIND, BUT THEY WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT. 4.
>> FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
BECAUSE TOM SORRELLS IS
CALLING THIS A GENERATIONAL
STORM AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS
PROBABLY SINCE CHARLEY UNIT
HAS BEEN A WHILE. NO ONE IN
THE IMPACT ON SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA IS IS GOING TO BE
ENORMOUS AND OUT, YOU KNOW,
BEFORE IT LEAVES, FLORIDA WILL
JUST HOW BAD IT IS IN OUR AREA
AS WELL. BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION FOR FOR MIKE DURING
YOUR LAST LIVE REPORT, THERE
WAS SOME LOUD BOOM THAT UP
EVERYONE HEARD. WE ALL HEARD
IT WHEN DOING LIVE. DID YOU
EVER FIND OUT WHAT THAT WAS?
BECAUSE WE’RE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
>> NO, NO IDEA. WE’RE STILL
TRYING MAKE SURE IT WASN’T
YOUR THE ELECTRICAL
TRANSFORMER BLOWING UP BECAUSE
WE DIDN’T SEE THE SKY A LIGHT
UP WITH COINCIDENTALLY OR NOT,
I DISCOVERED THAT THE HERE’S
THE SATELLITE TV AND OUR HOTEL
HERE HAS SHUT OFF AND ON OVER
TO THE SATELLITE DISHES GET
RIPPED OFF, ALTHOUGH IT
SOUNDED MORE LIKE AN
EXPLOSION. WE REALLY DON’T
KNOW WHAT IT THAT WAS A VERY
ODD NOISE TO HAVE OUT HERE MY
PHOTOGRAPHER IS POINTING
ACROSS THE WE JUST GOT TO DO
THIS CREWS SOMEBODY WALKING
DOWN THE STREET HERE. IF YOU
WERE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ALL
NIGHT, I DO THIS JUST BECAUSE
THEY’RE FINALLY WANTING TO
VENTURE OUT. ALL WENT OUT
THERE. YEAH. WE KNOW WHATT
VENTURE OUT. ALL WENT OUT
THERE. YEAH. WE KNOW WHATT
NOISE WAS. THERE REALLY HASN’T BEEN JUST THOSE EXPLOSION. NOISES THAT YOU WILL HEAR
DURING HURRICANES, ALTHOUGH
YOU CAN HEAR THE WIND JUST
WHISTLING, PARTICULARLY ACROSS
THE STREET FROM HERE WHERE
THERE’S AT AN AMUSEMENT
ATTRACTION WITH ONE OF THOSE
BIG SLINGSHOT RIDES WITH THE I
DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY
HUNDREDS OF FEET UP IN THE
AIR.
>> THE METAL SUPERSTRUCTURE
GOES. BUT YOU CAN JUST HEAR
THE WIND WHISTLING THROUGH
THAT ANY TIME DURING THESE
HURRICANES ARE JUST GETTING
HERE. YOU’RE GETTING HERE
CRACKLES AND AS THE WIND
TESTS, A MAN’S ABILITY TO
BUILD AND CONSTRUCT THINGS BUT
TESTS, A MAN’S ABILITY TO
BUILD AND CONSTRUCT THINGS BUT
IN PAST I THINK IT’S BEEN A LOT WORSE THAN IT HAS HERE IN THE INTERNATIONAL DRIVE AREA,
AT
>> YEAH, IT YOU KNOW, AND IT
COME DAYLIGHT. WE’LL ALL BE
ABLE TO TO EXACTLY WHAT WHAT
HAS HAPPENED OUT IN THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT YOU GUYS
ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE’LL
SEE YOU AGAIN AS SOON TO BE
SAFE OUT WHAT NUMBER RAIN
JACKET ARE YOU ON? A STILL A
NUMBER 2.
>> ARE STILL A NUMBER ARE A
NUMBER 2, BUT THIS ONE IS
GOING TO BE A GONER IF I GOT
TO GO TO 3 THAT THAT’S WHAT I
HAVE THAT HOME. IT JUST HELPS
YOU BUT IT’S JUST IT’S JUST
BECAUSE IT’S THIS DRIVING
RAIN. AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT
THEY DO IS ACTUALLY JUST A
SHARING THE STORY WITH SOMEONE
A LITTLE WHILE AGO. WITH THAT,
I THINK ESPECIALLY NEW PEOPLE
HERE TO CENTRAL FLORIDA MAY
NOT REALIZE IS JUST THE DAMAGE
THAT THIS WIND DRIVEN RAIN CAN
DO NOW ABOUT 20 YEARS I THINK
THAT THIS WIND DRIVEN RAIN CAN
DO NOW ABOUT 20 YEARS I THINK
IF THEY FIX THE PROBLEM AREA, WE DO HEAR ABOUT IT AS MUCH OF THAT. WE MAY HEAR ABOUT IT
SOON, WHICH IS WHEN THERE WAS
A LOT OF NEWLY BUILT. COMES TO
CONSTRUCTION. NEWLY BUILT
HOMES MAYBE THE STUCCO ON THE
CONSTRUCTION. NEWLY BUILT
HOMES MAYBE THE STUCCO ON THE
OUTSIDE WASN’T DONE QUITE AS STRONG AS IT NEEDED TO BE IN PARTICULARLY FOR HURRICANES OF
CHARLEY, FRANCES AND GREEN
JEANS. YOU HAD THIS RAIN, THIS
WIND DRIVEN RAIN.
>> AND IT JUST BLAST. BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, CAN BLAST THROUGH
THOSE. THE STUCCO AND THE
BLOCK WALLS. AND AT THE TIME
WE WERE LIVING IN LAKE MARY
AND IT WAS MY BEDROOM CLOSET.
WASN’T A WINDOW. THERE WASN’T
A DOORS ON THE FIRST FLOOR,
BUT AFTER THE STORMS, THE
CARPET INSIDE OUR BEDROOM
CLOSET WAS SOAKED AND IT WAS
BECAUSE OF THIS WIND DRIVEN
RAIN. JUST WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
ALWAYS COMPARED TO THE CAR
WASH OR ONE OF THOSE PRESSURE
WASHERS USED TO CLEAN YOUR
DRIVEWAYS. BUT IT WAS JUST THE
RELENTLESSNESS OF THAT.
COUPLED WITH THAT, WHAT MAY
HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST OF
CONSTRUCTION THERE ARE A LOT
OF ISSUES THAT I CAN TELL YOU
ALL HISTORY. THAT THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAD TO
DEAL WITH THAT THE WIND DRIVEN
RAIN AND HOPEFULLY THEY FIX
THE PROBLEM ON ALL NEW
CONSTRUCTION OVER THE LAST 20
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT WAS A
BIG, BIG 20 YEARS AGO. JUST
THESE LITTLE BULLETS OF WATER
BLASTING THROUGH CONCRETE
BLOCK. YOU NEVER THINK THAT IT
COULD HAPPEN. YEAH. THAT IS
THE POWER OF WATER, THOUGH.
NO, YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE
DRIVING RAIN. CAN YOU KNOW,
BREAKTHROUGH CAN BREACH A
CONCRETE WALL LIKE THAT? THANK
YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY,
MIKE. I HOPE YOU DON’T HAVE TO
GO TO A 3RD ONE BECAUSE WE
DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU TONIGHT
BUT STAY SAFE AND TRY AND
STAYS DRY AS YOU CAN. THANK
YOU.
>> IT JUST GOES TO YOU KNOW,
IT’S SO MUCH AS IT IS GOING ON
OUT THERE IN THE GUY THAT WE,
YOU DARYN, COLLEDGE, THE FATAH
PHOTO JOURNALIST WHO’S OUT
THERE AND HE FOCUSING ON A GUY
WHO WAS JUST
>> CASUALLY WALKING WITH NO
RAIN GEAR AT ALL AND WAS NOT
BOTHERED IN THE LEAST BIT
KNOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
MAYBE HE’S VACATIONING AND
SAID, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO TELL
HIS FRIENDS, GUYS, I WENT TO
DISNEY WORLD IN WATER, A
HURRICANE INSTEAD. AND THIS
IS, YOU KNOW, HE’S MAYBE
TEXTING AND HIS FRIENDS, WHO
KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING. BUT NOT
ADVISABLE SIZABLE. STAY
INSIDE. I MEAN, I’M NOT I’M
NOT SURE WHY HE WOULD WANT TO
BE YEAH, I FEEL AS YOU KNOW,
SINCE LAST WEEK TO A CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST TOM SORRELLS WAS
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
STORM. SO EVERYONE IS HAD I
HOPE THAT TIME TO PREPARE, AT
LEAST TO BUY A PONCHO OR
SOMETHING RIGHT. BUT HE
CLEARLY DOES. NOBODY WANTS TO