RT.
AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE FROM
THE GOVERNOR, ANY LATEST UPDATES
RIGHT TO YOU.
BUT ED RAP A BORT THE DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
YOU?
>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT STORM
SURGE, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BY THE WAY, I HAVE I. CAN'T HEAR
YOU VERY WELL.
THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF STORM
SURGE FROM PAST STORMS.
THIS IS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA.
AND WANT PEOPLE TO SEE JUST WHAT
STORM SURGE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT
IT CAN DO WHEN IT COMES ASHORE.
>> Calvin: ED, I THINK IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST
FORECAST TRACK AND NOT GET TOO
EXCITED BECAUSE THE FLORIDA KEYS
REALLY COULD BE IN FOR A LOT OF
CATASTROPHIC DANGER.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT AND
TALK WITH US ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AT THIS POINT YOU SEE THE DOTS,
THAT'S THE FORECAST WHERE FOR
WHERE WE THINK THE CENTER IS
GROWING TO GO.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S SHIFTED SINCE
YESTERDAY AND A SHIFT OF ONLY 15
OR 20 MILES IS GOING TO MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US HERE IN
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.
COURSE GOING TO HAVE IT VERY
SURGE.
IN FACT, ON THE LOWER KEYS,
FIRST ON THE NORTH, THEN FROM
THE SOUTH, AND ON THE UPPER KEYS
THEY'LL GET IT MOSTLY FROM THE
SOUTHEAST, BUT FIVE TO TEN FEET
OF SURGE IS GOING TO BE EXPECTED
IN THE KEYS AND THEY'RE GOING TO
BE WAVES ON TOP OF THAT, SO
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE AND IT'S
CERTAINLY LIFE-THREATENING.
>> Laurie: AND AT THIS POINT
THEY'VE OPENED FOUR SHELTERS OFF
THE A SUDDEN, EMERGENCY SHELTERS
DOWN IN MONROE COUNTY.
THERE WEREN'T ANY UNTIL TODAY.
THEY WANT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE
DETERMINED TO RIDE IT OUT TO
HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO.
DO YOU FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, ED,
THAT THE ENTIRE KEYS WILL BE
AFFECTED BY STORM SURGE?
>> IT A DOES APPEAR THAT WAY NOW
BECAUSE EVEN WITH A SHIFT IF IT
COMES BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE
EAST OR THE WEST BE WITH SOME
PORTION OF THE KEYS ABOUT WILL
SURGE.
>> Calvin: ED, WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT BEING IN A
SHELTER LOOK A HIGH SCHOOL OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
THERE?
>> WELL, THEY'VE BEEN SET UP
JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO, YES, I WOULD SAY SO.
>> Laurie: THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
ED, GIVE US A SENSE RIGHT NOW OF
HOW FOLKS GOING UP THE COAST, UP
INTO BROWARD COUNTY AND BEYOND
SHOULD BE FEELING ABOUT THIS
STORM RIGHT NOW.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE
COMPARISONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH
HURRICANE ANDREW BECAUSE THE
WINDS ARE SO STRONG.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
UNDER THAT IN HURRICANE ANDREW
IT'S ONLY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT
SPENDER THE EXTREME WINDS
CATEGORY 5.
IN THIS QUAIS WITH THE HURRICANE
COMING FROM EAST TO WEST AS
ANDREW DID ALL THE UP THE STATE,
EVERYBODY IN THE STATE HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF HAVING HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS, AND WHICHEVER AREA
IS CLOSEST TO THE CENTER IS
>> Calvin: I THINK MAX HINTED AT
THIS AS WELL.
IRMA SKIRTING OR SKIMMING CUBA
AND POSSIBLY WEAKING.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
THAT GOING FORWARD AS WE WAIT
FOR THAT NEW ADVISORY?
>> IF THAT OCCURS IT WILL HAVE
SOME IMPACT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA.
MAYBE IT WILL BRING THE WINDS
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT GIVEN THAT THE HURRICANE
FORCE WIND EXTEND OUT ABOUT
50 MILES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
STORM, THAT'S THE WIDTH OF THE
PENINSULA, THE ENTIRE PENINSULA
COULD GET HURRICANE FORCE WIND
EVEN IF THE MAXIMUM COMINGS DOWN
A LITTLE BIT.
>> Laurie: AND THESE PLANES YOU
HAVE THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE.
IT'S INCREDIBLE SCIENCE.
>>
>> WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION
ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY AND EVERY
THREE HOURS AT LEAST WE GET
ANOTHER PENETRATION OF THE STORM
AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSES THROUGH
IT AND GIVES US AN INDICATION OF
WHAT THE INTENSITY IS AND
EXACTLY WHERE THE CENTER IS
LOCATED.
>> Reporter: AND WE HEARD FROM
DR. PRICE AND SO MANY OTHER
LEADERS WHO ARE SAYING DON'T
LOOK AT THE CORE OF THE STORM,
THE EYE OF THE STORM.
JUST FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT IT
IS AHEADING OUR WAY.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOUTH FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE HIT
BY A HURRICANE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE YET WHETHER
THE MOST SEVERE PART WILL BE IN
THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE
OF THE STATE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE KEYS ARE
GOING TO GET VERY BADLY HIT,
THOUGH, AND WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT
AND SEE FOR THE REST OF THE
COMPANIES PENINSULA.
>> Laurie: WE NEW NORTH
CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA HAD
STATES OF EMERGENCY.
DO YOU THEY THEY MIGHT ANYBODY
THE CLEAR NOW.
>>
>> NOT YET, AND THEY'RE GREATEST
RISK MIGHT BE SOME STORM SURGE
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
AND PERHAPS RAINFALL IN THE
INLAND AREA, BUT THE HAZARDS
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEER
NOTHING LIKE WHAT'S POSSIBLE
>> Calvin: ED RAPPAPORT,