orleans, 35,000 of those people were rescued by the u.s. coast guard. grabbed off roofs and out of rolling water and carried to safety. 2008, hurricane ike, the coast guard rescuing people in helicopter baskets to save people who tried to wait out the storm. 2017, hurricane maria, three people stranded on top of an overturned boat off the coast of puerto rico. here s the coast guard rescuing them from 115-mile-an-hour winds. 2017, hurricane harvey, this is the view out of the helicopter. they spot these guys stranded in the water and lower down these metal cages we ve seen them use in hurricane after hurricane. this guy practically hanging out of the helicopter as it lowers down. then he yanks them to safety. and he does it again and again and again. this is what the coast guard does, right? they dangle themselves out of
one in these cage-like harnesses. 2005, hurricane katrina, a catastrophe, a national disaster. but of the 60,000 people who were stranded all over new orleans, 35,000 of those people were rescued by the u.s. coast guard. grabbed off roofs and out of rolling water and carried to safety. 2008, hurricane ike, the coast guard rescuing people in helicopter baskets to save people who tried to wait out the storm. 2017, hurricane maria, three people stranded on top of an overturned boat off the coast of puerto rico. here s the coast guard rescuing them from 115-mile-an-hour winds. same year, 2017, hurricane harvey, this is the view out of the helicopter. flying over houston. they spot these guys stranded in the water and lower down these metal cages we ve seen them use in hurricane after hurricane. this guy practically hanging out of the helicopter as it lowers down. then he yanks them to safety.
remember when the storm was at 185 miles an hour, that s not the storm that hit here. it was between 110 and 115-mile-an-hour winds. a smaller airport in naples regional at 142 miles an hour and that was somewhere around 5:00 eastern time yesterday afternoon. i m going to look it up so i know exactly where that is. this says it s in south naples, so i can give you an idea of where this is. if you go south on 41 from naples, highway 41 is the highway that starts on the west coast and makes its way all the way across to the everglades and crosses and connects up with
bridges. now they re expecting the storm surge here to rise six to nine feet. that s a huge, huge concern because there are a lot of tributaries that finger out into neighborhoods, and of course, they re very worried that that those tributaries will also swell and and possibly get into peoples homes. now one of their other worries of course is the high wind. and during a hurricane of this magnitude they re expecting 90 to 115-mile-an-hour winds in this area. this area is and these bridges are being monitored with sensors. when the sustained winds reach 40 to 45-miles-an-hour, these bridges will be closed down. there s actually coned already stationed in these areas tom mae sure that happens promptly. but christine and miguel, i ve got it tell you, the worry from
a direct hit anywhere along the coast or path of north carolina, 115-mile-an-hour winds possible. you can see that s closer to the eye of the storm, with hurricane force winds extending 60 miles out from the center of the storm. if the storm is just offshore 10 miles or so, you re looking at hurricane force winds all along the coast as it rides it through the day tomorrow, and then eventually we ll start to bring some of those. so the storm rain bands are already making their way on shore. continues are only going to deteriorate from here on out as the storm approaches florida. steve? that is what is to come. we turn now to the bahamas. you can see here a roof being ripped off.