and that s 156-mile-an-hour winds so that s what, a cat 4? that s between a cat 4 and a cat 5 but that is why we are going to focus on tampa because as this storm pushes up, depending on where it actually makes landfall, it s going to push all that water, potentially, into that bay and that water just sits there. you re familiar with florida. that water doesn t go anywhere and it s a real problem, especially when you re talking about, again, some of these points of interest. the hospital here, they re going to have to get that hospital evacuated if it looks like this thing is going to make significant landfall in tampa. but again, cone of uncertainty. so we ll keep an eye on that. and a few hours to get this done and dealt be. that s going to do it for me this hour. thomas roberts picks up our coverage at the top of the hour live from miami with the very latest on the path of hurricane irma and what lies ahead for those who did not evacuate to higher ground. stay with us here on
in 2013, alex, the world bank did a study of all cities around the world. which ones are the most vulnerable in the world. tampa ranked number 7 in the world. number one in the u.s. so if you re in tampa bay, this is your number right here. this is what you want to be calling if you want to get out. if you re looking to get out, if you re looking to get to a shelter, call this number. the other thing to keep in mind, there are more than 60 retirement communities in the tampa bay area. okay. real quickly, can you pull back up that map of the flooding, that area that you showed? so the pink. this was under what kind of condition that tampa would look like this. they were saying under this scenario, 156-mile-an-hour winds. that s what would do this. and all of this, again, would be floold flooded out. this is mariner s cove here, a lot of mobile homes here. this is venetian islands and shore acres. the real estate market has exploded in this area. it s a beautiful community. it s like
the potential storm surge. we re going to talk about that area right there. this is the washington post map. washington post did an article in july of this year talking about what would happen if a category 3, 4, or 5 storm hit tampa, and i want to show you some points of interest here. just so we re all on the same page here. this is where the hospital is. look at how low-lying these areas are. this is mcdill air force base right here. this area right here should all be being evacuated now. if you re on these barrier islands, you need to get out of tampa bay now because that water is going to push up into the bay and not go anywhere. it s going to sit right here and not going to go back into the bay, depending on the power of the storm. two studies i want to talk about. in 2010, the local council in tampa bay ran this scenario, a storm giving 156-mile-an-hour winds. they said would cut this area in half, all of this would be water. they say 2 million people would be caught in this