it s at 13.68, which is, right now could take a lot more water. they, you know, the big risk they have there is, of course, too much water. it looks like, so far, you know, something could change, this storm is moving fast. we will not get the same sort of rain texas got. that can change. the biggest risk on the dike of okeechobee is too much rain. that is why they are lowering levels. the same with the canal. we are trying to make sure because we get a lot of rain, the issue with miami-dade is not rain, it s canal surge. if that changes, we are going tell you. we can take a lot more right now. [ inaudible question ] think it s gotten to 18.67 or
at 13.68. i think it s gotten to 18.67 or something without anything happenin happening. 14.68 feet they can take a lot of water right now. for whatever reason it just sat here and dumped rain, that s their concern. their concern is not the wind right now. [ inaudible question ] yep. so turkey point, of course, will be closed at the right point. and the i ve been talking to fp & l. they re all prepared to do t we re preparing both, to close it and how to reopen it. the big issue on reopening it, we have to have the evacuation
right now. the big risk they have there, of course, is if we get too much water. it looks like so far this storm is moving fast, which means we won t get the same sort of rain that texas got. now, that can all change but the biggest risk on the dike at okeechobee is too much rain and why they re lowering levels and doing the same thing with the canals. so we re trying to make sure to the extent if we get a lot of rain and the storm surge at miami-dade. the canals will be as low as we can get them. if something changes we ll tell you. we re at 13.68 and we can take a lot more right now. i think it s gotten to 18.67 or something without anything happening. they do inspections constantly. they will even do more detailed
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