one of the calmest eyes i ve ever been in. in fact, the water was being pushed out and the water was very low on the front side. it was way past low tide low. as soon as the backside winds struck they weren t as strong as the front side but it pushed the onshore flow and water right on. around four feet of storm surge which is much less than we all feared. also the wind gauge captured an 85 mile-per-hour wind speed before it broke. useless at one point during the coverage. when you look at the impacts here, this is an unprecedented storm for this area. we ve never had in modern times, we put it in perspective, have we had a landfall direct hit in this portion of the big bend. for these people who evacuated bret: amy on fox weather. you can scan the qr code on the screen right now and get more of
scenario all the time as far as storm surge impact. dana: do you feel you have the resources that you need? yes. we have a lot of stuff pre-staged. we have things ready to go. we re trying to get the message out to folks to let them know that even though the storm has moved out and winds are subsiding they will still have another 5 to 6 hours of this surge problem going on today and not to go back into the areas or anything until the evacuation orders are lifted. dana: john, i hope everything is okay down there for your folks. i know you care a lot about them and we appreciate you being on. we ll no doubt be back in touch with you perhaps within the rest of america s newsroom. thank you, john mcdonald. dana: thank you. bret: let s bring in national hurricane center director michael brennan. thank you for being here. let s go through where the storm is now and what you are looking at.
florida governor ron desantis warning earlier saying it will be felt far and wide. wherever you are, hunker down and don t take anything for granted here. this is a very powerful storm. there will be impacts far beyond the eyewall. those will extend to places like tallahassee as well as places like northeast florida. when the winds die down to a sufficient level, search and rescue efforts will begin. we have eight urban search and rescue teams staged ready to go. 33 ambulance strike teams. 5500 national guardsmen. we also have the coast guard on standby should that be necessary. dana: fox news and weather have resources with all angles on the storm. nicole valdez is in tampa. what are you seeing this morning? dana and bret, incredible scene along tampa bay as the
centres. we are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best, thank you everybody. worst but hoping for the best, thank you everybody- worst but hoping for the best, thank you everybody. thank you governor. these storms you everybody. thank you governor. these storms can you everybody. thank you governor. these storms can be you everybody. thank you governor. these storms can be unpredictable, | these storms can be unpredictable, they can these storms can be unpredictable, they can change at the last minute, they can change at the last minute, the storm they can change at the last minute, the storm surge that the governor and kevin the storm surge that the governor and kevin have alluded to, you can t run from and kevin have alluded to, you can t run from water, it is too dangerous, there run from water, it is too dangerous, there is run from water, it is too dangerous, there is no run from water, it is too dangerous, there is no structure that can survive there
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