Warnings for south florida, anderson, which is good news, which means the system is moving northward now. The center is about 95 miles just to the west of ft. Myers, which has been inundated with heavy rainfall. The pressure has been dropping, which means its getting stronger, and the winds have kicked up from 50 miles an hour to 60. It needs to get to 74 to be declared a hurricane. The question is how much time and space does it have to generate that strength. And it does look like it has this. Its moving at a pretty good clip. You can see the warnings are from near new orleans to the east to the border of florida and alabama. Were still looking at a landfall roughly 10 00 p. M. Or 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow night as a category 1 hurricane. And what about the possibility of storm surge . Well, the storm surge is probably the biggest threat with this, because such a vulnerable area. But we may have an area of 3 to 5 feet. Now thats significant. Now, it does not include downtown new orleans w
Warnings for south florida, anderson, which is good news, which means the system is moving northward now. The center is about 95 miles just to the west of ft. Myers, which has been inundated with heavy rainfall. The pressure has been dropping, which means its getting stronger, and the winds have kicked up from 50 miles an hour to 60. It needs to get to 74 to be declared a hurricane. The question is how much time and space does it have to general that it raitt that strength. Its moving at a pretty good clip. You can see the warnings a are from near new orleans to the east to the border of florida and alabama. Were still looking at a landfall roughly 10 00 p. M. Or 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow night as a category 1 hurricane. And what about the possibility of storm surge . Well, the storm surge is probably the biggest threat with this, because such a vulnerable area. But we may have an area of 3 to 5 feet. Now thats significant. Now, it does not include downtown new orleans where there are volun