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this is what we are anticipating with the storm making major impacts across the florida big bend region, and you not rul e out areas near here. i will show you near this barrier island that is a beach that stretches for miles behind me. this water behind my right shoulder is a few feet deep. even if you traveled out 50 feet from here. so that shallow nature coupled with the warm ocean water means a strengthening hurricane to build up all of that water into the location. if we are getting into the specifics here, tampa bay, we are forecasting between 4 to 7
feet for some of the low-lying susceptible areas. also,are getting into the closer areas there with the barrier islands and the low-lying areas there, that is a concern of 4 to 7 feet where we are now, but further north, big bend, it is highly susceptible, and one of the most susceptible in the nation for storm surge, look at the reds and the oranges, and that is because the shallow nature of the water, but also the topography of the land. it is like a catcher s mitt to catch all of the water, and then push it on shore. we talk about hurricane irmine, and that was six feet, and we are forecasting 8-12. looking at the sea gusts here from cedar key to tallahassee and gainesville, it is winds