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out of the way. the old saying used by bob sheets who was the head of the national hurricane center years ago, he said, you can hide from wind but you have to run from water. so if you re on the coast itself where the storm comes ashore, the storm surge is going to be significant and you need to be away from the coast when that happens. while i have you i want to ask you about this headline that s gotten a lot of attention this week, the trump administration pulling some 270 plus million dollars from dhs to send to the border. some of that money coming from fema s disaster relief fund. how much does that concern you especially in the middle of hurricane season as we ve got a cat four barreling toward the eastern part of this country? i tend to think that that was some of what ahn in ill advised move, particularly the timing of that move, but at the same time
right now, let s get to dr. bob sheets. he was in charge of the national hurricane center when we were dealing with andrew back in 1992, i believe it was. 92. you know, dr. bob sheets, andrew was a word we kept hearing in the last few days about a potential analogy to what matthew could be. can you explain that to us and in terms of any of that expectation coming to fruition yet? well, they were totally two different storms. in this hurricane, it s a very large hurricane. it s not nearly as powerful as hurricane andrew was because there the winds were 175 miles per hour. you would not see those lights on that you re seeing in your live shots and the destruction was tremendous from the wind. in this storm, it s going to be primarily the destruction from the storm surge. in the area south of the keep,
now, again, you re going to have waves on top of that. not just the surge itself, but the waves on top of that and then the inland factor by driving it up the st. john s river and some of those. chris? well, those are good points, but tough to hear dr. bob sheets. thank you very much for being with us. chad, thanks for keeping us aware of the status because that s what we re aware of right now. what is behind us the st. john s river and the growing concern, it is right up at the bank right now. four more feet of tide to come before high tide at noon local time and the surge that is expected. and the wind that s coming with it. i don t think we ll be able to stay here and i think this whole area is going to be pretty significantly under water. thank you. we ll check back with you, if we need you. alisyn, back to you in new york. last we heard 300,000 people there in south florida were without power. we want to bring in rob gold,