it s forecast to reach major hurricane status baring down on cuba. the storm s path otherwise uncertain, but floridians are prepare ing for the worst. people are filling sand beings to protect against the heavy rains and storm surge. long lines outside of stores as people look to stock up on supplies. you can see the empty health ises there. bottled water, wasn t of the hot est items. florida is under a state of emergency. governor ron desantis activated the national guard. joining us is michael brennan, acting deputy director for noaa. thank you so much for being with us on this morning as we re watching ian approach here. give us a sense of where you are watching and when you re expecting landfall. well, you can see ian right now is located about 90 miles southwest of grnd kay men with intense activity developing near the center. we have seen this intensify rapidly. if we look at the forecast now, we re expecting ian to turn from its northwestern motion and move towar
The 2023 Transpac competition from California to Oʻahu begins on Tuesday with the first wave of 16 sailboats crossing the starting line in the vicinity of Point Fermin in San Pedro.
or you are at work or in the community to have people reach out to you, ask it goes both ways. what do you find helpful build that connection? i think we care when people care. i think we care when people care. if somebody were to ask me, oh, where s your home state? oh, my gosh, we ll gab about it. it s a flip from california to hawaii. hawaii we did grow sol roots. think time we can talk about our home places. just a simple conversation. what do you think? what is helpful to you? don t koir about that. it s fine. i really just atach to whatever place we go to. but i really don t know. i always kind of go with what s happening. just go with the flow. omar, thank you so much.
endurance challenge the great pacific race rowing 2,a00 miles from california to hawaii. well california to hawaii. done, all of you! they completed it a few hours ago in a world record time of under 36 days, knocking 1a days off the previous fastest record. mary sutherland, and lily lowerjoin us now. you are clearly feeling good. how was it when you first arrived? who wants to go first? i was it when you first arrived? who wants to go first? wants to go first? i will go first. it was wants to go first? i will go first. it was really wants to go first? i will go first. it was really emotional. - wants to go first? i will go first. it was really emotional. we - wants to go first? i will go first. | it was really emotional. we have obviously had everything thrown at us by mother nature and it has been a complete privilege to make this crossing. just to arrive today as the sun rose over the beautiful island, and to go to diamond head