are on deck right now. there s going to be a lot of efforts as this storm passes. but this thing is hitting really within the next hour and a half, most likely. it s going to make landfall. it is a major hurricane, as we have been saying it was likely to be for the last couple days. we just hope everybody stays safe. don t put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point. this thing is powerful. if you are inside, just hunker down until it gets past you. you don t want to be messing around with these winds. there is going to be things flying all over the place. obviously if you are in a place that s close to the coast, and you see that surge, that s going to be legitimate surge, it s going to be a big, big deal. and it s going to be very, very dangerous. and there we go with our power here. we re back. so, i m going to have kevin guthrie come up. we will hear from major generals who.
thank you. and god bless. so we are going to have the full landfall impacts very, very shortly within the next couple hours. most likely probably by 0800 it s going to make landfall on florida s big bend. please hunker down wherever you are. don t mess with this storm. don t do anything to put yourself in jeopardy. there will be a lot of help come in on the back end of this storm. we re ready to go. as soon as it s safe to do so, you re going to see all these different assets deployed. so, stay safe. any questions? do you feel like the state and residents here are prepared for this strength of a storm? potentially category 5? i know we are in category 4. i think if you look at the counties, i think that they mobilized very quickly. i think that they have been very clear about the storm surge
but you have to run from the water. this was always a storm surge event. just because of the vulnerable coast line and how and the fact that we are seeing this incredible amount of water pushed in from the gulf of mexico. that s why this is catastrophic. don t even pay attention to the category at this point. right? you are still going to feel strong winds, hurricane force winds for a duration of hours and they are saying treat that almost like a tornado, right? go to the lowest portion of your home away from the windows. but this is a storm surge event like fort myers was during ian. brian: i love governor desantis tone over the whole thing. not sensationalistic. right to the point. as a matter of fact. ainsley: not dramatic. steve: he has had practice. brian: not hair on fire. here is the surge, this is what we have got to do. this is where the vaccines belong. it s very similar style from when we were dealing with him with two years of the pandemic. steve: janice has a bu
steve: there you have got the governor of the great state of florida he made it clear don t mess with this storm. right now it is a cat 4 with maximum sustained winds at 130 miles per hour. and janice just showed us the map and right now and if we look at the big wall right now, right now the center of the storm, the eye of the storm is 8 miles away from the coast of florida. ainsley: janice was telling us put it into perspective. the category, it does matter. but that s not the only thing you look at. you have to look at the storm surge. this is a cat 4. it s not going to increase to a 5, she said. katrina was a 3. and janice, you said the storm surge was how much with katrina? janice: 30 feet. ainsley: this one could be 16 and a cat 4. this is a cat 3 january january that s why it s deceiving and that s why we have always been saying don t look at the winds per se. you can hide from the winds.