Week long. The situation in tampa is watching and waiting. Some of the outer bands of the storm have brought some light rains compared to what is to come. And people here know that. The story, the pictures we have been watching out of miami on brickell boulevard, water just pouring down the street. Thats where we find our john berman right now. John, i mean you know, again, the people in tampa who luckily still have electricity are able to watch some of those images youve been bringing coming out of miami. Its extraordinary what they have seen. And they know that is coming here, and likely even worse. Yeah, i hope theyre watching and getting the warning that they should be inside, that they should heed the warnings, the calls to evacuate from the officials there in tampa. Anderson, im holding in my hand parts of a plastic light that just snapped off a little bit down the way there and flew at me. I thought it was glass, and thankfully its not. Its just plastic. But you can see the debr
We want people in the west to understand what is coming your way and what were experiencing here in miami beach its being viewed by the city as really dodging a major bullet here. We have not seen a storm surge. There is Hurricane Force winds. It is very strong. You can see that signs have toppled over. And i want you to take a look down the street. A major concern here is flying debris. You can see all those branches. All of that has been flying through the streets. Weve seen some of it in the form of broken street signs. O that is a major concern. But trying to stand up right is almost impossible if youre not standing next to something. So this is the reason why the Miami Beach Police department and the Fire Department say theyre no longer able to respond to calls. You physically cannot respond to calls as Emergency Personnel without putting yourselves in danger. Thats why there was a mandatory evacuation. We have heard from the police and fire. They themselves are hunkered down beca