for high winds and storm surge, some rain, and they can t take this lightly even though it looks like it s treating us nicely. and this is nicely. yeah. this is nice. i do want to point out, again, the storm surge as you can see the surf kicking up here, this is heading out towards low tide. the storm surge at 7 feet including the water up over the dunes, absolutely. that would mean that some houses would have damage. a lot of sand will be pushed on the road. and the hurricanes of 2004 was interrupted and almost created a new inlet. so it can do some damage. again, ken graham at the hurricane center was saying we can expect hurricane forced winds here along the coast. and in ft. pierce. what do your residents need to know as the storm bears down and is hitting. people that decided to ride out the storm, what do they do?
always appreciate the perspective. thank you. thank you. john berman is starting to feel the effects of hurricane dorian. john, though, i can see you now. looks like the rain let up for a small window here for you. yeah. the good news is it s dry for the time being. but we can expect more of those bands to come through dumping more rain. and the wind has been consistent. the seas are really kicking up. i know there have been some air ye air aerial shots. the ocean has been churning for hours now. much more of cnn s live coverage of hurricane dorian as it moves toward florida. stay with us. tech: at safelite autoglass,
you are sheltering in place. you need enough provisions for seven days. you need your food, your water, any medications you might need. if you are met with an emergency, volunteer responders will do their best to get to you. but you have to understand that there will become a point in time or there may come a point in time they are unable to reach you due to the high winds. so you have to keep that in mind and do your absolutely best to be self-sufficient for a period of time. and again, the winds you re talking about, this is just the beginning. we are getting gusts. this feels 40 to 50 miles per hour at times with the gusts coming through. and again, by tomorrow, it will be 70. one of the characteristics of this storm is how slowly it s moving now. it will pick up a little bit as it mauves up the florida coast tomorrow. but still, some parts of florida where i am and north of here, it s going to be two and a half days of rain and wind.
what kind of challenge does that pose to you? any time you have a long period of time extended duration where you re receiving rainfall, especially in saturated soil, the soil can only absorb so much. and that rain will begin to build. that rain will collect in low lying areas. and people find themselves unexpectedly in areas of deep water. and in our case in particular, what we try to advise people is especially if you re out on the roads, if you re driving, if you see water, you can t tell how deep that water is. turn around dp. do not drive through it. you would be surprised how many times in our response to federal disasters, how many times we see unknowing individuals drive into water and before you know it, they are in a very dire
beach here. there was standing water on the road. you ve been inundated with the rain already. that is a concern, yes. there s nowhere for the twurt go in the storm. even in the best case scenario, it s going to rain over the coast here until wednesday. that s right. that s exactly right. we have to hunker down and make sure nobody s going to starve to death in two days. right? so we ll be fine. we ll be good. how many of these have you been through? well, i was born in ft. pierce, so a lot of i can t even count them. i was in my first one in 1949 and it was not named. and it was a bad storm. i remember my parents were very scared. very scared. i don t believe you that you were here in 1949. thank you. too young for that. listen mayor, thank you for being us. any last message you want to send to the people on the coast and ft. pierce? yeah. we ve been through this before. we re seasoned and we ve got this. all right.