a hurricane. now they re getting a forecast that would appear to be better. and that s why you had the mayor very cautiously optimistic that it would be better. but again, depending on how strong dorian remains after it pounds the bahamas in the next several hours and starts to work its way on the predicted track up north it s going to cause problems. and once you get into trouble, there s going to be flooding. you re at this high tide. jacksonville and all the way down through west palm beach is going to see an impact even if it stays offshore. and it is not time to let your guard down. people were getting their last hours of sun ansurf and enjoying the end of the summer here. but they need to get serious once we get into tuesday and certainly wednesday in this area. thanks so much, griff. we ll check back with you shortly. now to janice who is live in the
prespresentation. that s about as as long as as you can get in terms of a hurricane moving through the bahamas. this is not a hurricane that lasts for 12 to 24 hours. we re going to be talking about dorian tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday still off the coast of the outer banks, according to this track. and you can see wasn t go further out in time, the cone of uncertainty gets wider and we re still talking about a hurricane on friday. even though the track is similar to what matthew did a couple of years back, the difference is this storm is going to be so slow. so that s going to be the problem. beach erosion is going to be a big deal. we still could be dealing with a landfalling hurricane for parts of the carolinas thursday and friday. we get into day four and five, the uncertainty gets wider and you have a jog towards the west and then we could be talking about not just a brush but a scrape all along the coast of
hurricane. julian is live in melbourne florida. up dated information from when we saw you guys yesterday. the mandatory evacuations for the barrier islands where we are right now was supposed to go into effect at 8:00 this morning, that has been pushed back to 8:00 tomorrow morning. the or lan orlando international airport will are flights today and today. this is the scene we re seeing play out across the area. you can see businesses, homes are boarded up. it seems like right now 50% of businesses and homes boarded up. take a look at this video that we shot yesterday of a homeowner, a couple out there, they boarded up their home, they re making preparations. and as you can see, they have a message for dorian. take a listen to what they have to say. we re just want him to take a hike and go some place else. it s disconcerting not knowing