parts of the state getting hit with wind gusts up to 126 miles per hour. this report coming out of redfish pass, a sform surge up to 18 feet is threatening important charlotte and the fort myers area. we have fox team coverage with steve harrigan where ian is making the direct hit. robert ray is in fort myers on how folks are dealing with this and rick reichmuth is in the fox weather center on how long the heat could last. given the slow movement, quit awhile. welcome. i m neil cavuto. a busy day right now and a monster of a hurricane that is big and also slow. that is the problem. it hangs around awhile. steve harrigan with more. steve? neil, we had the illusion for the last 15 or 20 minutes that things might be dying down. that was the eye of the storm. part of that eye passed over us. the skies got lighter, the heavy rain which has lashed for hours stopped completely. the winds died down. now the tail end of that storm is beginning to hit us, the back side of it. we ll s
maximum sustained winds of about 145 miles per hour. it s dip add little bit. there s gusts being reported anywhere from 116 to 126 miles per hour. they re also looking at the possibility of tornadoes and they re quite common. they might form relatively early. we re watching this as the state right now is essentially shut down and will remain shut down not only every major school system in every county in the state but virtually all of the colleges and universities in the state. it has put off any type of business, any type of activity on pretty much any road. not all, again, in tallahassee as you heard about, not seeing it yet. we should caution that even in the entertainment capitol of the world, certainly the disney and seaworld universe known as