because if that counter clock-wise flow and pushes that onshore and beach erosion and high water, and 12 feet storm surge, bo of above that, the coastal areas and that you have to factor in the heavy rainy you see from the storm. all right, maria, appreciate that very much. thank you. well, the center of the storm, as you ve heard, has now passed the florida keys, but isaac s monster size means that the winds and rain are still sitting there. phil, this is coming in intervals and more than it did when we saw you a few minutes ago. well, we have a changed positions, 180 degrees and you can see some of the localized street flooding that s popped up. thanks to ban after ban of heavy rains and wind and as you mentioned the center of the tropical storm northwest
and some people actually, we were seeing them jump off the pier into the water, not recommended and still pretty rough out there as you can see, and you can see how dark the water is because of the rain, all day long, and that s gone through the streets, out to the drainage systems and funneled out into the ocean, so, not exactly clean pristine florida december gorgeous water. i personally wouldn t go in there right now, harris, but some hearty souls taking a chance. harris: that s a kind word for them. all right. phil keating, thank you very much. governor mitt romney says he hopes everybody in florida is fine and he s concerned about the people in isaac s path and governor romney made the comments as he and his wife were headed to a private prep school preparing for the convention and working on their speeches and carl cameron from new hampshire, and how is the governor preparing this week? well, he s mostly been behind closed doors today. working on his speech. talking with staf
for much of the evening and into tomorrow morning. harris: phil keating, thank you so much. that s what forecast he is said we would see, kind of go around the keys and at the other ends of florida, the panhandle under a hurricane warning where it s building. and it s getting ready that area, isaac. according to the pensacola naval air stations are moving dozens of air force and naval planes out of the area. our rick leventhal, rick, it s coming, not to be underestimated. it s a killer and people have died. are people hunkering down or what are they doing. reporter: a lot of people are enjoying what has been a gorgeous day on the beach at pensacola. we know this city and beach could be hit hard even if the hurricane continues on a path to the west. they got slammed in ivan and that storm was to the west and more in a bit. i can tell you that the county officials are taking this very
and relentless main has been across the area as maria is showing us on the map. not before a dangerous condition across the popular tourist destination, punishing winds, a snapping paul trees and power lines. and look at that. forecasters warn that the low lying island chains could see a storm surge on top of the enormous amount of rain. not everyone in the easy going key west is taking it seriously. and one is boarding up the windows and a hurricane party going on inside. fel phil keating has been in key west and how much of a surge have you seen? we still don t know yet. because it looks like at this point, maybe 18 inches, so far, but a one to three foot storm surge key west remains in effect through the night
few moments ago and oil and gas companies report they re evacuating rigs in the gulf and louisiana governor bobby jindal is telling a state of emergency and telling them to get out of we re calling on folks in low lying areas, in 15 parishes on a hurricane watch to go in and start voluntary evacuations today. harris: for now, governor jindal and the governors of mississippi, alabama and florida has their plans to go to the republican national convention in tampa, starting a day late because of the storm. more on that later. for now, team fox coverage of tropical storm isaac phil keating live for us in key west and and let s go to maria molina in the weather center. moments ago, we saw governor rick scott saying the storm seemed to move quickly, but supposed to slow down and that s not good. that s right, when a storm