when this is typical sam, seen big storms you see for days and days on the highways leading into the area, utilities trucks and line, electrical line trucks, tree cutting trucks from days tans places. in full response mode now. sam? reporter: absolutely. ali, exactly what you want to hear. what people in south florida want to hear, because today remember, ali, when you and i talked a day, two days ago we shed this would be an all-florida storm. this storm, irma, landfall in the keys, in southwest florida, causing flooding now in northeastern florida, and so it is. it s an all-state problem and cleanup. a massive undertaking. people who are even here on miami beach and in miami proper don t have water. don t have power. in a lot of these areas. you can t have an area this big with 80% of the people without power, without having a huge power issue. it wasn t until that briefing, ali, i think i understood how
at one shelter around miami yesterday pets were getting ready to hunker down with the rest of the family members ahead of hurricane irma. but those members of the family aren t the only animals in harm s way. kerry sanders is at the zoo with more. a lot of activity behind you, is that a flamingo? reporter: it is. we re at zoo miami. ron is here to tell us what s going on. as we bring the camera over here, they are going to shelter in place, ron. tell me first of all, it s a little skittish to move them, right? absolutely. we re taking the flamingos off the normal exhibit and safe structure that has their own pool within a concrete block structure to protect them through the storm. this is an ongoing effort and one of the few animals we move within zoo grounds but it is important to protect them during the storm. sometimes animals can sense something. is there any indication with the 3,000 plus animals here that any
stuffed with a few everyday items you may never think of. do you have one of these? a first aid kit. you always need those, especially after the storm. have you packed bottled water. you packed bottled water. portable flashlights. extra batteries. that s the other thing. that s perfect. more flashlights. granola bars. definitely. now, here s something that may not be as obvious. your medications. you are going to grab your medications because you don t know how long you re going to be gone. today while they re still working because if electricity goes out, the bank atms may not work and credit card machines won t work in the stores and you will need cash to buy the essentials. go to the atm. take out some cash. and important documents. put it into a waterproof bag and bring it with you. you don t know if the house will be there when you come
we are still forecasting the future, not reviewing the past. things can change as time progresses now. let s just take a look. everyone, you have the ability to either take this at face value, which is this is a very dangerous, strong storm or get caught up in the nearterm headline which is that we have seen a decrease in the wind speed. don t let that fool you. this is very powerful. and it still could pick up some energy and some steam. we re looking at wall replacement right now. we were talking about it yesterday. when this first started you could see a clearly defined hole right through the middle. that s actually normal for a storm like this. you can lose a little energy when that happens and some instability and wobbling in the storm. this is what it looks like right now. let s review all the facts that we do know. location of the storm. 80 miles northeast of cabo, cuba, winds 150 miles per hour. keep in mind that is a
your home. there will be, you know, because of the force of the storm, there will be projectiles, if anything is not tied down. so, you know, be courteous to your neighbors. because if you have a potted plant that is not that heavy, it could end up being a projectile going into someone else s home. are you satisfy would the response so far the way the governor is handling this? i think everyone is doing the best they can and we prepared as we can be and it s, you know, this is our last day to prepare. i tell everyone to do as much as you can. mayor steven grant there from boynton beach, florida. thank you very much for joining us here. we want to look at the latest track of irma and joined by wnbc dave price. as we mentioned at the top of the show, this looks like it is, dave, the worse-case scenario for florida. this is the thing that everybody had been dreading. it is certainly progressing that way, hallie.