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more flying debris to your life there. so there s all these stacked concerns right now, but here at least in punta gorda we know they had the foresight, we know they ve been working, preparing for days like this, now unfortunately for better or worse we re going to see if it meets hurricane ian. bill weir for us in punta gorda, florida. bill, that was not my voice, but were it to be my voice what i would have been saying to you and your team is please stay safe. stay safe down there over the next day because as we ve been saying this is a historic storm about to make landfall there. the wind speeds 155 miles per hour and the storm surge where bill is, 12 to 16 feet as he said. that s just well up into the eaves. yes, they ve been preparing for something like this, this is a test they say of the systems, but what a test it will be. jim, poppy, back to you guys. no sandbags are going to hold that kind of water back. john berman, you keep your team safe as well.