trying to go to his business walking on the road. we talked to him. we will bring that to you in the next hour. but, people are waking up to a lot of shock and a lot of devastation. untold how much it s going to be. try to get around and get a better look. good news is, if there had to be some it, seems the storm surge was perhaps in the range of a couple of feet as opposed to the 10 to feet feet feared. ainsley: thank goodness. brian: griff, is it your sense that most of the people evacuated? you know, brian, i think most did, but there is certainly maybe a 5% to 10% of folks that did not. even as those winds were blowing hard and the storm surge set in on us yesterday morning. i saw a handful of people on the beach which was right at the tip of the spear for it certainly a lot of people did not that maybe should have. they are warning people do not get in your cars. if you are evacuated by all means don t try and go back to your area this morning. as the officials try and fix
pray. i don t see prayer as a last resort it should always be a first resort. ainsley: as irma s new at this day siege raises on. people got hammered by the storm and 90% waking up without power there. griff generagriff jenkins joins us live. good morning guys. finally light coming up here. we re getting a look at what this was here in naples. that is a catastrophic wind event power lines, palm trees and pools of standing water. rising flooding. not necessarily storm surge but certainly rising floodwaters are making the area treacherous as people wake up without power. give you a very quick look. can you see this shopping center. that sign knocked down, just debris everywhere. you look this way. and as we slowly turn around, these roads, which have palm trees over there some the car going by.
things. steve: absolutely. millions were thank you very much, griff. millions were in mandatory or voluntary evacuation areas. i read, i think in the miami herald this morning that 170,000 people spent the night overnight in a shelter. the big question is, for instance, in miami where the curfew is from 7:00 to 7:00, will people at 7:00, it s now 7:05 down in miami, will they give them the okay to go ahead, go see what your house is like but you have to come back. ainsley: people picking up up the phones and calling neighbors and say what does my house look like. coral way bryan llenas is in that neighborhood in southern miami. brian? to that point, the people we have already seen coming out cars like, this people have been coming out from shelters to survey the damage. take a look. this is what streets are looking like, it s impassable. this is what is happening in all the suburbs along miami-dade, broward, pawch beach county. 58% of this state without