jacksonville saying you can t control where this unpredictable storm is going, but you can control how you react. listen. we can t control the storm. we can t control the impacts. we can control how we act and behave. our city is prepared. we trained for this. we have professionals that train for this. whatever happens, we ll get through it as a community. there will be less damage and more lives saved, all lives saved if everybody pays attention and acts accordingly and does what we ask them to do. so you re talking about high winds, you re talking about storm surge, you re talking about flooding, and you re talking about because it is an atlanta facing, very high and dangerous surf that will cause undoubtable sand erosion, property damage. a lot of people here look back to three years ago when matthew caused people to lose their lives, billions in damage, over a million lost power.
a hurricane. now they re getting a forecast that would appear to be better. and that s why you had the mayor very cautiously optimistic that it would be better. but again, depending on how strong dorian remains after it pounds the bahamas in the next several hours and starts to work its way on the predicted track up north it s going to cause problems. and once you get into trouble, there s going to be flooding. you re at this high tide. jacksonville and all the way down through west palm beach is going to see an impact even if it stays offshore. and it is not time to let your guard down. people were getting their last hours of sun ansurf and enjoying the end of the summer here. but they need to get serious once we get into tuesday and certainly wednesday in this area. thanks so much, griff. we ll check back with you shortly. now to janice who is live in the
ten at last count in critical condition. the gunman is a white male in his 30s. we don t have an id yet. we re expecting an update from the police at 9:30 local time. mike live for us in odessa, texas. back to hurricane dorian, the category 4 storm closing into the bahamas. officials raising the alarm as the storm gets set to slam the island with high winds and a life-threatening storm surge. homes, structures can be replaced. lives cannot be replaced. we have team coverage tracking the storm s ever move. jillian and griff are live on the ground in florida ap we begin with griff in jacksonville. good morning. there s real concern here that while dorian is 400 southeast of us in jacksonville, there could be a case that
island with high wind and a life-threatening storm surge. homes, houses, structures can be released. lives cannot be replaced. we have team coverage tracking the storm s every move. janice dean is tracking the hurricane right here in the studio. julian mele and griff generas is live. better forecast is providing cautious optimism here in jacksonville but it s a threat of tropical storm force winds, high surf, unbelievable possible flooding that is going to impact the area in the next 48 hours. now you asked me in the last hour if i was seeing people getting too comfortable. let me show you exactly why the officials are worried so much about that and why i say that. this video shot here by the officials in jacksonville
hurricane on board the east kose of florida. big information mere category 5. don t see it very often. potentially devastating, deadly blow to the northwestern bahamas and the east coast of florida, georgia, carolinas, please pay attention. we re not doing this to hype. we re trying to save lives here. so we ll keep you posted. pete: janice, it s so important to remember that, yes, you may be in a hurricane structure or a house that s graded for a hurricane. not a lot of houses or structures are graded for a cat 5. no, did he give you. pete: let s go to griff jenkins live in jacksonville, florida. griff, you just heard the news as well, category 5, upgraded. talk to us what you re seeing on the ground. that s right, guys. as janice says, the concern is very real. what i m trying to show you now is that while the storm for 500 miles of florida from miami to jacksonville, they re already seeing high surf. i ve been out here on the beach in the last hour with the