is lapping over right now. we actually have seen a dock detach and into the bay here. so that s what we ve seen in terms of water. as far as the winds, jake, this is as strong as i ve seeb. i mean the wind has not blown like this yet here in miami. and chad says we re going to see another 10 to 15 miles an hour over the next couple of hours. that s going to be pretty strong. and we know kyung law is covering the storm from the hotel, right outside the hotel. but she s staying in that hotel, and that is where she can get to safety at a moments notice if need be. what about you? people at home are watching and wondering about you. how quickly can you get out of there and to a safe place? talking about my mom and dad who are both watching right now, we are on slightly higher
predicting as much as 6 feet of storm surge. but there are some mandatory evacuations for some 600,000 people in miami county, jake. and those people were told to evacuate because of storm surge, not the wind. there s nothing you can do. once the water starts coming, if you live on one of the bottom floors, the water is going to come into your participant. if you live on one of the higher floors, you won t be able to get out and first responders won t be able to get to you. hopefully, again, most people dist did listen to those warnings and get out. people now sheltering inland, hopefully not helping to tampa to shelter because that s a whole not world of problems you re going to get in the few hours. but it is remarkable even though the eye of this storm did hit miami, there s been concern about this storm moved west, heading towards fort myers and
had to get him out of there. so now he s in a safe place. into atlantic beach, too. and then tampa, you re right in the middle of this thing. so many millions of people, somewhere in the ball mark of 110 to 120 mile per hour winds. with winds pushing the water out of tampa bay, tampa bay almost empty. and then the storm goes by and fills back up rather quickly. a surge coming in the other direction after the water has already left. please don t go into any water. if the water has left, don t go onto that land where water should be, because that water will be back and higher than it was when it left. and indeed don t leave. don t go outside. thank you so much. i want to go to chris cuomo right now who s in napeal, one of the towns where this is headed. chris, describe if you can for us how conditions have changed just in the last few hours.
know he has a question for you. chad. mr. mayor, you are watching zone a, zone b, hillsborough. now that the storm should travel right over tampa bay, are there any changes in the evacuation zones from what we knew 24 hours ago? no, there s not, chad. it is still a zone a ezackuation. the issue in zone a will be the amount of the surge and the height of the surge. unfortunately, this will take place at a time when the high tide is at its highest, which will be tomorrow morning. so all those houses on davis island, downtown tampa, will be affected by the high tide as well. mayor, jake tapper here. i m sorry, anderson. we ve heard different things about the kind of threat tampa wassed under. the latest information obviously that tampa might not get a direct hit, but it might actually be worse because the storm surge will be that much
worse for tampa. what is the latest information as far as you understand it about what tampa is facing, and what is your message to any citizens in tampa or the surrounding area right now? well, jake, what we are concerned about is herwhether t storm continues to move to the west or not. if we remain on the good side of the storm, the backside of the storm, the surge will be less. if the storm continue tuesday move more to the west and we re on the bad side of the storm, that s going to be the problem. so my message is really simple. if you haven t taken the appropriate steps to get to a level c, b, d, or e you only have a few hours to do it. if it starts blowing consistently, 40 miles an hour or more, i cannot send tampa fire rescue to come get you.