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from hurricane andrew. so we re much better prepared than before. our state partners and federal partners are also much better prepared to respond to whatever happens here in miami-dade. what s your advice for those in your county who are preparing now? my advice is like i tell everybody is, a, have three days of water and food, you need to be self-sufficient for about three days because if we do have a major storm coming through, we may not be able to get to you for three days. we actually need to help those that can t help themselves. so the more people can, then the less we have to provide the services. that s the first thing. make sure that you secure your home. if you live in an evacuation zone, like we just listed, please, you need to leave because if something happens and the storm comes and you require help of police, fire, we may not be able to get to you. in terms of state, federal assets in place before the storm gets there, you feel confident? well, the problem th
northward. how often would buildings in a city like miami if it was a track that takes it over land, how strong are they? are they built to prepare for a cat 5? after hurricane andrew, florida upgraded their building codes, so the building codes are the strongest in the nation here. still, a category 5 hurricane is going to cause devastating damage. the buildings may well be strong enough for people to survive now, which is good. but there will be tremendous damage if the center and the eye wall just around it come across the land. tom, we ll check in with you. coming up what it s like to measure the storm from a whole lot closer from this view from space we re about to show you. you will hear from a n.o.a.a. scientist who has just flown straight into irma and says it is getting even stronger as we speak. kevin, meet your father.
terms of the track, we expect the hurricane to pass just north of the islands and then when it gets about to the florida peninsula, we don t know if a turn will occur right over the peninsula just to the east or west. that makes a huge difference, if the hurricane turns and comes over south florida as is forecasted now this will be the most significant impact that we have had in florida, in fact in the u.s. since hurricane andrews. so this would be a once in a generation type of hurricane if it comes to show at category 4 or 5. so that is the middle track, or is that the track on the far west? right now, the forecast track is for the hurricane center to come up very close to the east coast. but we re talking about four to five days from now. and the average air is large enough to cover the entire peninsula here from west to east. so if it comes to shore, we ll have the worst of the conditions. if it turns offshore and even
buildings. just in terms of a category 5 or 4, can buildings sustain that? are they built for that? like one of your experts said, since hurricane andrew, the upgrades and protocols are much higher. they re supposed to. it doesn t make a difference, you can t take chances, we don t want to be sorry we want to be safe. so folks should listen and leave miami beach. i m going to be there, our team is going to be there. i m going to be through there, through this entire storm. we re doing all we can to protect our residents and property. about how many residents would you like to have evacuated in miami? i would like to have all of them evacuated. but it s a little under 100,000 people, not including our tourists. i issued a letter today before the mandatory evacuation saying please i urge you to leave miami beach now. this is not a game. this is serious business. if somebody is staying for whatever reason, how many days