this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. oh, my god. no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a look. this is fort meyers beach, and that is a community outreach center knocked off its foundation and floating down the street. making matters worse, the flood waters affecting residents who are doing the same to rescuers. a fire station here in naples is what first responders are up against along with anyone needing emergency help. and again, these conditions are not expected to improve throughout t
feet. it varies, but you can see it as in relationship to the house. for some of them it s halfway, three quarters of the way up. those people have to either be standing on furniture, whatever. and, you know, some of these cars floated away. we had cars float away. you know, these people need to be rescued as soon as possible. we just talked to some first responders, and obviously one of the things they were saying is in the dark debris is flying through the air, projectiles. they wait until the winds are below 45 miles an hour, and that s when they can go out. yeah, i feel for them and i know how hard their and job is, but that part of this risk is mostly past us. they would have water depth to deal with, maybe more than flying debris. i mean we ve had everything go