you ve got the counterclockwise flow of air around this hurricane, with winds of over 150 miles per hour pushing in. so what that does is push with great force all of that water on to the shore. it rises up. and inundates the shoreline. you put the high tide on top of that and you can have a massive, massive storm surge. three feet of storm surge can be life threatening because it can cut you off. six feet of storm surge with strong wave s of 5 to 6 feet ca destroy a home. so, this is a very dangerous situation still, jo. the storm surge is still unknown at this point. and as it makes its way up to the coast, that s what s the dangerous thing. even though it may not make landfall. it will rate the coast of florida, georgia, as you take a look here, as we track this, you ve got florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina and then it moves on out.
and then it continues to shoot jo, it s exactly the argument out into the atlantic. that pro-gun advocates make of look at this, boston is just the idea that more guns would outside of the cone of uncertainty. here s the problem, we ve had a make it safer if more hands. texans own more guns than high pressure ridge. now, we expect that to break citizens of any other state and down and allow a little trough to move through. now also the proud owners of pick this thing up and shoot it four deadly mass shootings in out. however if that upper high the state. garrett haake, thank you. pressure ridge stays stronger, it stays depressed. i want to bring in s, dorian stays closer down to founder of moms gun sense for where we see it now and maybe america. doesn t make that complete northwest shot. shannon, thank you for being so, we re going to have to watch here today. thank you. this very closely. what are your thoughts about just to give you a sense, jo the back-to-back shooting, plus
this strange behavior. as to how this links to the we need help. shooting itself, we just don t please someone, come help us. know yet. this storm at this magnitude, we know that the suspect was could really cause massive fired from his job a short time destruction. and do not put your life in ago and that he essentially fired on police officers. the first people he fired on jeopardy by stayin ining behind. the high intensity of it, the during some kind of traffic stop. whether that traffic stop was winds, i ve never seen them this high. purely for a violation or i ve been through other whether it was something that hurricanes which are a lot less. police were looking for is one the hotels on the beach here are of the things they want to get clarity from investigators when gone. joining me now is nbc s al they belierief investigators la roker. al, florida starting to see the impacts on the storm s outer this arrange. lthere were laws signed by te bands, right? dorian s still
all right, mike brannon there from the national hurricane center. thank you. joining us from jacksonville, florida, nbc s julia bagg. julia, you ve been covering the storm all week for us. you re in the northern part of the state right now. how are the preparations going? reporter: well, jo, we ve seen the preparations happening all around town. people boarding up businesses, boarding up homes. here on jacksonville beach, know, i want you to get a look at the surf behind me. because it s very strong right now and actually the beach is closed. however, there are people out here, surfing, taking advantage of this and people coming to just get a look at this. like james who is from jacksonville. tell me what you think about seeing all of these surfers. i count up close to a dozen right now? yeah, they re going to be out here today, it s the best time to surf when the storm s coming in, so they re going to take advantage of it. reporter: how are you preparing your home here? just
but there s a huge swath of real estate before this thing gets out of here by friday morning, jo. al roker always on the lookout. we re expecting another update at 2:00, right? well, we had our what time is it now? 1:38. we get a 2:00 update and then a complete update with a new track at 5:00. all right. we re staying on top of it. next, another big story we re watching today. another deadly shooting in texas just as the state loosens its gun laws. we re going live to texas. as they face the fourth massacre in a month. why don t we just ask geico for help with renters insurance? i didn t know geico helps with renters insurance. yeah, and we could save a bunch too. antonio! fetch computer! antonio?