weaken. we saw the inner eye deteriorate last night and it took over and rebuilt. let s go to tampa where lester hold is standing by. all eyes on tampa, at this point we have evacuated some of the lowest lying places, but there are a lot of low lying places in tampa. we but they have a little more time here because this is considerably north of the storm, but there is concern the tampa bay area could be the next land fall. they are taking preparations. keep in mind people here were feeling they might be spared but everything changed in the last few days. we were in ft. myers where
of florida, the wind and the water are piling up. you have seen it in the live shots, we re seeing that wind and it s only going to get windier as this core begins to work to the north. conditions in southwest florida will get worse as this corp moves up to the north because the winds will wrap in behind and you will see the gulf water compilie and you will see the gulf water compil come piling in here. it will be moving to an environment that is not as friendly. i don t think we will see it get stronger, but it is a monster in size. why? because we need light winds in the atmosphere to keep it alive, it will shred out slowly but surely. that s the update, sam champion standing by for us in