keys and for naples and ft. myers up to tampa. the storm surge has increased. the water bubble under the storm is large. the wind that s going to blow the water onshore is high. so now from captiva, all the way down to cape sanibel, 10-15 feet. they ve bumped that three feet higher. this does not matter, chris, listen to me on this. the hurricane center, this does not matter about tide at all, the tide is only about one foot. so the difference between 11 and 16 or 10-15, doesn t matter, it s life-threatening. pay attention to it, don t consider what might happen at low tide. because low tide is insignificant when you re talking 10-15. to ft. myers, 6-10 and a major change for a major population is tampa, tampa bay, five to eight feet of surge into the bay. because now the storm is
showing that to people. no matter how much we talk about it there is an inability to conceptualize the water we are talking about. people live on the water. the place you re talking about, naples, ft. myers up to tampa. what they have done to allow people to live on the water is cut channels and keys. they built developments where you get a chance to live on the water. so you live daily just like this with the water right behind you. the water that we are talking about here just like the water in naples, like the water in ft. myers. if you look across at the sea wall. that elevation where the top of the water goes to the top of the gra grass, we are talking four and a half to five feet there. in this area, the storm surge is expected to be four to six feet. that gap, the dry gap, the water
rain south of dallas. florida wasn t pretty yesterday. doesn t look the best today either. some rain showers out there. mostly from ft. myers up to tampa on the west coast. those will drift across i-4. orlando, daytona beach. the award for worst weather the morning as we head out here, middle of the night. storm system moving onshore. temperatures in the 40s and 50s with a light rain through much of coastal oregon and washington state. not pretty up interstate 5 from portland northwards today. seattle, only 58 degrees. cloudy with rain today. ugly. nice and warm, though in the desert southwest. as we mentioned, a lot of hit and miss showers in the east. as far as middle of june goes, i think we ll take it. thanks, bill. coming up, is she or isn t she having a baby? and who was last night s big country music winner? plus, she allegedly wrote a song about her times with him. now he has his say. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you re watching first look on msnb