to move at that pace. we expect it to move faster but maybe not. this is a power outage forecast. we re talking widespread to extensive possibility of power outages, potential for 4 million people without power. and then you continue on up the georgia coast line, into the carolinas. remember, lots of leaves still on the trees. there s the potential for a lot of power lines to come down because of downed trees, downed power lines, all the way to cape hatteras. again, that just adding to the misery of storm surge and as we know, the most deaths occur into the storm surge. the only good news is i drove from orlando up to savannah on saturday. i saw hundreds of those power trucks repositioning all around so they re staged. there is an army. it s a great, cooperative effort that they come in from all over
its current path, and that s not a lot, we will have landfall. a steady stream of power trucks is arriving in florida. they are being stationed all over the state. at noon today orlando, melbourne international airport and ft. lauderdale will suspend commercial flights and close their terminals. miami-dade schools will close tuesday ahead of the storm. they will close tuesday and wednesday. new details overnight as texas comes to grips with its second mass shooting in just a month. the new york times reporting the odessa shooter had been fired from his trucking job hours before killing seven strangers miles apart. 22 others were injured. after losing track of the gun man saturday, police were able to stop him by engineering a collision with the vehicle he hijacked. he was then killed in a shootout. they still don t have a motive.
are posted along florida s east coast. even if the storm doesn t make landfall there, it s still expected to do a lot of damage. an army of power trucks is assembling throughout the state to restore electricity. mandatory evacuations begin in the coming hours in parts of florida, georgia, and south carolina. and florida s governor has activated 4,500 members of the national guard. we re expecting gusts to be category 1 at least in the current projections. once again our biggest concern is that storm stays offshore, and as it starts to move up, it s going to be pushing an awful lot of water off the ocean into the inlets, into the sebastian river inlet, the lagoons. so we just want to make sure that this is going to be a fairly a very wet, very
continue on all day into tomorrow. for so many people help is not coming for several days. they are going to have to ride it out. patrick ottman, stay safe. eerie calm in coastal florida as dorian inches closer. tolls suspended now to assist evacuation orders in effect for palm beach, martin, saint lucy, saint martin. volusia. martin county warning a near miss or devastation, both possibilities. we are within 20 miles of an apocalyptic hurricane coming ashore on the treasure coast. if it does what the models are predicting we will be okay. if on the other hand the storm wobbles 20 miles to 30 miles off its current path, and that s not a lot, we will have landfall. a steady stream of power trucks is arriving in florida.
can be there very quickly, adapt to the situation and start you know, are the highways feeding as many people as we can pretty filled up right now? as quick as we can. how bad is the traffic? and we salute you for all the traffic actually in the vero beach area is not bad at that you and your team do. all. this is extraordinary work. that s good. and the people of the bahamas will appreciate it when you re and there s plenty of gas currently. providing them meals in the heed the warnings of your officials. aftermath of this. we ll be watching. do take care, you and your team if in your area they ask you for mandatory evacuation, i would do it. and everyone there in the i would highly suggest listening bahamas. to what they say. we appreciate talking with you. thank you. you know, safety is number one. mike, you know, you talk about flooding, and that is a well, hurricane warnings are big concern. posted along florida s east this is a very slow-moving storm, and as it sits