around the whole area. community after communities could be affected by that. when that stuff starts happening there is no where to run and nowhere to hide. julie: tracking the storm has been tough for meteorologists to tackle ever since it went through the caribbean. but those evacuees that heeded the warning, especially in the miami beach area, many of them headed west-northwest. so they went to tampa. now the people in tampa are being told they will be bearing the brunt of this. they vac situated to areas in a greater threat area. i think it s frustrating. you had people evacuate to tampa and had people flying from miami to atlanta. if you are in georgia you will probably get this later in the week. not as severe as south florida, but it will be a significant
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either way we are beginning to see these outer band run into the keys. the wind are picking up as a result. we have seen a couple of tornadoes across portions of south florida as well. there is the time stamp. as this continues to ramp up some wind gusts close to 70 miles per hour. wind in the miami area up to 40 miles per hour. as the turns start lifting this way we ll see the wind gusts into the triple digits through the overnight hours. as it lift north that should continue through the overnight hours. we can consistently get some of that activity. currently a category 3 storm. but as it gets over water it
circumstances. we ll get in there, the locals will get in, fema is going to get in once this thing passes and make sure everyone is okay and start recover require process. it will be difficult but we ll get it right. julie: fema has pre-positioned people as well. fema is there, they are ready. emergency personnel cannot get to these people who save anyone who did not heed the warnings. i read if the winds exceed 45 miles an hour, nobody can come help you. it s hard for you to get out. a lot of these injuries, you have got to go over bridges. once the winds start to get 45-50 miles an hour. a lot of the bridges will be shut down. so if you are in that southern florida area, if you are in