yes. so i didn t even stay behind. i came all the way from austin, texas. just chasing harvey a couple weeks ago. for me, it is all about the passion. you got have some passion in life. and i love following the storms. and witnessing the history of that unfolds from the storms and measuring the pressure and wind speeds here and just over all taking the documentation of the storm. documenting it for the world and potentially for people in the future that would like to see what the storm actually did. you know, it is too soon, i ve said this morning, that too soon for people here in tampa and west coast to say they dodged a bullet to use the old cliche with irma going east of tampa instead of staying out in the gulf and on the west coast. but how important was that shift late in the day? yeah, so, you know, the worst
wow. that is some live shot. thank you. sara sidner well done. gutsy journalism there. that s a reminder to folks, as far as up north to jacksonville, still a lot to come on the op site side of where you thought this storm was. a lot of punch left. in miami this storm punched a lot as well. 100 miles an hour. the miami-dade airport will be closed today. a limited flight schedule on tuesday. schools in miami-dade county, also closed until further in the. yeah. some schools are shelters at the moment. they have been taking care of people. this shows how powerful wind are in miami. can you see the winds blew the roof right off this two-story building. cnn meteorologist derek van dam live for us. we were talking to someone from the north miami beach police
the west, all of the officials on the east coast sit cities are not out of the woods. because there would still be a threat from the storm. you are sighing it this morning. this is several hours after land fall here on the west coast of the peninsula. let s good to meteorologist, karen, in the hurricane irene weath in the weather center. how long will sarah see the winds? i hope for sayra s sake that the wind calms down. i was just looking a the radar imagery and satellite imagery, and there is a huge thunderstorm mass making its way right over daytona. i was just informed that daytona fire department asked people to seek higher ground because the water is rising there. this storm surge is an equal coast opportunity storm surge. we ve seen it on east coast of
i know florida power and light as well as other companies are out there trying to restore power. for anyone just tuning in, remind our viewers how dangerous this time is once the storm passed, for new particular. this is when fatalities happen. absolutely. fatalities happen during the stofrm b storm but after is when we see the most. people are locked up in their houses or shelters and they want outside. they want to see what is going on. it is just not safe it go outside. you could step in a puddle or very light patch of water and it could be completely electrified with a live power line and it will kill you immediately. it is just not safe. let our officers go out with
city that s pretty much where i am in downtown tampa surrounded by water on three sides, a good development here. as we watch how the storm comes through here, much better than expected. those shots dried out tampa bay, just unusual. dogs out there playing. very strange site. still wind and rains to come. stephanie, thank you. early start continues with the latest path for hurricane irma. this is cnn breaking news. after one of the most ferocious storms in history. millions in florida waking up with no power after one of the