has not been impacted by a storm this strong since 1898. definitely concern here. not so much the winds, with the eye staying offshore, the northeast quadrant will stay offshore, but the devastating storage surge, so we expect to see it throughout the day. the winds are expected to pick up here, bringing this water on to the shore and the question will be, how far east will it track off the coast and how devastating will the storm surge be, so, again, right now we re seeing winds about 15, 20 mile an hour and starting to see some of that rain. in the next coming hours there s a lot of concern from local officials about how matthew could impact jacksonville. back to you. let me ask you very quickly, how long until you think you re at the worst of it? if i look at a map right here of the coastline and with it right now bearing down on the melbourne, cocoa beach area, there s a way to go and this
storage surge. so that s why maps like that are very important. again, brand-new, but all the information that they re gathering right now, and i ve heard him really pounding away on the keyboard, putting together that forecast, that new update, that as you say, will come out just a few minutes before 11:00 eastern time, brian. all right. chris jansing. her golf whisper is because of very important work as she pointed out is going on in that room. to our viewers, chris showed us that 19-year veteran in the corner. you think you have a lot of responsibility in your job during the day, and maybe you do, but that man, that public servant, that forecast and his colleagues make predictions in that room that brief, that presidential briefings are made ever, that national guard deployments and evacuation orders are made of. billions will either change hands or not in the business world, amusement parks and so
least half over land. take a look at fort pierce. melbourne has a high tied at midnight. worst possible outcome for this. west palm is going to have hurricane force winds but on the backside it should not have the storage surge. everyone from the eye northward is going to have hour of hour of pounding surge, heavy rain and hurricane force winds that extend from the coast inland 60 miles. that s well past i-95. here is jacksonville. never in the history of the tropical season in the tlabtic have a hurricane that makes land fall north of daytona. if the system stays over water it is going to continue the fuel the storm. that is its gasoline. if it moves inland it could create wild impact. catastrophic area but only for six or eight hours. this is going to stay over
good morning to you all. welcome to this cnn sunday morning, a special edition here. suzanne malveaux joining me, t.j. holmes here with you. we have special coverage of hurricane irene which is getting closer and closer and closer to new york city. anderson cooper is live in greenwich village there. john king on long beach for us this morning as well. already what a morning it s already been. very well foreshadowing the day that s in store for new york and north. an incredibly massive hurricane, rain-making hurricane irene, continuing her trek up the eastern seaboard. take a look at this. still a category 1 storm, 75 mile-an-hour winds. take a look at these pictures, though, the eye could be moving over atlantic city, new jersey right about now. we are keeping a close eye on that. the current track has irene moving towards, of course, new york city. all eyes on new york. they ve seen some flooding in some areas already. a number of power outages at least, 400,000 reported
they are in a low risk class. they have made the choice to take the risk. what kind of storm surge can your home take? my realization of my home is 15 feet. i am a black block back from the sound which is an expecting an eight-foot storage surge. i may have water under my house, but it is unlikely i am certain i won t have any in my house. how about the houses in the area, are they on stilts or at a high elevation, or are there houses that will be flooded? yes, ma am, they recall by law required to be built on pilings at least to an elevation of nine feet. ever been in a hurricane before? yes, ma am, this is about my 6th. what s it like? it is no fun. it is miserable. it is very noisy and uncomfortable during the night of the storm and the winds. the next day are you likely to be without power.