and it s mostly wind-driven. it didn t have as much fuel to kind of go off of, as it does in the mountains. the wind was blowing. i think the highest wind gust reported was 106 miles an hour and it just drove those flames unfortunately right into the communities of superior and louisville. can you describe this, as the closest thing you ll see to the apocalypse, those are pretty strong words. what makes you say that based on your previous storm experience? that s correct. i ve been doing this 11 years now. i ve seen everything from category 5 hurricanes to violent tornado damage. everything just happened so quickly while i was there. everything around me went from, you know, everyone evacuating to just everything on fire. everything around me burning. you heard a constant popping sound and explosions going off from either vehicles catching on fire. gas meters or homes being caught on fire. and there was just a constant rain of embers coming down. and to be in a situation where lite
limits it steps down again. but oklahoma city, at this point has been spared. but damage hasn t been all collected? in terms of how safe oklahoma city should feel, are you seeing advised and that worst may be over or is there no reason to think this is an all-clear because the storm is present? i think we don t want to be naive. it appears, but to answer your question, it does feel like the worst is over. but we know better. there is some significant power outages so a lot of people are on their cell phones taking in the media. but over all, the sun is still too cloudy to see it but skies are still light to the west. and that s a good sign. it was much darker an hour ago than it is now. from the storm experience that you have had and heavy rain and hail, and straight line
today as sunshine brought out skiers in new york city and led to a snowball fight at harvard yard a few miles one way report other determined how badly you got hit by the storm. i think it is fair to say that we were very lucky. the storm brought plenty of snow, about a foot in a lot of area of new york city. but we certainly avoid the worst of it and our thoughts go out to the people in connecticut and rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, and maine. geraldo: welcome live, everybody, to new york central park where the blizzard of 2013 was little more than an inconvenience. even fun for most folks around here especially since it happened on the weekend. as they say in new york city real estate your storm experience was all about location, location, location. and the location we start with tonight is the fox weather center and marina molina. is it all over but the digging?
right behind. i don t think anybody has done anything like they ve done at fema and they have done a really good job. looking forward, irma could be the most severe storm experience by florida in a very long time. evacuation orders are already in effect for the florida keys. that s not surprising. but also now growing parts of miami dated county, including the barrier islands, but also the county itself. miami dated evacuation zones were expanded this afternoon to include several inland areas, making it the largest evacuation attempt ever by the county. and a shortage of gas is currently a major concern. florida governor rick scott said today getting fuel to south flar is a priority. this is not a storm you can sit and wait through. one of our top priorities right now is fuel availability. we know there are problems with supply at gas stations and are working around the clock to get fuel to you. we know fuel is important, and we re absolutely devoting every state resource to addres
today as sunshine brought out skiers in new york city and led to a huge snowball fight at harvard yard a few miles one way report other determined how badly you got hit by the storm. i think it is fair to say that we were very lucky. the storm brought plenty of snow, about a foot in a lot of area of new york city. but we certainly avoid the worst of it and our thoughts go out to the people in connecticut and rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, and maine. geraldo: welcome live, everybody, to new york central park where the blizzard of 2013 was little more than an inconvenience. even fun for most folks around here especially since it happened on the weekend. as they say in new york city real estate your storm experience was all about location, location, location. and the location we start with tonight is the fox weather center and marina molina. is it all over but the digging?