the hurricane warning area. and as it getting bigger over time, it s going to allow it to spread up the coast to the carolinas not just wind but storm surge danger is increasing up there. what s your folks thinking about in georgia, south carolina and north carolina even up to the coast, boston, having some impact here? yeah, the first thing, we talked about the georgia coast. florida, seven feet of inundation of ocean water aboveground level. so that s enough to be very dangerous and life-threatening. the important thing for people in georgia to know, the water is going to start to rise and could start to come up before the winds even get there because dorian has been producing such a big wave field over the days that the waves are moving well in advance of the center. so, those folks there, anybody on the storm surge areas or the coast, up into the carolinas needs to listen to any advice they re getting from local officials about evacuating and kind of heed that to get ready for
takes a while for that water to build up and then come over. if it s going to happen, we hear it possibly predicted up to 11 feet. we may see that in some time. i can actually walk out a little bit down here. you probably see the water rushing at my feet here. fair amount of water. i m going to just take a look down here while i m on the air to see if there is any indication. that s the s direction down there toward the beach. and i don t see any signs at all of the storm surge coming up yet. there are some areas, especially down in pass christian, where there have been some storm surge areas where the lowest-lying areas do have some floods but it doesn t appear according to local officials anything of significance. again, remember, this is happening at night in the darkness. there s no reason to put people out on the streets from the police and the fire department. so many of the reports that are coming in are just from people
comes to the rainfall and the city of new orleans ability to pump water out. the important message is, citizens have to heed the warnings of local officials. if you re being asked to evacuate, please do so in that window to do so is today. the elements are going to be arriving early evening and later tonight. neil: the fact that it s moving as quickly as it is, sir, i m wondering, how do people get out of the way of that, if they haven t already? it s moving fast, it should be making landfall i m told, you know better, later tonight. what do you say? so, the bottom line is that the goal is always to get out of an area that is vulnerable to coastal storm surge, flood inundation. if you can get out of the way of this, cat 1, cat 2 storm surge area should take heed and caution and you need to get out of the storm surge areas and travel a few miles outside of those areas into a facility that can withstand the winds. and in many cases, a lot of the
the east coast as well. so the event is not over. the life safety message is get out of storm surge areas and into a facility that can withstand the wind up the east coast from jacksonville to georgia and south carolina. please heed all local warnings in place for those areas. this is a complex event. we re still working diligently with our partners in the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico as well as trying to assess damages with governor scott down in florida in regards to irma initially making landfall in the keys and moving up the west coast. yes, sir. in miami yesterday it seemed like a tidal situation. the tide comes in and brings the water in and 6 to 12 hours later it goes out again. is that what is expected in jacksonville or not, can you say? yes. so storm surge is basically wind driven water that comes in
as we are allowed to get in. the roadway system has debris all over it. and in some cases, the bridge structures may not be safe to cross over. i do know there are some aerial impact assessments being conducted as we go. i do believe that monroe county in southwest florida, particularly comier county, took the brunt of the storm surge event as the system came onshore. but what is important for citizens to know, you re reporting about jacksonville, the system is not done. the east side winds, the backside winds are still driving ocean water surge onto the coast. and the northeast coast, the coast of georgia and southern coast of south carolina are some of the most vulnerable storm surge areas on the entire east coast because the continental shelf is so shallow. it s not over, unfortunately. what would be in store for those areas? i think as you re seeing, i do know that most of those areas proactively issued evacuations for this very event that s