even the middle keys could be 2 to 3 feet. you will certainly get some very fast water flowing through the cuts there, especially in the lower and the middle keys. but where it goes from there is the size of this cone getting bigger and bigger and it is because this is the average error times a little bit. so two-thirds of the storm should fall into this cone. this is a completely different storm if this side of the cone is involved. this is a different storm for tampa if this side of the cone is involved. i think everybody is kind of looking down the middle because the computer models are trying to figure it out. the gfs, the american model, was way out west, started charging to the east. the european model is way over here, started charging to the west and now they re literally only 50 to 75 miles apart. so that kind of gives you a good runway. it also gives us a good runway if that actually occurs what the storm surge threat might be. from tampa to inglewood, bonita spring
from tampa to inglewood, bonita springs 5 to 8. it s a big difference how close this storm gets to tampa whether you will fill up tampa bay or at least a while you might empty tampa bay with the winds going the other way. with that said you are going to start filling up some of the bays in here because the water is going to be pushed with the wind on this side. there will be some storm surge. we do know that. there could be a lot of storm surge north of tampa if the storm does track way up there and on up toward the big bend. storm surge, we have talked about that a lot during these west coast storms. good to have you there. we will be talking to you a lot in these coming days. people up and down florida s gulf coast are preparing now as hurricane ian closes in. cnn s carlos suarez is in tampa at this hour. carlos, i wonder, storm surges is the real issue here, there s been a lot of building along the coastline in recent years. what are people doing there to