is only beginning. sandra: for those of us who have lived through hurricanes we know how scary they can be. chief meteorologist is with us tracking the storm and the latest tally on some of the winds that are being reported across that state. what are we seeing, rick? so far, john, i m glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interac
point and growing, almost 625,000 after ron desantis at the top of the 1:00 hour reported 200,000 confirmed to give you an idea of just how exponentially the number of power outages is growing in this moment. also news update from the white house, president biden will be travelling to fema headquarters tomorrow. there was a briefing at the white house a short time ago. bob ray, watching the eye, watching the hurricane and it is moving closer and closer. significant storm that is this country is watching right now. a powerful storm just shy of a category 5 hurricane right now. robert, if you could, just continue to tell us what you are feeling in this moment as we approach 2:30 eastern time. yeah, indeed. the wind again picking up with these incredible hurricane force gusts. i do not have an exact number but i can tell you probably anywhere between 70 and 80 mile
and the people will experience the wind will wind up to the point it sounds like you are standing behind an engine from a jetliner and it will blow so hard and has this very unique whistling sound to it and then all of a sudden, within about two minutes, the wind will stop and the skies will open up and you ll actually be able to see blue sky and during hurricane hugo, midnight the eye came ashore and looked up and saw stars, and thought wow, that was over quickly and then all of a sudden, about an hour later, the wind went from 0 to 120 miles an hour. the interesting thing is the hurricane is approaching, the wind starts very slowly and then comes up 20, 40, 60, 100 miles an hour, and then it stops as the eye comes ashore, and then from 0 to 100 miles an hour right away, and such a frightening experience, and that s when we discovered in charleston that a lot of the damage happened. so as we see the eye coming ashore now, sandra, the damage
always, you know, one-third of the population here is 60 or older. so people are going to need help and the country is clearly focused and mobilizing to help the people that need it here. john: just on that point, the eye is approaching you, it looks like it s only a few minutes away, so we ll stay close with you because it s really an amazing phenomenon when the wind suddenly calms down and the eye of the storm. will do, john. we are going to keep the shot up through this. we ll give you a shot. thomas oh! thomas vasquez will give you a shot of the eye, i m going to go hug the wall here, thomas, if you could pan over there and show them some of the damage. sandra: steve harrigan, incredible conditions there, a downed tree alongside where he has been reporting for hours now. steve, take cover as soon as you