wind potential. but the greatest most life threatening conditions, is that southwest and now west coast of florida, and this is an hour by hour situation because it depends on where this eye comes ashore, does it parallel the coast and we ll be following that all day. there is big ramifications if it goes all the way up to st. petersburg area today. to wbbh s gary brod in cape coral, florida. i understand you ve got a lot of downed tree branches, i see one snapped right behind you. that looks like a fairly thick branch. reporter: alex, it is a very big branch. i want to give you an example of how big it is. i have a 6 6 wingspan and it is at least double. 13 to 15 feet. i m not sure exactly if it was because of the wind or lightning. we haven t had much lightning in the area. i m assuming it is wind. wind speeds have picked up anywhere between 20 to $30 mi30