Barreling down the Gulf Coast straight into floridas West Coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent Water Pummeling the bridge. And this is santa Bell Island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in Fort Myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Lets go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve . Jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as well, we could see anywhere from 616 inches of rain here that has been going steady for the past six hours. The Storm Surge is another concern here in the tampa area. This could be a Worstcase Scenario depending on where the storm actually makes landfall. We could see up to 10 feet of Storm Surge here, anywhere from 15 feet along other parts and along the coast. When it gets over 40 miles per hour, they cannot come out and rescue and right now it seems to be hovering right about that range. Th
possibly get into? caller: it goes back to the first response team, in oklahoma we are astute to the tornado factor. the alarms went off, all over town and they were good about everybody getting around and everybody got shelter and the news stations, were well on top of it as far as storm trackers and keeping in touch with what was going on and so that was really important. martha: we hear stories about people and, obviously, in joplin as well, as the towns we are looking at in oklahoma and they are trying to figure out what hit them. it is incredible. and you hear stories of a family where there is a toddler missing, and, you know, the amount of heart break is difficult for people who are outside of your area to truly understand. you know, how do you begin to help the towns around you kind of pick up the pieces and get back out there? caller: i think, it goes back to our government, and, the