is. this is irma, florida behind it. the eye, itself, is about 35 nautical miles wide. it s pretty big. you also have hurricane force winds extending outwards 60, 70 miles. even if it s on the west coast the east coast will feel it because of the size and strength of the storm. the other factor that s a deadly one is storm surge. and things have changed, if you are just waking up and joining us now t. strong winds that pushed the water on the shore lean, the advisories for that with that ocean water coming right in, it can go miles inhappened, that number has increased to potentially up to 12 feet in southwest florida because of that shifting track. so storm surge is something i m very concerned with as we get closer to that storm working on shore. i feel from you sort of in that path, a major question one would have if you did decide to hunker down. we hope a lot of people did not. how fast will it be moveing? say you are in your home in ft. pliers or in miami-dade county,
wind beginning, we re not going to turn anyone away, we want to make sure people bring what their pets, food, a collar, a leash, a carrier, make sure everyone is safe. do you get a sent that these shelters are reaching capacity or do you know what their conditions are as of now in terms of occupancy? you know, i haven t seen those numbers yet. ki get that update for you. i do know as far as what i m seeing, people are taking heed and they are there and red cross is there to make sure that those people are being cared for. how do you plan to keep the people safe in the shelter. we understand the shelter is structurally sound and irma could face a category 4 or 3 or downgraded. we don t necessarily know because the way things are changing so rapidly. what we saw from hurricane harvey was there was a shelter there that started to flood during hurricane harvey. people had to be evacuated from that shelter and taken somewhere else, so how do you plan to deal
in case the fire goes out. i have water, plenty of water. just enough to keep me going a couple of days until this subsides, hopefully. reporter: yeah, the options are running thin here. this seven-11 is pretty much the thing around here, even the guy working says they will close in a few hours, no gas here, so there aren t vehicles that have come by. people that have decided to leave for the most part as far as we ve seen have already made that decision. they have already hit the road, so only a few bake convenient store pumps u ite store items and that will be shut down as hurricane irma comes in this direction. i have been wondering, you have these gas stations, wal martz before hurricane irma comes through that area. what about the workers there, have you been talking to them? how have they getting out? are they staying through to help
i have a cool little glow stick light here. think like as a fan with a water bottle spray. abby: you would love that pete. pete: give it to me now. we should have tried ton him. great to have. mask. never know what the air quality is going to be like. can i go on and on. abby: is there a place people can go to get these tips? yes, home generators couple minutes.com-ahead the storm has all the information. abby: we will put that on our site as well. pete: only thing i would add is a gun. can t have one in the studio. tracking hurricane irma as it barrels forward. rick has the latest on the storm s path next. oooooohhh! you stopped! you re gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short,
we are back with our special hurricane coverage of hurricane irma. another evacuation warning just moments ago from florida governor rick scott. if you re in an evacuation zone, you ve got to go. you ve got to get out now. get to a safe place. this is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. and as we take a look at the florida keys, that is key west right there and the national weather service has projected that areas in the florida keys may be uninhabitable for an extended period with catastrophic life-threatening winds and storm surge. irma is now a category 3 but is expected to strengthen as it turns northward towards the keys. joining me now, major kendall dunn, an air force reserve hurricane hunters pilot. the major is about to fly over hurricane irma, so, major, thanks very much for being with us under these circumstances. you re going to do what? you re going to go fly over irma