was pretty tough to take, here s a look. i m all attached to these cables and i m in a harness for safety. we are going see here, i m going to see personally what it s like to battle those winds, experience a tropical storm force winds, we are going start to crank the winds up now, then we are going try to reach category 1, 2, and maybe a 3. we will see, at some point though the winds will get so high, that you are not going to be able to hear me speak, because i will not be able to speak. and those that head up the wind tunnel facility will start to give you a bit more of the narration of what i m going through. i m just going to hang on and see how long i can keep talking to you. your mouth gets pretty dry, i can feel my jeans are already flapping a bit at the bottom. i m going to sit back and hold on, the wind can be so strong against your chest, that at some point it s going to feel like you can can t breathe.
dicey, do you have somewhere to go? yeah, i mean, yeah, the final hour, it s crunch time, the bail out plan would be if it is that tight and the storm is route on top of us, we have the building here itself, the marina, we are welcome to hang and chill out here. reporter: that s made of wood, rich. that s your plan b? this is what is on the highest ground. prior to that, i mean, if it s looking just with the early bail out, we could just shoot head south, head to key west if the storm is going to skurt this way. not really too much of a plan of just going that direction. reporter: you are a new jersey guy,s that dream of yours. i am. reporter: talking to the old salts that have been living here forever, they talked about when andrew went through, these boats were fine. absolutely. sn sfwl reporter: it teams so me that it s such a crap shoot, why
we re anticipating surge ranging from 20 to 25 feet in certain areas as the storm passes. example, greater nagua. they can expect surge up to 20 feet of water based on the strength of the storm. but water would not settle. it eventually runs off. the destructive force of a 25-foot surge is our greatest concern. that can really cause catastrophic results. and in terms of supplies, gasoline, access to gas, water, food, for people in the aftermath, how are you situated? again, like i said, as long as new providence, the capital, is well, we can survive like we normally do. we have a series of freight boats that transport supplies on a weekly basis. we have a series of shipping
companies, florida, to bring supplies to new providence. again, that all florida impacted as well. we service those islands that will be impacted as a result of a storm. captain russell, we wish you the best in the hours ahead. thank you very much. thank you, too. the last thing we want to think about, another hurricane. category 3 hurricane jose making its way behind irma. this wouldn t be the first time major hurricanes hit the united states one after another. we ll take a look at that next.
will ride it out on his boat? i was surprised and disappointed to hear that. if the hurricane comes ashore, not far from where they are, at the intensity that we are seeing, his chances and the chances of the other dozen people he mentioned to survive are low. you do not want to be in a boat with 150 plus mile an hour winds with a 5-10 foot storm surge in 20 feet waves. he said we will leave, we have an hour. we are talking about tropical storm force winds for 36 hours and hurricane force winds for ten hours, you cannot go anywhere once they start. if i cannot convince them to leave, i want to tell everyone else that has not left, to evacuate now. you are talking about hurricane force winds for ten ours? yes, we can do the math, the storm will be moving at ten miles per hour, and it s going to be about 100 miles across in terms of hurricane force winds.