tide right now is cedar key. we go down from here. but now the competing influences i just mentioned. jane: in some way maybe we timed things out perfectly by seeing things starting to die down with high tide. ian: at least trying to divide it - - avoid a worst case scenario. jane: the storm surge will not change but maybe the worst-case scenario we will see how that unfolds but still very dangerous situation. may be between one and 10000 customers on the lower end. we saw some power that is left. we had one flicker in cedar key that came in about 40 minutes ago but we will continue to
point. it would take a lot it would take a few more feet thankfully to flood those beautiful homes. jane: but it does look like a power box there is a very real possibility the water gets up to the power box now we really struggle with keeping the power turned on. ian: i would think maybe they even shut off some of those. this the city of tampa spent something like 250 million bucks on stormwater improvement because bayshore was flooding so badly with the powerful storms with the rainy season. this is a different function. we appreciate the rep report. that will be something to put a pin in curious to see was a long duration if the onshore flow
category four. this has been so interesting to watch last couple of hours as the waves crash over the rails. flooding water taking over the road and thankfully we still have some power we saw the lights flicker once in the last hour but likely to see conditions worsen as idalia tracks further into the big bend region as we had over the next couple of hours. 120-mile per hour wind as the hurricane hunters flying through the storm that is so critical in the hours to come. ian: digging into the latest the hurricane hunters at 2:00 a.m. they realized by the air force reserve from lakeland
waves continue to crash over the rails and barriers. a beautiful stretch of restaurants out in the distance. they have already seen one brief power flash and the power has come back on, but likely to go out as we see water rise. for the storm surge with the tropical storm force winds already and impact. ian: we have a major update here from the national hurricane center. it is subtle but there you go indication it is still intensifying the air force reserve has been conducting a recon flight watching the storm get much stronger. this is what prompted the upgrade at major hurricane status and they found the pressure dropped 12 millibars maximum sustained wind were is up 10 miles per hour.
five did in maui it s called sos via satellite. and those models and later that will name to you get connected where there is no cell phone towers to make that emergency call do that with the buttons on the side but also go into the settings and add your emergency contacts today. you do that through the health app. i will show you how to do that online. simply go in and turn on those location services for having the emergenciage sos active. you want to make sure that emergency calls and sos are turned on. show you how to do that online as well. brian: sometimes if you fall or are in a car accident. your watch or phone will go off and ask you if you are okay. is that the same service? it s similar. iphone 14 or apple watch more recent models, it will tap into that same emergency. that s crash detection. and so if you have fallen, that