with the people in the carolinas. what life from wellington north carolina. doug mckelway is with us. the fox news outfit, i want one of those. not the one you re wearing. you look pretty drenched. it was dry a little while ago. that has changed since about 8:00 when things began to deteriorate in the rain is coming down cats and dogs. fairly strong wind gusts. it s been mild all day with the exception of a couple tornadoes respond by the hurricane. the eye wall about 60 miles to the south of us and i believe the hurricane strength winds extend 60 miles out. think should be deteriorating rapidly. the key is the geography of the eastern seaboard. the coast of florida goes in near jacksonville, st. augustin st. augustine. up into southern georgia, as far north as savannah. those areas are largely spared because of the geography of that
edge will flood the big ben area. now, around the apalachicola area, it s a nature coast. which is good news. that can take a little bit of the brunt of this, because there s not much in the way of population there. but the heavy rains and these winds will stay intact well inland, could knock out power over 1 million people and stays strong as we go through the carolinas. so, again, it will lose some strength, but the core of these winds, wolf, are going to be strong enough to knock out a lot of trees from panama city to tallahassee, up into southern georgia, and the streak of that rainfall will continue through the carolinas. the last place they need it. it wasn t just a day or so ago, a tropical storm, and then a category 1, category 2, and now category 3, and you say it s possible, given the warm waters of the gulf, it could wind up a category 4. although right now that doesn t look to be the case. did all of this creep up on the experts very quickly? because i m a little worried
forecast. good monday, everyone. active weather down in florida and georgia. tornado watch for this early hour. kind of unusual. storm came onshore yesterday east coast of florida after soaking central florida yesterday. the worst of it is the most threatening weather from jacksonville, florida, up into southern georgia. haven t had too many reports of any damage yet. temperatures are already starting very warm in the northeast. leading the way, boston at 66 degrees. yesterday, boston was 87. today 79, still very warm for new york. showers and storms in kansas city and minneapolis, we re thankful for the rain. we had a lot of it over the weekend. and that s where we still desperately need that lot more. there s a start to our last summer day. you re watching morning joe, brewed by starbucks.