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let me ask you about the storm surge. clearly sanibel island, captiva island, pine island, experiencing the worst of it. two components to it. the storm bubble created by the low pressure in the eye itself, and then there s the wind driven surge. when you add the two of those things together, rick, what are we expecting to see where it comes ashore. 95% of the storm surge is wind driven surge, 150 mile an hour winds pushing the water forward, that s where you see. there is the center of it. anything to the right, because of this rotation, that s where all of that water is being pushed in. earlier in the day you saw the water that had been sucked out of all these inland and bay, that water rapidly filling back in. so they are in the middle of the storm surge there and naples, over six feet, highest ever storm surge they have had in naples and that s around, say, 20, 30 miles to the south of
calls beyond what they would normally get, but there are no 911 rescues that are going to take place now until the hurricane passes through. so wherever you are, you are riding this out without the aid of the government to come help you. let s talk about where i m physically standing. i m just about two blocks from charlotte harbor. if we re talking about a storm surge that was officially 10, then 15, and possibly even up to 18 or 19 feet, that means that 5 5 , that s three times as tall as i am here where there would be water coming in because we re so close to where the water pushes up. storm surge is hard to understand, but it is the wind that is so powerful pushing the water forward, pushing the water forward. it just builds up and with nowhere to go, it just goes inland. so we have a, b and c flood zones. those are evacuation zones.