the grid? that s the problem. a lot of people say i m at a high enough elevation, the storm surge won t get me. well the rain the, water will eventually wash, it so i can just stay in the house to a three days. sometimes folks can, but you also may be without power for two or three days. the hardest hit areas are looking at that scenario. here s the wind forecast. assuming the path doesn t change, hundred 13 miles per hour and a speech, 89 around even inland couldn t get up to hundred miles now. even as far as orlando could get 70 mile an hour winds. so depending on where we track that center, this is where that widespread power outage is, the areas in red here. that s a lot of big population centers, and this is where it could take unfortunately a couple of weeks. the other final thing i will leave you with, we ve had a confirmation of a big tornado that was just outside of hollywood, florida this evening. the tornado threat of this one was significant as well. some tropical systems
for two or three days. sometimes can safely, but you also may be without power for two or three days. the hardest hit areas are looking at that scenario. so here is the wind forecast. and this is assuming that we do, the path doesn t change, hundred and 13 miles for venus pete around, anywhere the fort mile area, 80 to 100 miles per hour. even inland could get up to 100 miles per. when even as far as orlando could get 70 per hour mile winds. so depending on where we track that center, this is got that widespread power outage forecast is. especially the areas right here. that s a lot of the population centers, and this is where it could take, unfortunately, a couple of weeks. in the other final thing i will leave you, with we ve had confirmation of a big tornado that was just outside of hollywood, florida, earlier this evening. that tornado threat with this one looks significant also. some tropical systems produce a lot of tornadoes, but some don t produce, many the science of that
and if it sits there, and the models are showing this, they re now in agreement we want them to agree so we can get a handle on a track. we just don t want them to agree in this case. if this slows down, it looks like for two days this duration, national weather service out of tampa has a wind forecast, and it calls for winds to be tropical storm force in the st. pete for 47 hours. that means that wall of water is going to continue to just push into the region, push into the region, further and further inland. we re not talking about just a row or two of homes. we re talking about a mile or two inward. then it impedes the water from releasing into the gulf. it acts as a dam. now you ve got 10, 15, 20 inches on top. that s going to make the flooding situation worse. it s shocking to think about this. even without landfall sitting over for 47 hours.