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Again, a 4:00 p.m. curfew is being issued for broward county. jo ling kent, do stay safe. let s go to miami. maya rodriguez is on the ground there for us. what s happening where you are? reporter: alex, right now we re on ricken backer island. this links mainland miami to key biscayne over here. as you can see, key biscayne starting to get those white caps that you associate when a storm comes in here. take a look, just like jo showed you, a whole bunch of people here taking selfies, taking pictures, trying to the that last look as irma makes its way in. we ve had a couple of squalls come in, some of those outer bands beginning to reach in here. at one point we could not see miami beach, fisher island, port of miami which is right over here over my left shoulder because those squalls were so strong. as you can see, it s cleared up just within the last hour. people out here are mostly ....
You are a barrier island and recommending people leave because you re not going to be able to help them once these winds pick up. that s right, we re in a mandatory evacuation zone and we in fact have evacuated in a high ridge in miami proper pretty close to key biscayne so we can go in for rebuilding and whatever we need to do after the storm, so we are out and our first responders are gone. you know the new forecasts are indicating slightly lower winds but your concern has largely been the storm surge. exactly. and we are in the month of september, which is traditionally the king tide, so it s the highest tides and full moon cycle right now, so the surge is a real threat. what information do you have about people who elected to remain on key biscayne? ....
Starting to pick up. they come, they go. well, there goes your hood. i can see that the winds are swirling around a little bit. what s the situation where you are? yeah. you re right about that, chris. conditions have been deteriorating all day, but it goes in sort of waves. right now it s not raining but the winds have picked um. take a look at biscayne bay behind me right now. waters are super chop pi. the sidewalk is about five to six feet above the bay. as you can see, the rest of downtown here, totally deserted. no one out here. earlier today people were here, taking pictures, taking a look at the bay, trying to see basically irma coming ashore. but now they ve headed home. here is what one man told us who lives here in miami. take a listen. we have a little bit of spare time. we took care of things at home and at the office. and we figured, you know, we normally come here to bike ride, and we wanted to see more or less what was going on. ....
John f. kennedy visited him there. how would you describe key biscayne? i know a lot of it is uninhabited wetlands. we have approximately 580 acres of beaches and wetlands and mangroves. we have a small town, a village that is 1.5 square miles, and it is very much a small town. we all love the ocean. we access is through a series of bridges. and we are a low-lying barrier island. we take our building code and our resiliency very, very seriously. so we work hardin kre ment ha we are extremely concerned about hurricane irma. is everybody out and everyone who could be expected to ....
i stayed there through five hurricane and did very well. the house is built like a fortresses. so you are ready. i am ready. martha: gr good for him. that is one of the many florida residents who are not leaving and there is concern about the construction cranes. more than two dozen are in place due to the booming real estate market and there are concerns that the heavy pieces of medal can go flying through the air. that is the back story, hi, steve? reporter: marta the winds are picking up in biscayne and a few dozen people are deciding to ride the storm out. there is concern about the giant construction cranes. that is it a good sign for miami real estate and they each weigh ....