somehow. so, anyway, they are getting, this is just south of myrtle beach, down there by garden city, surfside beach on the southern part of the grand strand, just south of the grand strand on down toward georgetown. georgetown in this area here, and then i want to make a note of this spot right here, this is mcclellanville, and behind it is march. it was notorious near hugo, they had a high school that flooded and they had to hang from the rafters and on top of tables and stages to save themselves. looks like right now the center of this broad circulation is going to come ashort, kind of a little face i drew there, isn t it, come ashore somewhere near mcclellanville, right about there, that puts the worst of the water to the north with the winds like this. the worst of the water into the georgetown area, and just north of georgetown is the famous place, pawleys island, and the pier, a famous attraction there on the island, i ve seen the images of that now of the end of the p
address to respond at 8:45 this morning. we will bring it to you live when it happens. brian: just like we did yesterday live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation and all seeing it for the first time because the sun is coming up. seen evermeteorologist is standing by our team fox coverage starts with robert ray live in fort myers. that s where it hit robert, right? did sure did good morning to you from the devastated streets from downtown fort myers. you see this debris field i m walking through with garbage cans, mud, palms that were literally projectiles when these hurricane force winds were coming through here yesterday and into the evening. this guys, if we look at the video was i am not even exaggerating and not to use a cliche a rushing river yesterday evening street after street here full of storm surge water that came up from the bay and the river about three blocks behind me made its way into streets here destroying businesses and now business
unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let s get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. we have a lot to talk about and it s going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means everything in florida. typically we have an icon over the center, but we took it away so we can start to see the bright colors of purple. so that convective activity is showing near the center. we re about 100 miles to the west of the cayman islands, south of the western tip of cuba. i want to show you the radar. this is the cayman islands. you can seat the pin wheel effect starting to see the eye
Venice, 32. st. petersburg 23. but those winds are away, toward the top of the storm where back on the bottom side, that s where you start to see the true effect of what s going to be the surge itself. now you have to be careful where you evacuate to. you don t want to evacuate to the 6-inch rainfall totals and get yourself in a flash flood warning from fresh water, from the rainfall out there. so you have to be very careful where you re going with this system. try to get away from the surge. that s the most important thing, away from the surge. and if you get yourself into some rain, you may have to deal with that in a couple of days. but surge certainly is a big story, john. talk to me more about the forecast for the surge, explaining why sheriff s deputies in this town in steinhatchee have been going door to door, telling people to get out. sure. it s the shape of the land. look, this is a catcher s mitt. this is going to catch all the water. think about if you re trying to cool
Going to make landfall? i think it makes landfall around 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so like less than 12 hours from right now. somewhere along the big bend area. from one side would be apalachicola, the other side steinhatchee. and i m sure we have our reporters there from steinhatchee. that s just the other side of the bend. the problem with this storm is where it s going. it s going into a catcher s mitt of topography here. there s nowhere for this water to go. this storm is gathering water under it, pushing water on the right side of it. and if there was nothing to the north it would be fine. but unfortunately, there is land there and that land is going to stop the rain and stop the water that si isurging to the north. look at the eye right now. we have not seen an eye like this the entire storm, but there it is. it just popped in the past couple of hours. that means the storm is rapidly intensifying at this hour. and hurricane hunters are flying through that right now and provin