please, please, please do not go out in this. don t play around with this because there will be projectiles that will be whipping around that can really injure you, and make some serious damage to property. all right. now that we know the storm has hit there, what i can tell you about some of the other parts of florida, the storm has passed us by. but look at what s happening. you re still seeing these winds gusts, because this is a very powerful storm and you have the outer layers of the storm that are still very active here, we are in crystal river, we are probably more than 50 miles away from where the storm is hitting landfall, and yet there are still effects. we are seeing flooding, the water, we are now, we have now come up about three feet because the water has now come up several feet from where we were standing moments ago. so, we are seeing some of that storm surge. it is the water that is going to cause the greatest problem likely with this storm, especially now that there s
dangerous the situation is because this particular storm is going to areas that don t normally get hit with something that is this large, this powerful, this much wind, this much rain, and this much storm surge. that is going to be a key factor in whether people make it out of places that are getting a direct hit. they may be used to seeing storms, but it hasn t happened in more than a hundred years in some parts of the west coast of florida. that s why the authorities are telling you that we know you ve been through some of this before, we know you ve been through something like this, but this is different. it is bigger, badder, bolder, wetter, stronger. so people need to understand. but the thing they always tell you in florida, you learn this from when you re a kid, that you re supposed to run from the water and you re supposed to hide from the wind. hopefully people, the majority of people have run from the water, the low-lying areas, and are hiding from the wind if they have to sh
mentioning tallahassee has rarely if ever experienced hurricane force winds, that s coming. and first responders will not be able to get to you if you call for rescue here on in. people will have to ride this out and do not venture out in this stuff. back to you guys. reporter: yeah, that is really good advice, something that cannot be said enough, because the emergency responders can t get stuck in it themselves, and then need to be rescued. they have to be there when the storm passes through. so that they can get to people. but this is why they ask you, they beg you, they tell you for days to evacuate. don t put them in harm don t put yourself and your family and your pets in harm. try to get to higher ground. it s just stuff. i know we love our stuff but we love our lives more. all right, going now to vincent long. he s someone, as are many people, that are involved in officialdom here in florida that has to watch this from the ground so they can activate when
is being shredded because these winds are sustained. they keep coming through and just barrelling through this area, pushing all of that water onto shore, it is now a lot further in, several feet into onto shore there from the water. that s the thing that everyone is afraid of is as these waters get pushed onto shore, it puts people in true danger. right now you re okay. right now if you wanted to evacuate from this place, you could. but it is going to get to a point where you cannot, according to the predictions. so, stay safe. try to get to higher ground. you don t have to go far. all right, i think we are now moving on, carolyn, where are we going from here? all right. brian todd is in tallahassee, he s in the capital of florida for us, we ve heard from ron desantis this morning who has been telling people that, look, we will get to you as soon as you can if you have an emergency. if you haven t left the evacuation zones you are on your own for a while because the emergency system