To compress, gain energy, and come in. that is why we are talking about this storm surge being so bad in this area. so, what would this look like in certain areas? how high are we talking about of the storm surge? we have adjusted the numbers recently, as you heard chad say earlier on, these are taking up a little bit from what we are showing right here. but look, from 4 to 6 feet down here in st. peter,, sort of that area. 6 to 9 and here, seven. you get appear to cedar key, mitchell creek, areas like that, into the suwannee river, up in their. then, you start talking about things coming up here, it is going to be even higher than that. maybe even higher than 10 to 15 feet. the important thing to remember, though. this area up in here, ecologically very important, very important to the people who lived there, but not that many people living here. many more people living down here, so you may only have six feet of flooding down here. huge, huge, huge, impact. yes, for the small com
But this police station here is the real first sign of battle we ve come across. inside it s pretty smashed up as well. the windows here at the front, this reinforced glass all destroyed, blown out. shots being fired. [ gunshots ] being fired by soldiers there. they ve just been coming back from what appears to be the direction of the front line. some sort of impromptu celebration just for the cameras here. just a few days ago, this town was still in rebel hands. you can get an idea of the ferocity of the battle for it. this likes the tail fins from a rocket. few houses hit, most by rockets fired from the west and advancing government forces. driving on east wards another 40 mile, the sky fills with dense black smoke. as we get closer, unmistakably
The first signs of any real battle as we have been driving on the highway, we have seen occasional checkpoints manned by soldiers or policemen. in the town we have seen most of the stores closed, some signs of looting. this police station is the first sign of battle. inside is smashed up. the windows in the front, this reinforced glass all destroyed, blown out. shots are being fired by soldiers there. they have been coming back from what appears to be the direction of the front line, some sort of improm tu celebration for the cameras here. just a few days ago this town was still in rebel hands. you can get an idea of the ferocity. this looks like the tail fins of a rocket buried in the front of this house and underneath children s shoes. few houses hit, most by rockets
You can get an idea of the ferocity of the battle for it. this looks like the tail fins from a that katyusha rocket buried in the front of this house here. underneath, children s shoes. few houses hit, most by rockets fired from the west and advancing government forces. driving on eastwards, another 40 miles, the sky fills with dense black smoke. as we get closer, unmistakably clear, an oil storage tank at the ras lanuf refinery burning out of control. officials blaming it on rebels. exactly how far government forces have advanced beyond the oil fire, exactly where the front line is remains unclear. but what is clear is that the government is on a roll. and the rebels are recoiling, retreating, it seems, almost as fast as they can.