where the landfall was, 120 miles per hour. the key west, by the way, is now off line for some reason. maybe the readings got off line. i want to bring something else in here, sam. keep on reminding people about your 34 years in the business. if something you have not seen in 34 year is a tropical storm warning nor atlanta georgia. the national weather service has issued a tropical storm warning for atlanta. it is worth remembering this storm will continue. it s not ending over florida, and by not coming ashore on the southern tip of florida, that means this storm is going to have a lot of life in it once it makes landfall somewhere. i want to stand by and listen to mike seidal. after the shot i m going do a quick as live for use after 11. this is mike is mike listening to me? we re just watching mike.
cannot respond to emergency calls at this point. so they said stay safe and don t venture. unfortunately, we ve seen a couple people walking around. we ve alerted the authorities, so, really urging people to stay safe. stand by i m going to go to mike seidal. reporter: later this afternoon the wiptdss will shift direction but still be strong. definitely a day to shelter in place. look at this. some of the water now rolling down the walkway here. as these waves crash over the sea wall. here in the brickle section of downtown mooic downtown miami i m meteorologist mike seidal. that is a waterway, by the way. that s not a street. it s not that the street has been flooded. that s a waterway that has now risen more than two feet since mike has been there. and again, it s not meant to be the ocean. ant it is clearly the ocean at
mike is in brickle. let s just explain what s going on. it s not a flooded street behind him. it is a waterway and it looks like the ocean has taken over. right. so that s exactly where we were yesterday when we were talking to you guys. we were sharing that spot with mike yesterday. and let me explain exactly where mike is chkt so mike is on right behind a hotel kwaucalled the e hotel on biscayne bay. the buildings belined them, that s brickle key. a small island that has really tall buildings on it. it has a little bridge that goes from miami across to it. now, on the other side of him is a road surface that is also taking water from biscayne bay. the one thing i ll tell you about that that i don t like where mike is, there s only one way for him to get out of that water that s lifting right there. mike has a lot of experience in doing that, and he and his crew
years, these people really and truly know how to put themselves in a good position but we are moment by moment right now where i don t like where mike is, because that s all open water to biscayne bay behind him. around those islands. and let me also tell you there s a lot more people in those buildings than you think. one of the residents came down and talked to us last night when we were standing there, and he was in the building that s right above where that shot is. and he said, you know, there s 100 people in this building and i looked at him. he said the building management told them about 30% of the building decided to stay and he was kind enough to offer us a way to get out of the storm if it got bad. the problem with that, for mike today is that mike would have to wrauk through that flooded street to get to the billing. and if that water gets above knee level. right now, as we ve seen him, that water s been to about calf level in the street, but once it gets to about knee leve
not going to be safe to make that move. they re only have one area out. stand bid for a second. i want to just turn around what mike seidal was recording. not one bit, jim. the only thing between us and the atlantic is miami beach. so high-rise condos and hotels. for all intents and purposes, there s nothing blocking this wind. there is something blocking the wave action, but with that said, look at the waes out here. this is just amazing. this looks like a nor easter. we re not on the ocean front, back inland. this water is blowing up the miami river. i don t know what the impact is down stream, but look at what s going on here. the water s crashing whoa. that one came right over the sea wall right here. you can see the board walk is