i can actually walk faster than this storm is moving and that is very dangerous. there s nothing more dangerous or scary than a slow-moving, stalled-out tropical cyclone. you get such prolific rainfall rates in these rain bands. you can get 2 to 4 inches per hour easily. you can get tornado threats as well. the winds are gusting. downing trees already weakened from that hurricane. the floodwaters and the rising water table are weakening structures. so those trees are falling. there s nothing more dang russian for a situation like this. as these rivers begin to crest, it s going to create a more catastrophic situation from a different type of flooding and that s a slow-moving natural disaster portion of this storm. reed timer, appreciate you joining us as always, thank you. cnn s continuing coverage of tropical storm florence continues. we will be broadcasting live from myrtle beach, from north carolina, after this short break.
the u.s. gulf coast, though not nearly as strong as feared. that is the good news this hour. the category 1 storm made its second landfall of the night near biloxi, mississippi. its first landfall hours earlier and that happened in southeast louisiana. strong winds and drenching rains there knocked out power to more than 36,000 people in three different states in mississippi, alabama and in florida. the storm itself is moving on now, but still a concern regarding possible tornadoes and what remains of the storm surge. what you re looking at here, firefighters wading through high waters at a casino parking garage in biloxi, the waters are receding now in some areas. we have with us now a storm chas cha cha cha chaser, reed timer. officials are pretty optimistic. the water levels are starting to recede, that s the main issue with the storm, the storm surge.
we could be talking about an even bigger wind field impacting the entire peninsula of florida. this is home for you. so what are you expecting? what worries you the most, mike? well, it worries me what could possibly happen to my community that i love so much. this could be very devastating so it s a lot of mixed feelings right now. i just keep telling myself that the best thing i can do is what i ve always done and that is document these things, take barometric pressure readings. now we re working on some wind readings. and just, you know, bunker down and hope for the best but i don t want to give a false sense to other people listening because i do highly recommend to leave because we re not leaving, we have studied where we re going to stay, we have a safe spot to stay. please, leave, everybody. all my friends and family in the florida key, you can still get out. this is really bad and please leave. let s hope they heed your advice. reed, you know, you ve done this a lot.
you can read these storms and winds and the trajectory and all that. do you have any idea when do you think this storm will hit? it has sped up a little bit, it s maintaining a steady clip to the west. it looks like it could hit, we ll likely start experiencing impacts here on saturday. saturday night, early sunday. very likely that the eye wall will start to impact this region and could accelerate. could happen earlier, too. there are indications it could even happen saturday afternoon or evening. a lot of these questions will be answered tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a very big day to keep a close eye on those models. right now it looks like it s headed straight to the keys and possibly right up the central spine of the florida peninsula which would absolutely be the worst-case scenario for this state. absolutely. reed timer, mike theiss, thank you very much. we ll check back in with both of you. when we come back, we re going to get a closer look at l the storm s path with
early. and there was some raised eyebrows when i said that. i said we need to evacuate now. and i think it was a right thing to do. roman is absolutely right, we are not going to put our first responders at risk because of stupidity and those people will be on their own. when this storm hits, if they have not evacuated, it s an irresponsible selfish position these people are taking. thank you, mayor neugent, monroe county. thank you, i love your snow. thank you very much. we love that you come on. i want to check in with storm chasers both in key largo, florida. mike joins us on the phone. reed, i m going to start with you. this killer storm headed to florida. you joined us last night. how is it different? not much that different except people continue to stream out which is a good sign, especially a tendency of a