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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:10:00

second. as you said that i see a shot of kerry sanders. hold on for a second. i m going to come back to you. i see kerry, and fort meyers and things are substantially windier than last we talked. i m sorry. you re in naples. they re much windier than a little while ago. reporter: we re getting the gusts. i m at the napele as pier, the gusts are starting. it s just you don t mow when the gust is coming. i think the best way to look at it is now i m down at the beach is to look up at the trees. when you re looking at the trees, understand this wind right now from irma is coming from the east to the west. i m on the west coast, so it s coming across the state which is another explanation as to why when i take you over here, and you look at the gulf of mekts co, it looks relatively fat because that is the wind pushing out. the real problem here, beyond the fact those winds are

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:19:00

again, the worry here is that storm surge that many authorities are calling deadly. that is going to come from the ocean to my left about a quarter mile, and is going to bring a lot of sand, water this way and will eventually flood these streets. miami beach is an area that floods very quickly. i spoke to a city commissioner yesterday. they placed temporary pumps in certain areas of miami beach. they re hoping that that will alleviate some of the flooding and some of the similar things that we saw with harvey in houston, but, they have never faced a hurricane like irma. these pumps, this is the first test they have and with the hurricane this size, and this strong, even if if it s not a direct hit here in mooiciami, i going to be incredibly challenging for the city. if i can just show you some other things around right now, it s a lot of flying debris. just a lot of palm trees that

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:05:00

over the next couple of hours, as irma roars through, there is concerns parts of downtown naples could flood. and we just spoke with someone by phone who s actual lie chose to ride out the storm in marco island. of course mandatory evacuation there. the he says he s in a high-rise, conditions so far have been good. he s above ground. he expects to flood but felt more comfortable riding out the storm in his high-rise condo. but, again, here in naples, you can see behind me these palm trees just swaying a little bit. more so than the last hour or two. but we expected to get cranking over the next couple hours. i should mention first responders say that these because of the wents they have started to pull back and you are pulling their vehicles off the road for safety. and just to checking in as well. yesterday, we were at that main massive shelter in fort meyers. that one is at capacity.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:00:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:00:00
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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170910:14:14:00

be careful. regular people can t handle this kind of wind, nor can street signs and coconuts and wood. you get hit by something at 75 miles an hour it s going to hurt a lot. i want to be to tiffany chew. she s a miami dade resident riding out irma. debris is surrounding the area. tell me where you are, what you re hearing and feeling. caller: i m in rest view right now. we re hearing wind gusts coming past the windows. we do have shutters down, but it s still pretty loud. lots of rainfall. there are trees down within my neighborhood. we ll been out of power since about 3:00 a.m. this morning. luckily we were able to put some bottled waters and save ice so that we re able to have some cold water as it s getting kind

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