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this could be the storm that we have hoped would never come to our shores. the one thing i hear most common after these disasters is if i had only known it would be this bad. and so i think that s my message to them is we re trying to communicate to you that it can be that bad. okay. many in florida are heeding those warnings with long lines for water, fuel, sand bags and other supplies. schools and parks are closing and tampa s international airport is set to suspend operations entirely tuesday evening. hospitals meantime are transferring patients and putting up these large barriers to protect them from the potential storm surge. now the nags wall weather center has a storm surge in effect for large swathes of florida. they re bracin g for the storm s. people need to heed the warning and get out now especially where the storm-filled waters surge and affect them. we re not going to have the ability to come out and get them. then there are these images from th ....
people need to heed the warning and get out now especially where the storm-filled waters surge and affect them. we re not going to have the ability to come out and get them. then there are these images from the grand cayman islands and they have the storm surge flooding areas right along the flood line. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm for us. tell us, what is the latest modeling showing and how will it actually track in terms of its impact on florida. across portions of western cuba, 115 miles an hour, storm surge up to 14 feet. that s the early indication of ....
Continue to monitor the coastal flood threat especially for the south coast of massachusetts with those winds pushing a lot of water up into buzzard s bay on the south coast. bill: what is your view, scott, knowing that the storm has essentially doubled in its speed. yesterday it was moving 13-14 miles per hour to the north and now it is more like 26. the good news is the sooner it gets here the sooner it leaves and gives us the opportunity to get the local public safety officials, dpw, departments out there to start cleaning up the mess and more importantly get the utility crews out there to restore the power. bill: thank you. good luck, okay. she s coming your way. scott mccloud up there in framingham, massachusetts, where irene now a tropical storm is arriving. not as intense as we experienced a bit earlier here today but certainly something to deal with. martha: rocking the boats around in massachusetts at this hour. irene barreled through queens earlier this morning. the s ....