what an incredible picture you are showing everyone. i do want you to be careful, i want your crew to be careful, because you know as well as anyone that the surges there can be so extreme, sometimes you are not even expecting how strong and powerful that wind is although knowing now that we are now in a category 4. this is a major storm. when you get to category 4, you are talking about sustained winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour. which generally speaking if you look at the science behind that, usually that means that if it hits you direct, you are going to lose roofs. there is going to be some serious damage to structures, any kind of strupgctures, becau that wind is sustained. and you can see what derek is going through. i m about 80 miles from derek. he is south of me getting those bands of wind. we re starting to get some of the bands as well here in crystal river which is a small
home, you said, there is no power. it could be a few days before power is restored. i know that they will get to you as soon as they can. i think it is really lovely what you have done for your neighbors, the eldlely neighbors that you spoke of to make sure that there is someone there looking out for them since they didn t evacuate and weren t able to do so in time. we are looking at some of the pictures of those bands of wind and rain coming in to your area, the video you took from cedar key, florida, which has always been very close to the eye of this storm, if not expected to be hit full force. and those are the first initial winds. you also, once the eye passes over, you get the terrible winds on the back end. storm that can be really destructive. we see the huge surge, the push of the water on to shore, which is what is very dangerous. back out live to me, we are now getting another band of rain. we are getting another band of