ainsley: remember in sauna bell and then the bridge collapsed. steve: luckily around tampa a lot of those causeways are built up 10, 15 feet for just such an occasion, 16 feet is what they are forecasting as a flood surge in certain parts of florida. particularly the big bend area. janice dean has been over at the maps and looking at the very latest. and the information you guys in fox weather have been able to provide is stunning because these maps, i have never seen these kind of maps on tv before. janice: right we simulcast last night. ainsley: great coverage. janice: 140 mile-per-hour sustained winds overnight. they upgraded did to a category 4 storm. the winds down to a category 3 but we have been telling you, you know, don t focus on the category. the damage is going to be the storm surge. and when you are talking about 16 feet across the shallow land, it s going to cause massive catastrophic damage, unfortunately. you talked about ian last year. remember what happened
Just tremendous amount of energy. i will say this and i have said it again. we need to fear these hurricanes. always have the fear of god in you. they have their own entity in mind. they will rip us apart. be careful. ainsley: robert. great advice. i have been hearing we can replace our homes and cars. we can t replace our family members and loved ones. definitely listen to all of these warnings, robert. great job. we will continue to check in with you throughout the morning. don t forget to download the fox weather app. that s been extremely helpful to all of us. it was great to watch our coverage last night. watch our coverage today. because we have a completely channel devoted to weather. so, fox news channel is working with fox weather channel and we re sharing information. sharing meteorologists and reporters that are on the ground. so it s just been a wealth of information. if you want to watch this morning and see how it s affecting these families, our loved ones down in flori