enough or emergency responders to get there. we talk to a man who works in health care, a doctor in training, doesn t feel like he can leave because he may be needed in emergency situations during the storm. he lives in a high rise tower here in downtown tampa, feels that his building is secure. but his property managers have been sending letters to each and every one of them urging them as the governor and emergency managers here in the county and city have set, please leave if you are in a low lying area stop by to quote rhonda santos who at that press conference who said run away from the water, hide from the wind. again, the wind. again, urging people who sta here the wind. again, urging people who stay here that the wind. again, urging people who stay here that it the wind. again, urging people who stay here that it is the wind. again, urging people who stay here that it is a stay here that it is a life threatening storm. it will surge above ground level and is expected t
emergency declared in just the state of florida alone. the targets on is north of where i m standing in tampa to the area of tallahassee just east of it. that is the capital of the state of florida. that is ready i have the storm is projected to pass through, somewhere in that area. but here there is still a hurricane warning because of the potential for rising water. with the rain we had here we had a lot of debris up to wash up here. the registry steps away from the bay. those are homes behind me to the right. that obviously takes away their ability to leave during the storm. on the other side of the waterway, that is tampa general hospital, one of the main hospitals in the city. rising water, if it gets high enough, could potentially threaten access to the facility. all that you see here is in a mandatory evacuation zone and authorities here, since we arrived yesterday, have been really hammering home the message that rising water kills. you need to evacuate if you are in a low lyin
myers committee had a fair set up to help small businesses with the finances still recovering. they had to cancel that because of what was this tropical storm that has now strengthened to a hurricane. it is passing that area and heading in this direction. it gives you a sense of what floridians can tangibly remember about the storm. on the other hand, you have people who have been through near mrs before where they have been in a situation where they have been in a situation where they have been told there is rising water approaching that they are potentially devastating reins, and it was a near miss. they evacuated and are warning there is no potential name is here. that is a gamble that emergency managers do not want people to take because if you are in an area with a mandatory evacuation, you are in a low lying area. evacuation, you are in a low-lying area. ~ ., evacuation, you are in a low-lying area. . . ., ., area. we are so grateful for you brinuain area. we are so grateful for