That’s up to the top of a second-storey building. Again, a really unsurvivable scenario is going to play out here in this portion of the Florida coastline,
The Biden-Harris Administration is ready for this event. We are prepared and postured for response,
Based on data from Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, the maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 140 mph,
Helene has rapidly intensified today while nearing landfall in the Florida Big Bend,
Listen to your state and local elected officials,
This is not a survivable event for those in coastal or low-lying areas,
You’re going to have hurricane force winds for probably 50 miles outside the eye of the storm, and then you’re going to continue to see surge, particularly in that Big Bend area,
A storm like this, we’re seeing flooding where we have never seen it before,
That’s a death threat because you’re looking at, they’re calling for 18- or 20-foot storm surge,
The President and I, of course, are monitoring the case and the situation closely, and we urge everyone who is watching at this very moment to take this storm very seriously,
EVERYONE along the Florida Big Bend coast is at risk of potentially catastrophic storm surge,
This will be one of the most significant weather events to happen in the western portions of the area in the modern era,
We can't control how strong this hurricane is going to get. We can't control the track of the hurricane, but what you can control is what you can do to put yourself in the best chance to be able to ride this out in a way that's going to be safe,
I just came to button up a few things before it gets too windy,
They're not going to leave,
This is going to be a multi-state event with the potential for significant impacts from Florida all the way to Tennessee,
If it stays on course, this is going to look different afterwards, that's for sure,
If we didn’t have the tropical system, we would still have a rainy day,
It’s possible we may get to a point where our crews will not physically be able to perform rescues,
The tropical system isn’t even here yet, so you can understand there’s a lot of concern here,