ABC News‘ Tom Llamas reports from Fort Myers, Florida.
Transcript for Reporting from ‚the thick of it‘ with Irma
Get out its value added that weaknesses the thick of it right now hurricane armor here at Fort Myers he’s the strongest Vince so far I have to stand as most of the camera because. It’s done it’s coming still hard right now that the microphone as it is an interference we had this job as we engage this phenomena are from the site just out there. And guess what it didn’t rob it’s got that eighty miles per hour and it’s it didn’t know wandered. Thank you very Morgan road game but it is back to our producer big red over there just behind me is that marina and if you can believe it. About fifteen at the thirty minutes ago we stock guide go out to one of his boats that it sounds completely crazy but yet the and they’re still floats. And there yachts out here but they’re also boat that people make their livelihood off at the people who live off Dan and I think the guy was just checking on his boat the possibly Steve was okay. You can’t see it as we can’t point the camera this directive is that the rain is just too strong but there’s a sailboat had been pushed up. Dvi to this seawall right now because that the win. And the rain and now the current. From the bay just over here were between Fort Myers and Cape Coral the white cats are so strong and behind me you can see this I mean at the white out here. You can see the winds to give you kind of direction of where we are geographically. We’re lucky nor for these winds are coming. East to west we’re right in the middle of the line and you can see that if you got perfect win lying and that we in the top of the palm trees. And you could hear this win while this is really blowing right now. Credible. Tom unfortunately you’re not done at this point you’re not complain that they that they still have morning. So please do stay hello dad hey. Ahead he’s never actually up pullback occurred a little bit although it segment. The world we’re actually it out of these goggles off now we’re not and it concrete structure. That were protected by that almost a fortress right here. And the widow were able to go live we have no more power we haven’t had however about an hour maybe two hours. When finally just died down for second the waiver power and all of its through our cars. But what we generator at the cars that we have guys that are watching when I go out there spotting me this is actually amateur. Storm chaser right now it’s so bad out here that he’s decided credible and it had to try to gauge the wind from in here. Because if you dangers to be out there to car at this point. And basically to be by yourself at fifty acres of a pull back a little more sweeping navy here mile to better and we you can see how hard is blowing. And the thing oh Mort about guys that you know the pictures we’ve been seen throughout this broadcast. We’ve been in these concrete structures. Whether it be me or gave hitter Matt got banner rob Marciano everybody that indeed really did pick up what is hurricane armor I understand it get much worse here as well. The winds will pick up more but I’m worried about is all the homes that old see right now because. Herb people who have homes better you know single family homes one story structures and just really worried with the aftermath is gonna look like if southwest Florida. We luckily are in an area that’s you know covered by concrete. But homes that are made of wood and just duck go I don’t know how they’re gonna withstand this and I am sure the damage can be devastating. One Irma rolled over us. And Tom I see is that someone down and spotting for you but have you been seeing any debris flying and I know when we see sustained winds like you’re saying and gusts up to 100 and it. 42 just south of yield. That you’re probably going to start seeing pieces of building start to come often and signs start to go down the street have you seen any of that yet. Yeah we are Brett speak up somewhat let me over here. Robert Doc Rivers data to show you can see some of the palm front that it had been ripped off the trees right now they’re littering the streets over here. That’s that’s the eight and up of some of the damage that we’ve seen from the street all super fit. Cosmetics in this area we’ve seen air conditioning. That that it the outside of buildings the air conditioning units that have been sort of ripped off. Of the structures they were on. That are now project out in the air and you can see this up power lines connecting these people might hold here the lights are obviously off there’s. There’s no power I wonder how long those are gonna last. And that in the distance over their team can pan over here to your left. There’s that red awning from the marina and I wondered that’s been withstand. These deeds of hurricane force winds now because. It’s the strongest it’s been so far and we have another wondered two hours of this relentless winds and rain and you know I’ve covered bodies her games. If urban different I mean all hurricane horrible all hurricanes are nasty they are we didn’t rain monsters and that’s what we’re seeing with Irma. It’s it’s a massive storm. It didn’t know much of this state I think that’s going to be the legacy of the storm that. It’s sort of encompass all of Florida which. We haven’t seen with other hurricanes. With the you’re down a Miami you’ve got to homestead we’re here before mired in I don’t north of the site and heard rob reporting about being built back credible. That being fired because they didn’t feel the effects of the storm to move back out because it’s getting a little wild again. But gathers is this is an atypical hurricanes and is so strong.
