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this is a this is a big storm we see uh

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and uh yeah we're in cuba says just

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above the storm in the field of view

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here

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that storm is doing a good job of

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copy that mike

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and as mike's junior weather apprentice

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okay you can really see the uh the

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structure of the storm now it's a

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classic uh pinwheel the outer van so

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we're over the top of the outer bands

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uh

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toward the center we're gonna be real

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close to the middle of the storm it

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looks like it's gonna be just off of our

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right side if you will starboard side

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and you can see how the the storm is

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going over the islands out here the

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you've got the it's just the beautiful

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turquoise blue waters of the caribbean

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well the view is uh is spectacular from

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down here i can only imagine what you're

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okay the uh we're coming close we ought

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to be able to see down the eye it's not

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quite as clear of an opening as we had

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yesterday

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uh you can see the uh see the structure

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but it's

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it's not as clear uh so it's right down

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the middle and we i think we're going to

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go close enough we'll get a video you

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and mike we're getting word that the

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storm has gone through an eye wall

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replacement overnight and that is why

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the eye looks a little different today

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okay copy that but you could see it's

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right in the center of the field of view

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and of course we've got unmatched video

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as wide as it goes with a doubler and uh

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that didn't come close to giving a full

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yeah that is absolutely amazing mike

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yeah we understand that irene is still a

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category three with the with the winds

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at 115. there's a lot of hot water out

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here and a lot of people on these

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islands i know they're fattening down

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the hatches we haven't had to deal with

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that's another great view mike

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and uh we're just off coast of uh the

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carolinas now in the outer bank area and

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that's the direction we understand the

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storm is headed

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uh it's got a ways to go it's clear here

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there's a few a little bit of structure

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in the clouds but not much uh while i

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take that back there's thin stuff that's

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uh that's actually spiraling way out

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and houston now we're just talking here

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and it's it struck us we're used to

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traveling a long ways in a short amount

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of time but this storm is stretching

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from cuba to the carolinas and that is

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uh one

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yeah you bet mike i mean it was almost

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six minutes that you guys were directly

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over that thing so that just gives us a

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little bit of the scale it's pretty

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and mike they're reporting almost a 300

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mile wide wind field on it so it's

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wow

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is there any word on the expectations

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for further strengthening before

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well mike right now they're still

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holding it at a very strong cat 3

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with maybe a little more strengthening

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okay copy that as uh as wide as the wind

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field is on this on this storm there's

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going to be a i mean they're going to

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take a beating for a long time it's this

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thing

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doing right now so it's not not going to

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be a short effect kind of thing it's

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just going to really

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take a thumping

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yeah you bet and we'll keep you updated

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uh throughout the night and into

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copy that appreciate it and uh from the

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international space station our

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prayers and uh hopes are with the people