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The Daily

Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Hurricane Irma roared into Florida, where, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, an apocalyptic forecast forced one of the largest evacuations in American history. Guests: Jean Eisen, a 93-year-old in Miami who refused to evacuate; Antonella Giannantonio, a 51-year-old Miami resident who drove north on Wednesday and stopped in Tampa, where she is now in the path of the storm; Jess Bidgood, a Times reporter in Tampa. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

0:32.6

This is the deep end.

0:39.6

Today, Hurricane Irma roars into Florida, where in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, an apocalyptic

0:46.9

forecast forced one of the largest evacuations in American history.

0:56.9

It's Monday, September 11th.

1:00.9

Yesterday, at noon, I signed the Declaration of Emergency in the City of Miami.

1:15.1

For days, Hurricane Irma was expected to strike Miami with catastrophic force, prompting

1:22.0

massive evacuations that cleared out much of the city.

1:34.0

By Saturday, Governor Rick Scott had ordered nearly 6 million people to leave their homes.

1:43.9

Most of them on Florida's east coast.

1:46.9

But then, when Hurricane Irma's projected paths shifted west to the Gulf Coast city

1:51.6

of Tampa overnight, thousands began to take the threat more seriously and started scrambling.

1:58.0

The storm changed course, heading for Florida's west coast.

2:02.2

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is with us.

2:05.0

Mayor Buckhorn, how prepared are you?

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