The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Dianna, Get The Hell Out of Here

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

Dianna Russini returns from a stressful last 10 minutes with information regarding the Jets, but after seeing the look on her face, Dan wants her to go do her job. Then, it's time to get to Stugotz's Weekend Observations including the Top 5 Bears Inside and Outside of Sports, Army and Navy, Nick Saban's smile, and Taylor's Yankees Observations. Plus, John Morales of NBC6 went viral for his emotion while discussing Hurricane Milton yesterday. He joins the show to discuss this unprecedented storm, how the storm surge can impact the entire west part of the state, how to save yourself and your family, and how the extremes of weather are increasing because of the heating climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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are more important than what you're doing right now with us. So give us what you got and get out of here. Yeah, hi guys. Yeah, no, no. Thank you so much for understanding. Yeah, this is definitely a little stunning and I know when the story broke I shared with you guys that it was stunning not because Robert Sala is getting fired. I don't think anyone here on the show would agree, especially you Stu, that he's a top 10 head coach. But the philosophy from this organization has really just been since the season

of let's just run this thing back. And look, we spent time talking about the Egypt situation and how it appeared Sala and Aaron Rodgers were not on the same page there. And it, it, it, I felt like that was the start of this. That's where this thing started to, to take off where it just didn't always feel or appear that Aaron Rodgers and Robert Sala were on the same page this year. Um, so look, while I, I stepped away during commercial to get some information, it was explained to me by a good source that Woody Johnson looked at the situation, looked at his roster

and said, my roster is really good. This thing is built to win. This thing is built to go to the Super Bowl. And based on what we have right now, where we're at after three and a half years with Robert Sala, I've got to make the move now. Now is the time. And whether that means looking for new leadership, a spark, whatever it is,

he just did not believe that Robert Sala is the right guy to take this team from now to the playoffs, with that being their goal in mind. Greg Cody is making disgusted faces at what you just said he's disgusted. No it's not what you said Diana it's the idea that Woody Johnson would think that he had a Super Bowl roster I don't see that. When you get Aaron Rodgers you think you have a Super Bowl roster. But that's putting too much credit to Aaron Rodgers. Aaron is 41 and playing like it. I just think I don't think the Aaron Rodgers. Aaron is 41 and playing like it. I just think, I

don't think the Aaron Rodgers experiment is working. It's a win-now roster. When your quarterback's 41, you're about winning this year. And how's that going? Okay, but there's no time to waste. How it's going is they fired their coach quicker than anyone else did because they're on a win-now formula more than any other teams that are failing right now. Okay, I mean, I don't think it was any kind of a consensus that this is a Super Bowl team. I don't know what the preseason betting odds are, but I bet the Jets weren't in the top five.

The Jets were favored to win the division to start the season. Greg, I have never been... Over the bills? Yes, they were. Greg, I've never been in a win now mode. Can I enjoy it? I mean, seriously. Well, no is the answer.

You just fired your coach. Yeah, I know, because it's a win now mode. Can I enjoy it? I mean, seriously. Well, no is the answer. You just fired your coach. Yeah, I know because it's a win now mode. I mean, that's what you do when you're in a win now mode. You fire your coach. I mean, five games in, that's how you do it. So do you feel better now? Yeah. Okay. Diana, get out of here. I'm going to do this as gently as possible. Get the hell out of here. You're stressing me out. I'm sorry. My energy stinks today. This is just what it is. And if I get anything gets, I'm sorry my energy stinks today. Get out of here.

This is just what it is. And if I get anything juicy, I'll definitely call back in. Is that why Wozze retired? Did we just wake up right in front of us? Yes, yes, yes. Yes, of course. She looked miserable. There was a time when Schefter was on this show

taking basketball calls and he missed a big story and he was furious. Yes, it's an unpleasant way to go through life. Let's uh, let's clean the palate here a little bit. Let's get to weekend observations before we get to John Morales, the meteorologist who's going to make us sad again. Let's see if we can be happy again for about 15 minutes. It is time for us two guys to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my voice too. Weekend observations brought to you by Miller Lite.

Great taste, just 96 calories available for delivery. Dan, the one constant in this sport is to expect the unexpected. Unranked teams are always waiting in the shadows, ready to strike at any moment. And Saturday, they got their moment because in this sport, crazy is the norm. Arkansas beating Tennessee, Minnesota beating USC, and the Holy Grail of Vanderbilt, beating Alabama and Dan, just like that. Make no mistake about it, chaos is back. It's October.

It's exciting. Samson poo-pooing giant upsets in college football. Vanderbilt, normally I'd tell you to act like you've been there before, but you've never been there before. Except in college baseball I learned yesterday. Really? Yeah, couple of World Series.

Powerhouse, huh? Nobody cares about that. And bowling. Vanderbilt, Alabama, any given Saturday. Vanderbilt, Alabama, Dan, that's why they play the games. Kailin DeBoer, Nick Sabin used to laugh at letdown games. Vanderbilt should get an automatic bid. Dan, you know what the S in Sabin stands for?

Put it on the poll, Juju, at LeBotard Show. Should Vanderbilt get an automatic bid to the playoffs? What does the S stand for in Sabin? Smiles. All smiles. That is totally what I think about when I think of Nick Sabin. He's been great on TV. Just a room full of smiles.

I mean, he's enjoying Kailin DeBoer losing to Vanderbilt. He has to be enjoying that, no? Put it on the poll, did Nick Saban enjoy Alabama losing to Vanderbilt? No. No. I mean, did you hear the calls to fine-bound? Georgia, do it against Alabama. Alabama, do it against Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, do it against Georgia State.

The Panthers, by my math, Vanderbilt should be ranked higher than Georgia, and Georgia State should be the number one team in the country. How about that? Georgia Southern, I thought. They beat Georgia State. Oh. They should be the number one team in the country.

Did you confuse Georgia State and Georgia Southern? I got it right, I'm just saying Georgia State beat Vanderbilt, which is funny. Oh, you're right. It was Georgia State. I confused it. Yes, thank you. But Georgia Southern beat Georgia State. Oh, you're right. Okay, no, I didn't confuse it. Where was it? Georgia Southern beat Georgia State and should be the number one team in the country.

Oh, thank you, Dan. Alabama, it's one thing to lose to a team going through a metaphorical rebuild, but it's unacceptable to lose to a team that is literally rebuilding their stadium during the season. They're the only ones doing that, right? They're the only stadium that's under construction during the season? Yes. I've always said, Dan, nobody goes into a half-built, under-construction Vanderbilt Stadium and walks out alive. Crimson Tide, learned that the hard way. Shohei Otani, do it later in October. That's pretty good. That's a good one.

Thank you. Hey, Defensive Tackle, trying to return an interception will always make me smile. You see it last night? Do you want to play the sound for that Chris Cody of Kevin Harlan? Doing the call on a thick pick what he was calling a thick second It is something that will always make you smile We go second down and goal the homes in the gun the two in New Orleans smile. has taken down the Saints big man, got it on the ricochet at the goal line on a pass intended for Smith-Houster. That was a thick pick, that was a thick pick.

The thick pick made by the brother of one of Taylor Swift's backup dancers. Interesting note. It is. Did Kelsey get him the job? Well, it was an interception against the chief, so I assume no, but you never know. You do know.

You know that that's not what happened. That's not what I heard. Just trying to support my teammate. You never know. You never know. But you do know. You do know. I like that.

Vanderbilt's football stadium is like I-95 in South Florida. Feels like they've been working on it since the 90s. I mean seriously, fix I-95 already and build that damn stadium. Crazy. Jags, off the Schneid. The Jets losing was bad enough. The Jets losing to Sam Darnold was the icing on the cake. What is the Schneid The Jets losing was bad enough the Jets losing the Sam Darnold was the icing on the cake What is the Schneid I have no idea do any of you know what a Schneid is

I don't know, but the Jags are off it put it on the pole, please at Levitard show Do you know what a Schneid is? I thought it was Yiddish Really if it isn't it should be hmm Bills lost. Jets bills. Monday night in New York for first place. I love them. I can't quit them. They're like cigarettes. If the Marlins had any fans, it would kill them to see what Jazz Chisholm

is doing for the Yankees in the postseason. It would kill them to see what Jazz Chisholm is doing for the Yankees in the postseason Aaron Judge, we're waiting! We really are Taylor Aaron Boone Hot Seat Taylor John Bertie

is no Tino Martinez Taylor Labor Torres is no Chuck Knoblauch, Taylor. Garrett Cole is no Andy Pettit or David Cohn or Don Larson or David Wells, Boomer and Taylor. WFAN, they are saying it feels like the Yankees are down oh two and the Mets are up oh two.

Well done boys. Up two oh. Up up 0-2. Well done, boys. Up 2-0. Up 2-0, sorry. Well done, boys. 20 shares. Bill Belichick, Alabama, collision course. Wanna update that one? Yeah. Bill Belichick, New York Jets, collision course. In hindsight, if you told Alabama they would go 1-1

versus Georgia and Vanderbilt, they'd probably take it No, they wouldn't yeah, they were Taylor They'd want to go to know I mean they would but they take one in one figure They beat Vanderbilt lose a close one to Georgia Taylor texted me that this weekend me, too They lost to the wrong team Dana. I Know that's what you lose if you want to lose lose to Dana. I know that's what the point was. You lose. If you want to lose, lose to Georgia. To be fair, I would have taken one on one against Texas A&M in Northern Illinois. But you don't get the choice, unfortunately.

If you're Vanderbilt, I think you hang a banner for that win. Diego Pavia, on the other hand. Statue. on the other hand, statue. Imagine how confused a bachelorette party was on Broadway to see goalposts being carried throughout the streets. In Vanderbilt. So funny. Lamar Jackson, doing it in the post season. The Chiefs are so good, they're winning with the same team.

They won with five years ago. It's crazy. Juju Smith Schuster, Kareem Hunt. You know what the Chiefs are doing, Dan? I do not. They're putting the band back together. How are they doing this? Why are they doing this?

They're putting the band aid back together. They don't care who, as long as 15 is healthy, they don't care who surrounds him. But they had four tight ends playing at one time last night. But they're winning with defense. Yes. Like they're not winning with offense. Spag.

26 points is an outburst for them now. The Bengals are the best one in four team in NFL history. They are. They lost to the Patriots. I don't care. At home. So? How many one in four teams did you compare them to? Oh, don't do that to him. He just likes to say something is the

biggest thing in history and doesn't take any inventory of history. I'll tell you right now. Look at the Bengal schedule. They will be five and four before they play Baltimore again. They're going to win the next four. Burroughs doing great. He's been great he really has has anyone checked in on Michael Irvin yeah yes it is what it is did Cameron and mace checked in with him and he said he threw out his back on the sidelines and just stayed there because he had thrown out his back and they were

coming back and so he just remained there so was expecting an update there thank you my back is killing me. Maybe I'll just do that the rest of the show. Damn it, why'd I say that? Yeah, go ahead and do that behind me right now. Can someone else do the- I gotta do the buttons here. No, someone else can do that.

Just show her where it is. Show Jason. It's really hard to do. It's not really hard to do. Go ahead and do this behind me. Get behind me now and just show her how to do it. That's all she had to learn? That's it. There's that one button.

There's just a button. A crash course in how it is to executive produce this show. Alright Jess, let's do this. You ready? The C in Cal stands for choke job. In honor of Cal, my top five bears in sports. O.L.I. Yogi Bear.

Not sports. Bobby A-Bear. I thought you were doing Yogi Bear on purpose. I thought you were pronouncing. It was Yogi Bear. I got it wrong, I know. I just thought you were doing that on purpose. It was a bad job, I mean. Jack Nicklaus.

The Golden Bear. Number five. Smokey the Bear. Should be number one. Number four, Bear Bryant. Who's Smokey the Bear in sports? I said inside or outside of sports. That's what I said. My bad. I regret this. Number three, Walter Payton. Excellent, yes,, sweetness. Number two, Chris Felica. And number one, Dano, Peter Alonzo. I just saw Chris. Does anyone call him Peter? The polar bear. No one calls him Peter. Jessica's doing

We, of course, would like to thank you all for your service. Yep. Right on. That's going to be a big game, man. Army-Navy. Brings me back to a time. Undefeated, spot in the playoff. That is going to be insane. The 1920s is that time. You think they're going to go undefeated the rest of the entire season?

I do. They both play Notre Dame, so that would be terrible for me. Oh, wow. Michigan-Washington. The rare national title game rematch featuring neither head coach. I pressed it and nothing happened and no expectations. Think about that then a national championship rematch. Both coaches are gone. Huh? Crazy. If AI ever gets really good I would have

Kevin Harlan and AI Kevin Harlan's calling every single game. Put it on the poll at LeBretard Show would you be okay with AI Kevin Harlan's calling every game? Kyle Shanahan blah blah blah Brock Purdy. Blah, blah, blah. Doug Peterson. Congratulations on buying yourself another week. The Detroit Tigers would be easy to root for if it wasn't for Jeremy Tashay. Taylor?

I mean, they're not your team. They are my team. Commanders. Team to beat. Allow me to be... Allow me to allow me. Excuse me. I don't know what happened there. I mean John Morales is waiting patiently. He's emotional. Chris is doing whatever Chris does. Allow me to be the first one to say it. Caleb Williams

will be better than Jaden Daniels. Whoa. Mm hmm. Jabril. I can't say his name. Jabril? Jabril. Peppers. Thought the sea on his jersey stood for cocaine. Spags. That's all I got. That's all you got? Spags, yeah.

I mean, yeah, spags. Giants. Showing signs of life. No matter what side I bet on in a Cardinals game, I'm always on the wrong one. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Are you always on the wrong side when you bet in Arizona Cardinals game? You have never spoken truer words.

Bengals-Ravins, throw out the record. Dodgers-Padres, put the kids to bed. I'm sure the Bengals would love to throw out their record. Bengals-Ravins, the rare game where 389 passing yards and five touchdowns isn't enough. Crazy. Andrew Van Ginkle has more touchdowns this year than Tariq Hill. What the hell? Speaking of hell, Arp Riles. Dan, those are the weekend. Observation. Hey folks, it's Mike Ryan and as you know, it's football season. We all love it. We like going to the games too.

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Don Lebatard. I want to address Tony and all men who would wear that shirt in public. Stugarts. Don't do it. This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats. I will tell you that as someone who has lived in South Florida all his life, when there was a giant storm once upon a time, Hurricane Andrew, Brian Norcross was someone who soothed me and the people of South Florida.

John Morales has been doing this for South Florida for a long time. He is South Florida's very own meteorologist. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner for NBC 6. He's been doing it for 40 years now and in some ways today. He's America's weatherman because on Monday night a lot of people noticed the fear and emotion of a meteorologist looking at a storm that is sure that is hell-bent on uncommon and close to unprecedented destruction that is headed to the west coast of Florida. And let's play that video for the people again so they can see and hear for themselves the fear inside of John Morales as he looks at

what this storm is about to do to the west coast of Florida. Just an incredible incredible incredible hurricane. It has dropped it has dropped 50 millibars in 10 hours. I apologize. This is just horrific. The seas are just so incredibly, incredibly hot, record hot, as you might imagine. You know what's driving that. I don't need to tell you. Global warming, climate change leading to this and becoming an increasing threat.

John, thank you for joining us. I want soothing from you. I don't believe you're about to give it to us though. Can you tell us what is happening with you there as you see what is about to happen here to the West coast of Florida? Well, it could be, it could become the hurricane of record for many locations on the west coast of Florida. The angle of approach, the intensity, and the expanding wind field are going to lead to a very deep storm surge that's going to impact not just a small percentage of the coast.

For example, Ian in 2022, which was extremely impactful in terms of storm surge depth, but Ian only impacted southwestern Florida. Here, we're talking about a hurricane that could impact half of the west coast or the Gulf Coast of the state of Florida, and therefore the damage would be much more widespread in terms of what the storm surge can do and We all know what the storm surge can do in addition of course to the windstorm to the tornadoes and to the flooding rates What is more dangerous here John the storm surge or the winds? Well the storm surge it tends to cause more Property damage and claim more lives than the wind will do.

So while the wind is scary, you know, you can hide from the wind, but you must, you must run from the water. You must run from the water. Explain to us the historic precedent on 10, 12, 15 feet of storm surge. Well, I mean, so the 15 feet, 10 to 15 feet is being forecast in general for the Tampa Bay area, as well as points just south of there, including Sarasota. If you go back, you know, as far as we have records of, you know, what has impacted that region going back to the 19th century, this would surpass any and all records in terms of the depth of the storm surge. Now, a caveat here, this is greatly dependent on the exact track of the hurricane. So if the eye crosses greater Tampa or just to the north of greater Tampa, you will see that materialize. If it passes just south of

the greater Tampa area, then that'll materialize further down the coast, but in Tampa they would have dodged the bullet. Can you explain to us how far inland the ocean will eat land when you're talking about that kind of storm surge? Well, one of the complications about Tampa Bay, of course, is that, yeah, I mean, it's a bay and there are, you know, different channels and rivers that feed into that area and you'll see the water creep up through there and be able to penetrate further inland. That's what happened during Hurricane Ian when there was a significant surge many miles inland. That's something I've looked at very carefully in my role as an expert meteorologist in litigation. I mean, there's a lot of weather that gets litigated

in this state and storm surge is something I've studied very carefully for Ian and it got far, far inland. John, earlier on the show, we played a clip of the mayor of Tampa warning everyone, if you stay, you're gonna die. In evacuation areas. In evacuation areas. Do you wanna echo that sentiment?

Well, so, I mean, for Helene, people died, right? So I most definitely will echo that sentiment. You should heed evacuation orders. You know, try to set American individualism, this feeling that is part of our culture, try to set that aside for a second and save yourself and your family. You know, you'll worry about the property later, but it's important to leave the coast

because nobody can survive a 15 foot storm surge. Did you see the Marjorie Taylor Greene where she said that they can control the weather, was that you that's the they or was it we who are the they? Yeah, so let me just say, I mean, it is sad to see the state of affairs and I've written about this and I invite folks to read my columns in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, I know that's super geeky, about as geeky as me losing it over 50 millibars of pressure

drop yesterday. But I've written about this era, this post-truth era that we're living in, and you see how that type of comment just gets picked up and spread like wildfire in this era that we're living in. And it is so massively counterproductive. We are not controlling the weather. The weather is the weather and the extremes of weather are getting worse because of the warming climate.

This was all forecasted. This is all consistent with what you would expect in a warming world and it's part of my frustration between that and empathy for the future victims of the hurricane and angst over the multiplication of extreme weather events all that combined yesterday to lead to that moment which I wish hadn't happened but I to lead to that moment which I wish hadn't happened but I guess I'm human. But in plain terms John because the layman doesn't understand what 50 millibars of pressure means but I've been watching this over the last five days and we were a little bit over a thousand and forecasters were worried about just that and so I'm imagining that what's making you emotional is at least in part, oh my God, we've underestimated

this thing. Planes are now giving us new information. What is happening in layman's terms when you're having that reaction to 50 millibars of pressure? You know, it's the opposite. It's the fact that we knew this would happen. Rapid intensification was explicitly called for by the National Hurricane Center on this hurricane. Yeah, they said it would stop at four. It got to five like this. You know, you got to keep in mind it

went from a from a cat one to a cat five in the span of 18 hours and we woke up Sunday morning with a mundane 50 mile per hour tropical storm and here I am moments from going on air on NBC 6 and that breaking news from the National Hurricane Center comes across just that second indicating that it had become a category five. I looked at the pressure, I did the quick math in my head and I go 50 millibars of pressure drop in 10 hours. You know that that's just, it just blows your mind. And it was just the realization that here we are again, another rapidly intensifying hurricane.

This is happening much more often. It's going to impact so many people, not just in 2024, but for years to come with more and more hurricanes doing this. And it's just a sad situation that we have to find a way to adapt to but it's hard to adapt to the rapidly changing climate. John, the way weather is getting so much more extreme, so much more dangerous, is it inevitable

that people in your line of work are going to have to come up with a category 6 because hurricanes are going to get worse and worse over time? Yeah, you know, so that's a good question, but generally speaking you'll find a consensus amongst meteorologists that there's no need for that. And I've got a very brief explanation of why that is. When you look at the SAFR Simpson scale, you know, category one, two, all the way through five, and you look at what to expect in a category four versus a category five, and the word that is used for each one of those two categories is catastrophic.

So is there something beyond catastrophic? I mean, what would we assign for a potential damage from a category six? So in other words, once you get to cap four and above, it's a catastrophe in the making. And I think that's the way we need to look at these things. First, I wanna say, John, I'm a big fan of yours. I've been following you since I moved to South Florida

four years ago and have really appreciated your sort of steady and calming perspective on all the sort of weird weather incidents we've had down here since I moved here. So I wanted to thank you. And second, I wanted to ask you, are sports podcasters essential workers? Yes. Yes. So Jeremy, you know, you're in trouble and you got to do more Marlin stuff for me. Okay. I got you, John. Not the answer they wanted though. They wanted the next couple of being serious. They want to go home. They wanted the next couple of days off and John Morales, who you praised a lot at the beginning of that as an expert.

He doesn't know what he's talking about. Just told you that you're an essential worker. John, can you explain to me please the best case and worst case scenarios that you are forecasting here, a jog to the south, what are the best and worst case scenarios with the understanding that wherever this hits, it's gonna be catastrophic? I mean, I would think that the best case scenario

is for this to hit south of Naples, right? And then the storm surge will be limited to Florida Bay. But of course, that's bad news for the Florida Keys, right? So like you just said, I mean, you know, if it doesn't hit one, it hits another. But the thing about that scenario that I just described is that you wouldn't have the mass infrastructure that is present from the Southwest Florida corridor all the way up through Tampa, where it's just city after city after city. You know when there's things in harm's way that's how you end up with these these big big property losses and you know and think of the human elements of this and I think that's that's part of what happens to me when I'm talking

about these extreme weather events. You know how many people don't have flood insurance? You know how many retirees were in Florida during Hurricane Ian that, you know, they saved their entire lives. They wanted to move to Florida. They moved to a double-wide, you know, in a mobile home park because, you know, that's what they could afford. And then everything gets wiped out and you lose absolutely everything and there's no insurance to cover for that. Well, I mean, that's going to happen yet again. So that would be one good scenario. The other one would be for it to lose strength.

But warning, hurricanes that reach category five and then lose strength and arrive at the coast as a category two or category three, you know, it's too late. Everything is already baked in. This wind field is growing. The buildup of the waves that generates the storm surge as it piles water towards the coast, that's already being cooked as this system is a cat four and a cat five. So it's going to be difficult to avoid

another multi-billion dollar disaster. Do you think, John, and I don't wish to fear-monger here, but I just want your expertise, are you concerned that this is the storm of your lifetime? Unfortunately, and sad to say, there's going to be more, right? So, you know, Helene was the storm of a lifetime for Western North Carolina. Ian was the costliest in the history of Florida. Andrew was the storm of a lifetime for folks in Southern Dade County. And that PTSD is still present today. Listen, I was on TV as well in South Florida during Hurricane Andrew. Norcross was doing it in English. I was doing it in Spanish.

So I lived that. And the trauma of having to survive a hurricane of that nature is something that scars you for life. And that's why people get so nervous. Whoever survived a major hurricane gets really nervous when anything is brewing out there in the Atlantic and I have empathy for that. That's why I've always tried to be the non-alarmist. But these weather extremes, man, it's so hard to remain non-alarmist when what we're seeing

is just off the charts. Pete Slauson Andrew is the worst of my lifetime, but it didn't have this storm surge. Andrew P. Davis That's right. So the storm surge was 14 feet. You might recall what was left of the Burger King headquarters down there in Palmetto Bay, which was not much. Building got gutted and then eventually it got rebuilt.

But many communities along coastal, along the coast of Biscayne Bay got absolutely swamped by that storm surge. But it was a tiny, it was a very compact hurricane. This one is going to be much wider with its wind field and that's why the impacts are going to hurt so many people. Pete Slauson South Florida specifically, what are you forecasting for South Florida? John Svazic Right. So, the good news is this is one of the better places to be in the state in terms of impacts. One thing that will be different from Helene is that because the wind field is expanding,

I would anticipate sustained winds to be stronger. Sustain now. There's a difference between sustained and gusts. Sustained needs to average that velocity for an entire minute. And I would anticipate sustained winds to be somewhere in the 30s, you know, 35 miles an hour or so at times, with gusts to 50, 55 miles per hour. So that's why Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for our area. They are expecting tropical storm conditions as well. Let's not discount the risk of isolated tornadoes. It's still raining. It's raining out my door right now.

There is a risk for flooding rains amongst all this. So please keep that in mind. The only good thing that we're escaping is that the storm surge, the Florida Keys might have one, but it looks like the Southeast coast of Metro Miami and Metro Fort Lauderdale will get to avoid a significant storm surge. Shifting gears here for just a second. John, you are Woody Johnson

and Bill Belichick calls you today. What do you do? Well, so apologies. I'm a- He's the Jets owner. He should have told you that. He's the Jets owner. He's the Jets owner.

Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah, I'm a Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah, I'm a, Jeremy knows this. I'm a baseball guy, Marlins. Yeah, John, my apologies because you've probably been busy with a much bigger, bigger story here. Robert Salla, the Jets coach, was fired. Woody Johnson is the Jets owner. Bill Belichick is a free agent. So I am making you in this scenario, Woody Johnson, at Bill Belichick, you already fired your coach, Bill Belichick is a free agent so i am making you in this scenario what he johnson at bill bellichick you already fired your coach bill bellichick free agent bill bellichick calls you today what do you do uh...

uh... uh... uh... what do i do and then what does this have to do with the hurricane season baseball and started to have personal store for being on with us John we appreciate your time this is it's just what I work with thank you sir appreciate you for being on with us appreciate your general expertise at all times sir. You're the greatest. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome for 03. He wasn't talking to you

Sampson he wanted to talk to only Jeremy. He was purposeful about ignoring you. Greg Cody, as a lifelong South Floridian, as you watch this thing, and I know that over the last couple of months I have really annoyed people talking about this stuff because I don't want the real world coming to us but I just don't know what to do with the idea that the Tampa Bay might have 15 feet of storm surge because it's just going to take out so much property and anybody who is there if that's where it hits. You feel guilty feeling good that it's not hitting you because you know that means it's hitting something else.

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