28 Quotes by Ed Rappaport

That's where we've lost the most people over the years in this country, from the storm surge,

This is a much bigger storm than Charley was, maybe two to three times the size. There'll be a large area of damage when this comes ashore.

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Conditions in the central Gulf are much like they were for Katrina.

It's not going to have time weaken over land. The roughest weather in South Florida will be over the next four to five hours.

The big threat from this system is going to be the rainfall.

It will probably strengthen a little bit more. The primary threat remains to Jamaica, eastern Cuba and Haiti.

This is a very big storm, giving us a larger storm surge over a greater area.

If it came ashore with the intensity it has now and went to the New Orleans area, it would be the strongest we've had in recorded history there,