Oct 10, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
Hurricane Isaias strengthened into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph on Friday, October 9, 2026, prompting officials in Mobile, Alabama, to implement an…
Sandra SmithHost
Michael Estime
Bill MeluginHostThey have now upgraded, uh, the hurricane to a Category Three hurricane.
So those are sustained winds of approaching 120 miles per hour.
The Florida National Guard has mobilized 5,000 National Guardsmen.
It's just a matter of making sure that we're prepared.
Um, so that's why I'm getting these sandbags ready 'cause you just never know.
Everybody's pulling their boats out.
Everybody's getting fuel.
Everybody's buying water.
Everybody's scurrying around like ants, you know, getting ready to hibernate for a couple days.
So I gotta fill my generator, make sure everything in the house is taken care of, fill up the gas containers, and this is what we gotta do.
It's just a normal thing.
More than 20 million Americans are right now bracing for Hurricane Isaias as it strengthens into a major Category Three storm just hours before it is expected to make landfall.
They have now upgraded, uh, the hurricane to a Category Three hurricane.
So those are sustained winds of approaching 120 miles per hour.
The Florida National Guard has mobilized 5,000 National Guardsmen.
It's just a matter of making sure that we're prepared.
Um, so that's why I'm getting these sandbags ready 'cause you just never know.
Everybody's pulling their boats out.
Everybody's getting fuel.
Everybody's buying water.
Everybody's scurrying around like ants, you know, getting ready to hibernate for a couple days.
So I gotta fill my generator, make sure everything in the house is taken care of, fill up the gas containers, and this is what we gotta do.
It's just a normal thing.
More than 20 million Americans are right now bracing for Hurricane Isaias as it strengthens into a major Category Three storm just hours before it is expected to make landfall.
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