Hurricane Irma Batters Florida Today - Roosevelt Island Gristedes Owner John Catsimatidis Interviews Miami Mayor On Preparations And CNN Reports On Flooding, Storm Surge And Strong Wind Bursts

Roosevelt Island Gristedes Supermarket chain owner, real estate developer, billionaire oilman, former NYC Mayoral candidate and entrepreneur John Catsimatidis is also host of a very interesting Sunday morning  podcast. the Cats Round Table. Mr. Catsimatidis interviews local and national politicians, business leaders and other interesting people.

Among guests on today's Cats Roundtable, were Miami Beach Mayor Phil Levine who discussed emergency preparations for Hurricane Irma.

Take a listen.

CATS Roundtable National Edition PODCAST
Sun Sep 10th ► Interview with @MayorLevine - Miami Beach & Hurricane Irmahttps://t.co/g9XlZAbGnp

— John Catsimatidis

CNN's @BrianToddCNN says he's experiencing "very intense wind bursts" in West Palm Beach https://t.co/jBOW9boESl https://t.co/46kBf34RRa

— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2017

(@JCats2013) September 10, 2017

CNN reports from Florida on Hurricane Irma.

Downtown Miami saw flooding from #HurricaneIrma's storm surge, waist-deep in some places https://t.co/fmutUDDOfW https://t.co/dWutiwGUWJ

— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2017

CNN's @BrianToddCNN says he's experiencing "very intense wind bursts" in West Palm Beach https://t.co/jBOW9boESl https://t.co/46kBf34RRa

— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2017

An ocean used to be here. #HurricaneIrma stole it away. https://t.co/p2kzbakCWq pic.twitter.com/7KqwL49D0t

— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2017

And Fox:

SHOCKING VIDEO: The storm surge caused by Hurricane Irma hits Miami. (Credit: Instagram/@Matthew.Spuler) pic.twitter.com/m9RtjcAKlP

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 10, 2017

Here's where hurricane's that hit the US start.

Most hurricanes that hit the US come from the same exact spot in the world pic.twitter.com/Cmn5dlFPhh

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 10, 2017