floodings. >> we continue to monitor that as well, carlos suarez, thank you, and stay safe there. i want to now bring in the tampa fire rescue chief, barbara trip. chief trip, thank you for joining us tonight. can you tell us, what is your department doing to prepare tonight for this storm? >> so we have been partnering with other agencies to make sure that we prepare for the surge. we know that the storm has -- that the storm has, going to bypass are so the main thing we're gonna worry about is that surge. we're telling all our residents, we're sending out information, sending out two our results know that right now the levels are low, but so they won't be complacent and go back into their homes. we did in a mandatory evacuation for certain areas, especially low-lying areas, and tomorrow we're gonna pay a lot of attention and have authorities are to make sure residents don't go back until that surge has bypassed.