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anticipating five to eight inches of rain in places like tampa. it's going to be so important, neil that people stay informed, be aware and take action when called to do so. neil? >> neil: good advice. thanks, michael. to luke strikeland, florida vision of emergency management, chief of staff. very good to see you. sorry under these circumstances. obviously you have your work cut out for you. how are things looking now as far as preparedness goes? >> yeah, like you heard before, we got a 5:00 a.m. update that we project this to be a category three hurricane heading to florida's big bend area, north tampa bay up to the big bend. we're very active here in the state. behind me we have the state emergency response team. the military, law enforcement, u.s. coast guard, all of our federal partners are here. we're preparing the best we can. we have personnel ready to