right now 75-mile-per-hour winds, so it is a minimal hurricane, but that is not going to be lasting for very long. it is moving towards the north. most of the deep convection here is now over the open waters of the gulf of mexico. and that will only aid in its continuance of developing into a category 2, eventually category 3, a category 3 is considered a major hurricane. from tampa and sarasota, we might see a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet. national hurricane center says that there could be substantial significant damage due to this inundation of water coming up from the ocean. this is a beautiful part of the country and very vulnerable to damage from hurricanes. we saw that with ian just about a year ago on sanibel island. still struggling to get things back together there. still beautiful beaches, but it has been a problem. it appears as if across this