isolated or cut off by flooding, that they're not gonna be able to deal with the damage. that is a common reason that we are hearing, we for that a lot today. a lot of people are electing to stay here and ride it out. >> that is true, although it does row reminding folks that your life is definitely worth more than the items in your home. brian todd, thank you very much for that report. i want to bring in now meteorologist chad myers who is at the cnn weather center. chad, we are back to you again. we're on the verge now of that category three that we are just talking about, right? >> right, we're at 110 miles per hour and 1:11 is the threshold to get to the major hurricane category, cat 3. i was in st. mark's four hurricane ivan, many years ago, and it was the saddest story i've ever seen. i had hit pensacola, it st. marks was flooded all the way to the rooftops. boats were floating out of rock storage, it's one of the saddest stories i've ever had to cover and i can't imagine a