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Time example. i can see the wind. it appears to be picking up the last time we spoke but what are you seeing on the ground? >> omar, i apologize because i think we are having connection issues. hopefully you can hear me. having a hard time hearing you. but we were just talking about the hurricane officially being a category four. you were talking in the winds here. we are in clearwater beach in the rain has stopped as you can see. but the wind significantly increasing the last few minutes. so the rain has let up. we are feeling the force of that wind just sweeping through the area now as you s...

Stay safe areas and -- are in shelter, and we've had shelters open, continue to be open, and a difficult time and getting folks out of cedar key. i still have a number of residents to be -- who chose not to evacuate. so certainly, we are worried about them, and about the safety, and -- >> you may not be able to see, it but we have been showing as you have been, talking some of the graphics of the forecast, the storm, search and it is right in the area that is expecting to get up to 16 feet potentially of storm surge, nevertheless potentially one of the worst-hit areas for storm surge. what hav...

Carolina and look at this almost 700 miles. and to traverse in the next several days. wreaking havoc in its wake. could see tremendous amounts of rainfall. but i mention the storm surge. and that's very vulnerable area here. around the big bend. the search is going to be well inland. a lot of folks moves to get away from this. that will be tremendous. this red shaded area. tornado watch goes until 6:00 in the morning. potential for traumatic activity. we're not be surprising. tropical air there. i will see it showing up. here's the category three. well over 100 miles from shore away for. it ma...

Reasoning for doing so, why do you think it has been so difficult to get them to evacuate? >> you know, i think it is some of our citizens in the area, and their families have been there or for a few years, they have been very resilient in the past hurricanes, the past storms, and this feel like they are prepared to write it out. but you know, this again, you indicated, and certain factors that this hurricane seems to be, will be much different than anything we have faced and been around a good, while and a lot of hurricanes and storms here, and this one has the potential and i don't see much ...

There for a good few hours. that is where we get really concerned, because that is what we can no longer start answering emergency calls ignoring on the roads. we will have to stay in, shelter in place, and we have to take emergency calls and triage from their our most critical, to the least critical, and once the storm moves out, and out of our path, it could eventually start getting our checks back on the road. we will have, we know in large influence of calls, so that is number one our main concern. followed then, the storm, surge it will follow as the storm is closer on the, land and heads...