street ch it's not safe for them and it's not safe for the people that are out. we have to go pick up. and you know, our -- come tomorrow morning o, , we will s evacuating some of our units off the beach and we'll be going to the mainland and so we won't even have a full force to deal with anybody calling 911-chi. >> chief, thank you for doing everything that you're doing to get ahead. we're here to help get out any information that we can. thank you, chief. >> thank you. >> be well. be safe. so, look, you heard it from the fire chief. he's a lifelong public servant. he knows the realities but there are people who will say, but the science, the storm, it goes back and forth. let's go right now to michael brennan at the national hurricane center. he is studying the maps, the models, the realities. good to have you with us. is it true that hurricane irma is no longer an if but a when in