>> it's traumatizing. this ain't no game. i feel for a lot of people that i can't get to because i am only one guy, my brother and i. hopefully i made some type of change, i saved a life or two. that's all that matters. >> parts of homestead are under a mandatory evacuation. he's not leaving and he joins me now. joel, i know you've been doing so much to help others. you were planning to evacuate. but late last night you decided not to. how come? >> well, ma'am, a lot of reasons why, ma'am. i created a buddy system where all my loved ones and my wife's loved ones as well evacuated, but it just didn't work out. due to the fact that they have many, many years here in homestead and us being -- growing up here, we just, you know, decided that we're going to stick it out and we're not going to leave one another