as north tampa bay. that could see wind damage there. a lot of these trees haven't seen wind like this. some of these houses haven't seen wind like this. this is a big storm. >> 100 miles an hour at a minimum. all that storm surge, no question, this is real risk. we're joined on the phone by the mayor of fort walton beach also in the cross hairs of the storm. mayor, thanks very much for taking the time. your governor, rick scott, says this will be a monstrous storm. are you ready for it? >> well, we're as ready as we can be. citizen safety, obviously, is our primary concern. we're closing our city offices today at noon. all our county schools are closed, as are the county offices. we have made sand and sandbags available starting yesterday to all our citizens. the only concern that i have is, as was previously mentioned, gas