be aware of. have faith in the professionalism of your managers. i say, if you do come out of harm's way, you do not put a responders life in jeopardy later and it allows you to recover more quickly which is really the goal. >> [indistinct contract, question] -- can you have what fema experiences particularly related to the length of flooding that might follow the storm about the federal government's perspective on whether local officials should or should not declare mandatory evacuation? >> no. i'm going to leave that judgment to the state and local officials who make that determination. a lot has been said about mandatory versus not mandatory you. that's one of the response abilities i have here to enforce both of those decisions and reinforce them with rhetoric. i think the idea is they have faith in their judgment. mandatory or not, if you are asked to leave, it's a good idea