we obviously are hoping for the best for you and all the residents still stranded there waiting for officials to help evacuate. best wishes in the hours ahead and we will check back in with you later. pete: george, thank you. it's important to remember can you watch these images and say it's not as big and huge for everything you have ever seen. for those on the ground it's impacted them. katie: a tough decision to leave or stay. ed: fema keeping a close eye on florence's path of destruction as it focuses on how to respond in the hours away. fema's deputy administrator is going to join us live. that's coming up next. ♪ ♪