ems and fire off island and on island. we have a lot of people still here. so we have an obligation for the safety of the people that are here. we rode around today. the hotels are closed. the restaurants are closed. all the businesses are closed. so people listened to the warning. this is a severe storm and if it turns one way or another, it could be a catastrophic storm for us. >> yes, exactly. you can't really labor that point enough to residents in the area. i did want to ask you what sort of preparations have been made for the elderly, and, of course, those in hospitals. >> sure. >> those in more vulnerable, exposed structures. do you feel that you are ready for this? >> we closed our hospital at 2:00 yesterday, so if our ems trucks go out for an emergency, they have to take the person an hour and a quarter away from hilton head. the hospital's closed. yesterday at 1:00 we closed down all the nursing homes and the assisted living homes and moved