vantage point. i could see one or two people on the other side of the camera. that's due in part to the shutdown of bridges. the martin county sheriff's office a short time ago shut down the causeway from the mainlands across the intercoastal from stewart and jensen beach causeways to get to this beach. so you probably won't see many people coming out here. many of the locals decided to get out of town, although there are some who are here. now they know even as this storm gets closer to florida, what they will experience will be nothing compared to what the people on the islands of the bahamas have experienced for the last 12 to 24 hours. and i want to go now to keith tom -- kevin tomlinson, on the island of grand bahama in freeport. kevin, first, thank you for talking with us. i know communications are touch and go. tell us where you are and what you saw overnight. >> well, we're right in the middle of everything.