and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you re starting to see power outages, but you ll see way more over the next 48 hours. you ll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to provide additional resources and additional forces and we re really thankful for the fulfillment of that request. we have about 1,200 personnel for the department of transportation that are on standby to perform operations. these guys can t work if they can t get to where they are going. so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks mak
calls beyond what they would normally get, but there are no 911 rescues that are going to take place now until the hurricane passes through. so wherever you are, you are riding this out without the aid of the government to come help you. let s talk about where i m physically standing. i m just about two blocks from charlotte harbor. if we re talking about a storm surge that was officially 10, then 15, and possibly even up to 18 or 19 feet, that means that 5 5 , that s three times as tall as i am here where there would be water coming in because we re so close to where the water pushes up. storm surge is hard to understand, but it is the wind that is so powerful pushing the water forward, pushing the water forward. it just builds up and with nowhere to go, it just goes inland. so we have a, b and c flood zones. those are evacuation zones.