just a beautiful place when it comes to live oak, big tall pine trees. the big tall pine trees are going to be a problem. it really is a stunning area. the governor putting what we re seeing into stunning historical context saying you have to ga back to the late 1800s for another example of a hurricane entering florida the way idalia is. chad myers, stay with us. thank you very much for that report. hurricane idalia is expected to release tropical storm force winds in the tampa bay area within minutes from now. cnn s carlos suarez joins us live from tampa, florida. carlos, how is tampa preparing? well, alex, at this hour there are two mandatory evacuation orders that are in effect. one of those orders is here in hillsborough county which is home to the tampa bay area. the second evacuation order is just to the west of us in pinellas county. that is home to the clearwater and st. pete area. going into tomorrow, the concern