and the power has been going in and out. we have been seeing blue sparks in the air the entire time we have been here. so you can assume that those might be power lines or they might be electricity or something going in and out. the head of the emergency official here in the county says that one of the biggest concerns is that there are some people who stayed behind, they tried to weather this storm. and they could be without power for days on end, which could spell disaster for them. there is and was a mandatory evacuation here. the buses left yesterday. and if you weren t on them, you are here now basically by yourself. local mayors and the county government says if you decided to weather this thing and hunker down, they cannot help you at this point. it has gotten progressively worse here. we have been hearing reports from the north and the south that perhaps the storm has faded. it has not here. it has gotten progressively worse. leading to where we are right now. so a dangerous si