a pleasure to personally welcome you to the hemingway home tonight. thank you, craig. i appreciate it. next time i want a tour. we ll go from that to the chief of police for key west. this is chief donald j. lee. again, chief, you correct me if i m wrong, but your jurisdiction includes the hemingway house. is that right? yes, it does, craig. i gather thank you heard my interview there with mr. gonzalez. what do you make of that decision to ride it out and the property itself pretty much being hurricane proof? well, you know, i don t think it s a wise or prudent decision. i hope that it works out for them, and i hope it works out for everyone who has decided to stay. you know, we have done everything possible in key west to try to get everyone to evacuate. quite frankly those who have not done so remain at their own risk. we re getting ready to face the
lot of i think people mistakenly rely on past storms and damage or impacts, you know. they rely on something that s happened in the past and each storm is different. this is a catastrophic storm that s heading right for us. are your officers still responding to emergency calls? no, sir. that s another opponent. our officers are no longer responding to emergency calls. rescue is no longer responding. fire is no longer responding. there is no hospital open. there hasn t been a hospital open since yesterday at 7:00 a.m. so quite frankly, people are here at their own risk. you know, they are putting their lives in danger. chief donald lee, chief of police, key west, florida. for all of us who have spent time there on your beautiful island, chief, our thoughts and our prayers. stay safe, okay? thank you so much. when we come back, a major