we ll keep on eye on it. i have eyes on this street for you. that s the best ir can do as far as monitoring what happens with this surge. we do not envy those who have to go through the eye of the storm in the dark. our hearts go out to those who are doing this that with their loved ones. they probably don t have power and aren t able to follow along with your wisdom and warning. before we go to break, let s check in with miguel marquez. i don t know if you could hear tom, miguel. this is a big lady that we re dealing whoa with hurricane irma. she s going to hit you hard and it s going to last for a long time. reporter: irma has been hitting us for a while and it is definitely getting worse. i don t know if we re going to have it as badly as you. but three hours of port charlotte, we re just south of port charlotte. we re experiencing what you did a little while ago. this is the marina.