that would be double the side of derek himself where he is standing. water coming up that high and coming at you fast. it is an absolutely imperative that you try and get your things together, get your pets ready, and get to higher ground. authorities have been saying that you don t have to travel hundreds of miles. make sure that you fill that gas tank up. but you don t have to go hundreds of miles or to another state. you just have to get out of the low lying areas. areas that you are seeing right there. the beach, it is flat. when these waters get pushed up on to the beach, they come at you very, very quickly. you do not want to be anywhere near there when that happens, when the first bands start coming in. we know that people have been preparing. we know this is extremely frustrating and unsettling for people who love where they live. they love their home. they don t want to see anything happen to it. but you don t want to be in that home and dealing with all this because the emerg
businesses as well. and we re a very, you know, small community that relies heavily on our coastal communities with their shrimping and crabbing and fishing and our timber. and so if the track stays the same and we see the storm surge that they are predicting, it would be very devastating for our little county and the surrounding counties around us. so mandy, what do you need residents to know right now? what is your message to them? absolutely need them to pay attention and don t take this lightly. we had a lot of people slowly starting to move into dixie county the past couple year which is we love, but for those that may not have been through something like this before, definitely listen to your neighbors that has lived in florida, has been through hurricanes and can give the best advice on what they seen in this area with how storm surge happens especially with the high tides. and we did just order that
essentially. saying if you want to evacuate, you need to do that now. he said that you have time this morning to make final preparations, you don t have to go hundreds of miles but go to a different county, go to a friend s house, a hotel. and saying this will be a major storm and uncommon one. he made the point that hurricane directly hitting the big bend area of florida is not something that the sunshine state has seen since the 1800s. and a significant storm at that. it is tracking to land potentially as a category 3 storm as well. let s take you live to clearwater with derek van dam. he has been tracking idalia since it formed. it is sunny right now, but that will change in a matter of a few hours and soon that storm surge also is going to be a serious concern. yeah, we talk about the hazards affecting this area. and we are in clearwater beach and this is pinellas county, one
capturing this image of idalia from above. it may look calm, but the storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. actually want to take you now to governor desantis who is speaking now about storm preparations. let s listen. module with expedia, so if you want to find a hotel, you can go to expedia.com/florida. we are coordinating, continue to coordinate with the power companies across the state. we had as of this morning over 25,000 linemen stationed, more on the way, so you will have most likely between 30,000 and 40,000 linemen when the storm hits will be in the state of florida and they will immediately move to commence power restoration efforts. we ve also been working with counties to make sure that they know that we have resources ready to deploy and we want to be helpful to support their efforts. so we have received more than 450 active missions that we are
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