ground already. this morning, the state ready to restore electricity. they re bearing down now for what could be a major category three storm. trace, back to you. steve harrigan live in florida. back to you as the news warrants. let s bring in hannah healey, owner of the prickly palm restaurant and a clam farmer and play wright. both are in cedar key, which steve was talking about. the governor says they re under a mandatory evacuation order. both have decided not to leave for now. michael, to you first. you say you re going to ride this out. anything in the coming hours that might change your mind at all, sir? i mean, possibly. category four or five storm that is completely unsurvivable might change my mind. i want to make it clear. everyone else should leave. part of the reason why i m staying, i have elderly neighbors. there s lots of folks that are refusing to leave. some folks are in a that can t
that just aren t prepared. what about you, hannah? do you have a plan b? are you on high enough ground to withstand what you may be about to face? fortunately, yes. right now i m in a condo that is fema regulations. that s always a potential. or else i will head inland. i took every item of value out of my business about five hours ago. it was trailered inland. so all of my valuable equipment, maybe i need to get off the island, too. michael is in the church. your condo is on the ocean, hannah. probably not the best place to ride this thing out. so maybe you talked to michael and you get in that church in some way. come on over. best of luck to you. we ll be watching this as the hours go by, including tonight when this thing is spiced to hit
neighbors and the people that are staying will need help. that was more important to me than my immediate safety. i m going to take every possible precaution. my mom is watching tv right now scared out of her mind that i m going to be here. we re going to be holed up in a stone church. we re going to do what we can to help the folks that they get themselves in to a predicament. i don t think this is a wise course of action overall. i think people ought to leave. sometimes in life, you have to draw a line in the sand and say this is what i stand for. i m going to help my neighbors. i want to go back to hannah. we talked about the fact that you want to preserve, stay with your business. we get that. are you concerned if this thing is a strong category three, possible a category four, that would get you up and out? is that a fair assessment? yes, that s a fair assessment. i m sitting here watching the rain roll in. there s a few spots on the island that once the water come