makes a difference with the higher wind speeds and the bubble of water underneath this thing. land fall somewhere between north of charleston all the way up to the said, the widest part of the cone at this point in time. it could turn left. it could turn right. we are expecting it to eventually turn left. all of the models have a left ward bias after it gets on shore and then stopping. but here you go. hurricane watch all the way down to charleston. i think surges will be 20 feet. officially there are 6 to 12. but there will be somebody with water over those outer bank islands at 20 feet. hopefully your building is on stilts that are 15 to 20 feet high. otherwise, there will be buildings that don t exist on friday and saturday that exist right now. there is the european model taking it closer to wilmington. we don t know just yet. still many days away.
outer bank islands and we hope people heed our orders. even though we declare a mandatory evacuation, it is still totally voluntary to the residents whether they leave or not. what is more important to us and, as you mentioned, this is labor day weekend, which is a very large tourism weekend for us. we have to err on the side of safety now and make sure our tourists understand the impact, the dangers of this hurricane and encourage them to go back home or not to come until the evacuation is lifted. this was the exact situation obviously it s a different kind of storm that new orleans was facing before hurricane katrina and the mayor there delayed mandatory evacuation for that very reason. he was concerned about affecting tourism. you made the decision, though it s a tough decision, because it can impact on tourist dollars and obviously on residents lives. how many people are in your city? oh, in my city is about