but we are just so thankful that it s not as bad as it could have been. we were at a category 4, and at the time that it was actual landfall, we were down to a category 2. so although it sounds bad, it could have been much worse. of course. it s still pretty serious. anybody who hasn t been in those kinds of winds, you know, most people haven t felt winds sort of above the 50s. you re still gusting to about 54 right now. at what point can you have your emergency services go out and evaluate what s going on in sarasota? once we get below a sustained-mile-per-hour, 45 miles per hour, then we will begin to redispatch our law enforcement and first responders to go out and assess damage, looked for any downed trees, downed power lines, connect with our local authorities, and begin to start responding to 911 calls that were made during the storm. do you have any sense of what the major complaints have been,
category 2 is not as bad as category 4, and they re going to want to get out of the house. they have cabin fever. they ve been in the house for 24 hours. they re going to want to come outside and see what s going on. we re asking for folks to stay put. we re also asking for folks not to call 911 unless it is an emergency. don t call if your power is out. don t call if you have questions about whether things are open. call only in the event of an emergency. we want to make sure we get to those folks that have had property damage as a result of fallen trees, and there have been some. frankly we re concerned about flooding at this point. we want to make sure we can get out and assess that damage and make sure folks don t get stuck in their cars and that it s safe to travel. the mayor of sarasota, our thoughts are with you. we ll be with you all night as we cover the storm. let s go over to steve sauce that before we wrap up this hour. you don t want to be deceived just because of the lo