>> that is a great question. thanks for pointing out that in puerto rico and the virgin islands irma has already struck and it's been destructive and deadly force. the coast guard has been now in our third day of response operations in puerto rico and the virgin islands and in the virgin islands, particularly ste me, st. thomas and st. john, there was loss of life and significant damage in the coast guard in addition to forming search and rescue missions has also been working very hard to get the ports of puerto rico and the virgin islands open again for critical commodities such as fuel and food but also for the ferry system there that can move first responders and immediate supplies from one place to another. as for the evacuation question, there were a number of americans numbering over 1000 on the island of saint maarten which is a dutch territory and the department of state together with the dutch government and the department of defense has begun the process of evacuating people from their.