that to you. joining me right now steve balone -- did i get your last name right? >> yes. >> fantastic. how is your community getting ready? >> well, we're preparing right now, i'm expecting to issue an emergency declaration order this afternoon. and i just announced a voluntary evacuation order for fire island national seashore. right now one of the challenges is we're at the height of the summer season in the hamptons, on fire island. making sure that people are safe with the storm approaching and likely, in all likelihood, to strike us directly whether as a tropical storm or maybe a category 1 hurricane. we want to make sure people are safe. we haven't seen that since hurricane gloria back in 1985. where we've been hit directly by a storm like this. >> it's been a while. so there are a lot of people who