lot of people are listening to the authorities and evacuating. we don't want the same thing to happen last year with hurricane ian as to the surge coming in afterwards and taking other lives. >> okay chief barbara tripp, thank you, and best of luck to you and yours death overnight in the coming days. >> thank you. >> cedar key is among the cities facing evacuation orders ahead of the storm, and although most of the residents have, in fact, he did those orders, about 100 people have decided to stay put, including my next guest. i want to bring in island hotel and restaurant owner andy bear. andy, thank you for being with us tonight. i hope that so far you and those close to you are safe. i want to ask you, you are in a very vulnerable location. why did you decide to stay put and ride the storm out? >> pretty much the one reason we states is some up and one.