>> well, for the last several days as you can see in the room behind me, i've had over a hundred of my colleagues working around the clock. and not just fem from employees, from the whole of federal government. nonprofit organizations such as the american red cross, the salvation army. we are here posturing and preparing for whatever the states may request of us. the local officials and states they are the first responders to this event. but as they identify any gaps that there could be as we talk about storm surge and impacts and the need to support shelters throughout these communities, we here at fema are coordinating with the whole of federal government to ensure that those resources are available and that we can help respond. there is emergency declarations that the president has signed that allows us to give direct federal assistance to these states as well. we are doing that for the states of florida, south carolina, and georgia at this time. >> tell me one quick thing about staging. where do you stage for storms like this? because obviously you're going