we saw heavy downpour, strong winds and would hit lulls and become dry and calm. now the winds moving steadily over past couple hours and notable, the water line. the gulf has slowly inched closer to land hitting the dune, probably moved up 10, twenty, 30 feet overnight consuming the beach behind me. seeing combination of high tide with storm surge we ve been reporting on. this area is low lying area, st. pets beach is barrier island, popular tourist destination. there are hotels and sprawling resorts up and down the beach. mandatory evacuation orders for this town, mostly a ghost town. most people are cooperating. governor desantis said if you have not evacuated by now, a first responder may not be able to respond to you. todd: matt finn, thank you. bring in nicole valdes live on the ground in tampa. nicole, what are you seeing out there? nicole: just along tampa bay, show you this, we are seeing three feet of storm surge come crashing over bayshore boulevard, site local
Once it is over? every time we have a storm, we bring thousands of trucks and crews from across the country. they are here and waiting for the storm to pass. we have trucks near the villages at ocala and tropicana field. ashley: as far as inventor and he supplies, do you have everything you need? are you looking for more? we have supplies throughout our service territory, we keep them as far away as possible, we don t want the storm to blow through the materials, we bring materials as close as we can, far enough away so they are not in the way of the storm.