Back in all the way from tampa bay all the way up to appear latch shah cola bay storm surge will increase over the next couple hours. we are seeing a lot of tornado warnings. so far there have been 11 as the governor has said. of the four or five that happened since about 3:00 a.m. this morning. at least three of those by our meteorologists have indicated radar indicated tornadoes; in other words, they have seen debris in those rotations but that will all be confirmed by the national weather service, local forecasting offices throughout the day. we will obviously see more tornadic activity as the day goes along. if you are in a tornado warning in your area, get to an interior room. free from windows, consider putting mattresses and things over your head, even to include helmets. we can replace a lot of limbs but we cannot replace your head, obviously. so, please protect your head, cover your head at all cost.
Of this storm as soon as conditions safely allow. we have prepositioned aircraft in miami and west palm beach and they will be the first ones to respond in the wake of the storm. yesterday, these flight crews conducted overflights of the western florida area up to the billing bend area. and made call-outs to mariners to seek shelter as well as familiarize ourselves with the landscape prestorm arrival. so we re ready to go. we are also assembling our flood response teams from both inside and outside the state so we can assist float the florida team and fema with the urban search and rescue also ready to launch aircraft for air time search and rescue in the city of tampa and big bend area as the storm passes our second priority is the reconstitution of ports and waterways really critical to our marine transportation system, so urgently needed so that resources can make it to the communities in need.