Populated like tampa, but significant evacuations have to take place to get people out of there. a 15-foot storm surge, because this is so flat down here, could go four miles inland. if your house isn t on stilts, it s not going to make it. kaitlan. we ll be keeping an eye on the storm surge. obviously, you say it s what s going to be potentially the worst part of this. thank you so much, chad myers. you re welcome. carlos suarez is also on the ground for us. carlos, i know that you have been talking to people all day about this. how are people there bracing for what chad just laid out there, what we re going to see? reporter: well, kaitlan, we are in for a wet and windy night here in the tampa bay area. a look at the radar shows that we re in for a strong line of thunderstorms associated with the storm. in the next hour or so, we expect that bad weather to really continue through the night. of course the big concern as chad laid out there for a good part of the state including