Essentially. saying if you want to evacuate, you need to do that now. he said that you have time this morning to make final preparations, you don t have to go hundreds of miles but go to a different county, go to a friend s house, a hotel. and saying this will be a major storm and uncommon one. he made the point that hurricane directly hitting the big bend area of florida is not something that the sunshine state has seen since the 1800s. and a significant storm at that. it is tracking to land potentially as a category 3 storm as well. let s take you live to clearwater with derek van dam. he has been tracking idalia since it formed. it is sunny right now, but that will change in a matter of a few hours and soon that storm surge also is going to be a serious concern. yeah, we talk about the hazards affecting this area. and we are in clearwater beach and this is pinellas county, one