Streets. the mandatory evacuation zones are 15 feet above sea level and below. the barrier islands on the outside of pinellas county, a lot of people are not respecting the mandatory evacuation orders. they are not going to send sheriff s deputies to arrest anyone and they won t send deputies to rescue anybody when it gets bad and they put the deputies at risk. in the middle of this thing we are not going out there to get them. if you want to make the bad decisions, but you also batter consequences of those bad decisions. reporter: the sunshine state bridge going across the tampa bay will close when the winds
It will be expected to bring the water as high as 15 feet. anything below that level will be underwater was that storm surge frozen and that is why the mandatory evacuations are in place. you re also looking at the potential of bridge closures. we have a lot of reports that the skyway bridge over tampa bay is close. that means the people in dallas county now have a harder time getting out. when the winds go past 40 miles an hour the sunshine state bridge will close in the rest of the bridge will be up to the judgment of the florida highway patrol. harris. harris: that s a lot. i just grabbed a list of the high tides. you re making me more sensitive now, mike, about the reality of when this hits and where we will be at high tide. this looks to me just what i m going to double check with our radiologist when he comes on board in a couple of minutes but it looks to me like what you are describing is that storm surge will coincide with some of the higher side of the tide they are in the ta