we have asked some of our speakers to for gorham making their comments. thank you. -- we have vast sum of our speakers to forgo making their comments. >> at this time, if i can hear from members of the public that wish to speak on behalf of the project. each speaker shall have to two minutes. >> good evening. i work for richard hutcheson who is the ceo. he could not be here today but he wanted me to come here and voice our support. >> good evening, supervisors. i am with smith kreme finance in san francisco. a couple of years ago, some friends of mine came to visit me from germany and they brought with them an extended family so there was six or 8 of them. they took the door to door jamb service into the city. i met with them later for dinner. on one of the people that was in the bus or in their group was a 19-year-old brother of one of the people visiting. in the course of our conversation, i said, what do you think of san francisco? he said it was the worst city that he had seen in the united states. this astounded me. mine used to teach hearing people

. >> 8911 caller reported that a woman was walking down gorham street is behind me around 4:00 this afternoon when the house that used to sit at the end of a group of homes collapsed. >> a team of firefighters picked to the ruins of the collapsed a row house, of brick by brick, hoping they would not find anyone trapped in the rubble. >> we had to manually pulled a lumber and bricks to make sure that there was no one there. >> several hours of searching revealed that no one was trapped inside the remains of the vacant home. people live and work nearby said the structure had been deteriorating for years. >> they should take these buildings down. once the water gets into them, it is just a matter of time before they fall down. >> windy weather may have played a role in the collapse. neighbors fear that it is only a matter of time before other abandoned warehouses crumble. >> they have sat empty for years. don't just let them sit there. eventually, the same thing will happen again. eventually, somebody is going to get hurt. >> a spokeswoman reacted to those concerns, telling us that the reality i

including down on front street and hamilton and buying stacks of plywood and other supplies at the gorham's home center. they have been busy selling all sorts of things, including candles, flashlights, batteries and other essentials. >> we got bungee cords to tie down the tarp, we lose any of the roof, ceilings that sort of stuff. >> i have flashlights for home because i thought of home last. i have some ropes and things in the car for my team. i just want to make sure that everybody is well prepared. >> meanwhile, hotel bookings are off 50% a lot the tourists canceling trips here because of the approaching storm and a lot more getting off the island early on a cruise ship today and extra flights added yesterday and today. but tomorrow morning probably the last chance to get off the island because tropical storm force winds are expected saturday night and hurricane force winds by sunday night. we could in for an extended battering from this slow-moving monster. shep? >> shepard: rick leventhal riding it out for us over the weekend. rick, thanks. you and your crew. word today of a deadly sho