florida national guard is the commander for hurricane dorian's response, brigadier general paul chauncey. thank you so much for being with us. give us an update if you will how many guardsmen have been activated in florida and what you're doing right now to get ready. >> thank you, chris. we have all available soldiers and airmen on duty now, certainly given the continued uncertainty and unprecedented strength of this storm we can't leave anything to chance. we've got soldiers and airmen from nassau county down to miami dade, along the east coast and, you know, in cooperation with the interagency partners, and with the support of our governor and adjutant general we are extremely confident we are ready to respond to those in need. >> the numbers in the paper were around 4400. >> that is approximately correct, representative of the florida national guard contingent exclusive of the partners supporting us as well. >> i know during hurricane irma about the same number was activated but then eventually the number swelled to about 7,000. should the worst case scenario happen you have the abil