bring in florida chief financial officer jimmy petronis. you heard janice mention concern for the people that decided to play. time has run out for you to leave whachl is your message to those that have stayed? >> so we have got 900 search and rescue first responders sitting on go. they can't go save lives until they have a clear path. if you did not heed warnings, you will be taking your own life in your own hands and that is unfortunate because your devastation could have been avoidable. >> ashley: any places that were told to evacuate, this was going to be widespread, any places people can still heed the warning and leave or people who didn't leave are stuck where they are? >> ashley: you are pretty much stuck where you are. i'm in tallahassee at the state eoc. this morning it was mild, the storm has not made landfall. outer bands can be spinning off tornados. i care about safety of first responders, they can't answer 911 calls, we have bridges shut down. that part of the state is probably the historic low point of the areas susceptible

. >> ashley: janice dean is tracking and jimmy petronis is standing by. >> todd: we begin with matt finn live in st. pete beach. what are you seeing right now? >> we have been feeling consistent winds for several hours. dramatic shifts and fluctuation in the weather all night long.

in the meantime, we'll hear from director guthrie, director morgan, and cfo jimmy petronis. >> thank you, governor, and thank you for your continued support and leadership in this disaster. i'm going to pick up where the governor left off about generator safety. please make sure that's 20 feet outside of your home. i know we've -- >> you're hearing emergency officials following governor ron desantis in florida talking about this hurricane that as you can see is just barrelling towards the west coast of florida. one of the things that was really interesting there that the governor is warning about is the potential for as this storm is heading there up into kind of that big bend area, that catcher's mitt we've heard it referred to, there is a potential for this storm to make a little bit of a left turn and head more towards tallahassee. his point there is that don't think that if you are there in the panhandle, you are there in northern florida that you are out of trouble. he's saying everyone should be prepared in case this storm does make a turn. and he's telling people, look, you sh

in the meantime, we'll hear from director guthrie, director morgan, and cfo jimmy petronis. >> thankank you for your continued support and leadership in this disaster. i'm going to pick up where the governor left off about generator safety. please make sure that's 20 feet outside of your home. i know we've -- >> you're hearing emergency officials following governor ron desantis i