rick scott, the governor of florida this morning. hurricane michael a category 4 monster, 145 mile-per-hour sustained winds as the outer bands lash the gulf coast. apalachicola, florida mayor van johnson senior joins us over the phone. his city is in michael's path. you must be more than a little worried this morning. >> yes, i am, to say the least. i'm very concerned. we are experiencing flooding. we have road closures, we have some downed trees. at this point in time the lights are flickering off and on. the good thing is we do not have any structure damage to date. but i'm concerned about the people who decided to stay there and ride it out. those are in my thoughts and prayers at this moment. >> jon: you are on a barrier island. people had to get over the bridge to get off, right? >> they did. they would have and if they had gone as early as they could have. now the bridge is closed. >> jon: if they have not left apalachicola now, they have to hunker down. it is hard to find a safe way to do that on a low-lying barrier island, isn't it? >> exactly. that's why we stressed the point over and over, take this storm seriously. it has life-threatening impact, evacuate. a lot of people a