All the old-timers tell me they've never seen water in the courthouse before. There was 6 feet of water in the courthouse.

This is just precautionary at this time. Due to the unpredictable nature of tropical systems, we want our residents to begin planning.

And we haven't gotten to the heavily devastated areas yet.

People don't understand what is meant by storm surge. You're telling them, 'Hey, you need to go.

The only thing I'd like to see us do is be consistent across the Coast. Evacuation of low-lying areas is the main thing.

I'm worried about every one of the hurricanes that come our way, but I'm afraid there's going to be some loss of life with this one.