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How much does that complicate the response for you? >> well, the hard work right now in terms of notification, our partners in the virginia department of emergency management, the governors office are trying to get the word out as best they can. the localities are giving messages. weve kind of got it easy right now compared to the tough job they have to get the word out. while theyre doing that, were doing our preparation so weve got our people in place. but as youve been talking about, people j...

>> so, cotton, in a storm of this magnitude, theres always the fear that people will not heed official warnings, that theyre going to stay behind, stay in their homes. how much does that complicate the response for you? >> well, the hard work right now in terms of the notification, our partners in the virginia department of emergency management, the governors office are trying to get the word out as best they can. the localities are giving messages. so for us, weve kind of got it easy right now ...

Issue of life or death. >> its tough to leave your home, we understand that but weve been trying very hard all week to get the word out to people that this is a life-threatening and extremely dangerous storm and we hoped our shelters one hour after the mandatory evacuation started yesterday, we have a good number of people at our shelters right now, roughly about 2,500 people. we expect the number to increase into the evening hours and we told people its never too late to evacuate and if they ha...

Being reassured that its going to be a flood zone this time. >> reporter: police are pleading with people to seek shelter. and those shelters are making room by carting out bulky bags of donations. >> so, what were trying to do is clear out a shelter in there so the people that arent evacuating can have a place to stay. >> reporter: while regina is sticking it out, her neighbor says he didnt stay for sandy. and wont stay for this one either. >> hopefully its not going to be as bad but were not g...

Effect tomorrow morning at 10:00. they need to plan to evacuate. for people who arent evacuating, right now, they have to have a plan in place both to secure their homes, they have to have everything they need to get through a hurricane, and they need to make sure that they are prepared the day after a hurricane. write down all of the information that they need because theres a very good chance theyre going to lose power. be sure that they have the numbers that they need, and communicate that to...