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Preparations. its got to be frustrating though to know that there are so many people who have seen dorian over the last 48 hours and it was first a category 5 and then its now a 2 and they are thinking you know what? i dont really need to evacuate. yeah im in a low lying area but nonetheless ill be fine. >> yeah. thats just a terrible idea. one of the things i have been saying that is complacency leads to catastrophes not only for you but for the emergency responders that will be charged with th...

Joining us. you live here. what do you think when you see dorian, how close a call this has been? >> it had me on edge for a little bit. these things are so unpredictable. you cant tell. we have a history of storms coming right up to us and then turning at the last moment. that sometimes can add to complacency. im amazed the town prepped this time. >> reporter: we watched this storm for so long. finally were seeing the effects now when you look out onto those waves you see them coming up here. w...

Course the storm surge that will come and the rainfall that will cause flooding, but right now the complacency. lets go to vero beach where martin savidge has been and that question of complacency and this preparation fatigue is something that officials are concerned about. >> reporter: they are. the mayor told me that just about an hour ago. let me show you what were seeing here. we overnighted on the barrier island, so it is the barrier islands here in florida that are getting the full force n...

There are still several counties along the florida coast that are under hurricane warning and mandatory evacuation orders. were going to go up the coast to my colleague, who is in vero beach. miguel, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: this is one of those places that are under mandatory evacuation and hurricane warning. the wind amazingly enough, hasnt changed much since we were here 24 hours ago. were seeing some blue sky above us. what is different are the oceans. the tide is coming in. t...

Where i am right now. thank you very much for being with us. i know from speaking to federal and state officials one of the concerns is complacency, that people will stop taking this storm so seriously. what message do you want the people of vulucia county to get this morning? >> hurricane fatigue has set in. this has been going on since last thursday, and now its game time. you have to put your game face on and be prepared whats coming our way. if youre in an low-lying area you still have a bit...

Game. the storm moving so slowly toward the coast here. there are hurricane warnings up the coast all the way to south carolina, mandatory evacuations still underway. they are still expecting hurricane strength winds in many of the places on the coast and very dangerous storm surge. im on the intercoastal waterway. you can see the seas, the water will rise further than this and the winds could reach hurricane strength overnight, and into tomorrow. the overall strength of the storm is down to a c...

1,400 people in shelters across the county so they shut down anyone coming into these shelters at 7:00 a.m. this morning. so anyone who was still in this area who decided not to leave will have to shelter in place. there have been reports of power outages. about 2,400 customers have lost power, which makes that shelter in place a little less comfortable as this storm continues to creep 100 miles off the coast. also reports of traffic light problems so people who are driving through these gusting...

Since hurricane florence hit last year. so we know what the storms can do. i dont sense any complacency. i do know how difficult and frustrating and sometimes costly that evacuations can be. but when you weigh the cost of losing lives, you know that it is something that you need to do. always you have people who live at the coast and particularly in the outer banks who have been through a lot. they have weathered a lot of storms, seen a lot of northeasters that they consider stronger than hurric...

Downpours, but for the folks that came out to kind of see what it looks like here, im now seeing many of them running back to their cars as we start to feel the outer bands of dorian hitting an area that really has been waiting to see where this storm will head as it slowly moves through the atlantic, victor. >> leyla, youre about 10 miles away. its starting to rain a little bit more here. wind picking up, expecting more of these, outer bands to come in. and poppy, this has been the narrative fo...

County have been worried about all day. there was a lot of complacency. a lot of looky loo will laos people coming out. officials saying santa fe in place. we have not escaped this yetd. its finally here. the looky laos have gone home. and we are expecting a rough night. but as miguel said, everybody is believing they have dodged a bullet here really. and looking towards the bahamas with great empathy, imagining what could have been had the storm barreled in. tonight into tomorrow is when it wil...