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The roving vehicle. we have just gotten to the west coast, were heading north towards sarasota. just coming from the east. remember last night the cone of irma was expected to swallow up the entire florida peninsula. we started feeling the effects of irma out there in ft. lauderdale, with winds picking up significantly. but the prediction as of 11:00 p.m. shifted west. so sparing a lot of the east coast, from some of the worst effects of irma, but putting sarasota, port charlotte near to where w...

The movement says its moving to the west but a northwesterly turn is expected. you can see the gradual movement starting west and then working its way more to the north-northwest. i think in the 2:00 a.m. statement that were about to get, we might see some change in that direction. thats important. the more it moves to the westerly direction, thats worse news for florida. lets take a look at the position and where the storm is right now. its about 300 miles away from miami. and unfortunately it ...

So sensitive, prepare for this? >> youre right. that is a challenge. for the that the fortunately with a notice event like this, you can be prepared. you can never prepare for every eventu eventuality, because this is a notice event, they have the time to prepare. in a state like florida, you know theres a risk of hurricanes and these facilities, the personnel there do take steps to prepare and make sure that they take these contingencies into effect. >> im looking at a map here of this cone her...

Storms theyre meant to spin in the wind and as they go up, theyre attached to buildings so theyre not going to wobble and fly over the city. >> they are designed to twist like weather vanes. its disconcerting when you see that boom move but people know its supposed to move. >> its supposed to move. theyre going to spin and hopefully theyll be fine. >> as a florida yans what do you think. its taken a turn, the west coast was in a cone, but theres more danger than anticipated. >> i had friends who...

Mayor of tampa. bob buckhorn and his needs. were going 0 get to him. senator marco rubio from florida has very much been out there and getting people ready. hes speaking right now, lets listen in. >> we thank them for their service. a couple of things that happened around this town. i think im speaking to you, everyone knows someone like this someone becomes an amateur meteorologist. they tell you see it on facebook, were out of the cone. the people that established the cone will be the first to...

Kristen dahlgren on the west coast, joining us from fort myers. kristen, we saw jacob soboroff riding with the cape coral fire department and residents getting warnings about evacuation saying that, no, theyre going to stay at home. what are you hearing from people not too far away in fort myers, their comfort level at staying at home. >> reporter: it really is a mix. throughout the past few days, we have seen people packing up, boarding up and leaving but were here at this mobile home park toda...

To the east. maybe miami is out of the cone right now but until we get close to land fall we want to make sure everybody on the east coast is on alert. particularly on the west coast. with the track changing, the cone of uncertainty has shifted west to the gulf by the time we get to sunday evening were looking at a powerful storm making land fall not once but twice in the keys and on the main peninsula of florida, perhaps naples. dont always put your eye on that, its not necessarily a exact poin...

>> you must worry about complacency now, because the story line changes a little bit. that move the eye to the west. the storm is the size of texas, and as i said, a friend texted me and said does this mean miami is out of the woods? no, it does not. it means youre going to get a combination of what you were just walking about. and god forbid if people went to naples to get out of the way and thinking about heading back home to lauderdale tonight. youre going to have confusion and trouble. >> ab...

Uncertainty. >> uh-huh. >> everybody within that cone is prone to some sort of damage, of some sort of problem. and we could still get a wobble in this left or right that will affect that track. so dont think that, oh, okay, if i live on the eastern side of florida im home free. >> yep. >> youre not. and were not trying to scare people. >> no, trying to get them prepared. >> we want people to be prepared. youve heard it from the governor. youve heard it from the head of fema. i mean, this is a b...

Shelters will open in fort myers, were talking west coast now, florida, to escape the path that weve seen that general and gradual shift of the center of this cone moving to the west. and its not just the cone now as it gets so close to florida. some of the people who live there in fort myers slept on the streets overnight hoping to guarantee a spot. cars parked outside of the shelters. cnns drew griffin is in fort myers. drew, good morning to you. what are you seeing and how many people are you...