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>> reporter: oh, they sure are, tom. this is a very busy store right now. and take a look at these shelves behind me. because some of them have just emptied up, because so many people are buying this plywood to board up their homes. the manager here says he hasnt seen it this busy in years. tom? >> the rush is on. all right, gio, thank you. and of course, hurricane dorian is arriving just ahead of labor day, disrupting a busy travel weekend. a record 17.5 million passengers were set to fly ove...

Him. turns out he had a change of heart as irma got bigger and more pointed towards the keys so his family is now in a motel in okeechobee. they got about 150 miles north of here. but there are still some die hards, still some old salts, about five different families here in this marina who are bunking down not on their boats. we have a pretty sturdy strong structure behind us here with metal hurricane shutters. they feel good about that. and then nearbitis a dive shop thats three stories tall, ...

Get to evacuation centers. theres several thousand people according to our drew griffin outside one nearby center who are being processed in order to get in. and the 211 number that the city has set up is being inundated with calls. i want you to meet ross webb with the edison saline center. youve been worried obviously about a lot of the boats in the marina. >> for the last four days weve had 25 kids show up to help us take down masts, tie down boats. we moved about 25 boats to north ft. myers ...

Barreling this way, you could never tell that anything was wrong. look at this day we of got here. bright blue skies, pristine beaches. the only real indication that something is wrong is how few people there are out here. there are a handful, theres a gentleman out there right now in the water. that is a handful too many for the local authorities here. they dont want anyone here. this is a mandatory evacuation zone. once this storm hits tomorrow, theyre expecting the storm surge to come ashore ...

Youve seen of it coming compared to what youve lived through. >> well, like charlie like this almost at this point. we didnt expect much then but i think were going to have more from this storm than we did charlie. >> did you ever evacuate? >> no, theres too many things i can do to help people once the storm is over with and i have another business i need to help with. theres a lot of things we can do to help here. >> your home is it on ground level? is it raised up? >> my homes a ground level, ...