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This is coming through from them the company says that it is assembled the largest pre- storm force in us history with more than 16000 people ready to respond. they cant respond until after the storm. that can be monday before they can even start. if they have upwards of millions of people to service, it could take some time to get you. these are the reasons why they wanted to people to leave. these are the reasons why they wanted you to get to higher ground and then have sustenance for a few da...

Thing out for the next 48 hours. harris: thats important what you just said, mayor. i was wondering what the heck? if these people would try to come back the absolutely cant. they have to stay where they are, correct? >> corrects. we dont want vehicles on the road and cars crisscrossing the state. this storm just might you all covered it for three or four days we knew it was coming and we knew how big and brought it was and were telling people now please get off the roads. the only cars are to b...

We remember this from harvey and the mayor of houston saying set an alarm clock in every so often if youre going to try to sleep this thing out or whatever you are doing, different hurricane, but similar situation of trying to watch to see what the water is doing around you. best case scenario is that they are gone and they dont have to worry about that. when you were talking about for a couple of things the slowing down it hit me that why is that significant and does this start to change the ti...

Golf course with incredible speed. if that hit you, that would hurt you. >> between palm fronds and coconuts and other things that are airborne and could become airborne in this storm, hazards are many. thats why we need people, indoors. >> thank you. >> mayor siler, ft. lauderdale, thank you so much for being with us. hoping and praying for the best for your community and all communities across florida. our correspondent jolene kent is in ft. lauderdale, give us a bit of a situation report on w...

That has shifted. now were looking at a storm surge of 5-10 feet. they can change depending on the precipitation with the storm. our real fear right now is the storm surge. every time it takes a jog one way or the other, the storm surge alters itself a foot or two. and also the timing. if it continues to slow down and comes in with a high tide, thats a bigger problem than if it comes in under a low tide. these are all things that mother nature just playing games with our preparations. look, were...

Especially shelters that take pets. a real concern for people. a woman across the street from me says i have three dogs. the shelters were the pets are full. you have a tough choice. do you get on highway and go 5 miles for 24 hours or stay put in a home that could be destroyed? miami-dade has more than 40 shelters and house 100,000 people and already filling up, shepard. >> shepard: steve harrigan, miami shores. thanks. on the coast -- i should say on the coast just north of miami, the mayor of...

Shouldnt be any gouging of prices and storing up on water. theyve got big water tanks in the area and people bringing these 5 gallon water jugs in order to get themselves as much water as they can store in the event power goes down. they are afraid thats going to happen right here. >> rehema em list in tllis, tha. lets go to ft. lauderdale. mayor jack siler is standing by. mayor, welcome to you. to be clear, youre a little farther up the coast there. what are you expecting and what are you prepa...

Lauderdale, jack siler, says our community extends its thoughts, prayers and support for the victims and their families this afternoon. incredibly horrible thing to witness here as just people were falling left and right as this gunman was making his way around. it appears that maybe he was outside, well know soon enough. broward health confirms its receiving victims from the shooting. the sun sentinel in south florida, used to be the fort lauderdale sun sentinel, now the south florida sun senti...

To the people in positions of authority, stay out of the water, stay off the beach, stay off the barrier island. evacuate when you can, because we havent seen anything like this in florida in years. >> some officials, publicly, warning residents they will not send first responders to areas where people themselves decided to stay in harms way. is that your position, mr. mayor? >> absolutely. we did that earlier today, where we told people that if you make the decision to stay on the beach or in t...

Clear. if youre in the path of this storm, they say, get out, your life depends on it. joining me now is one of the many officials involved in this effort, mayor jack siler of ft. lauderdale. mayor, what is your message to anyone in the path of storm at this hour? >> is we have been saying all day, you need to fully cooperate with the authorities, heed the warnings, and stay off the beef and especially the barrier islands. all i can say is, ive listened to your coverage today, is that people nee...