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Help everybody else during the storm. >> so many people riding it out. you look at this line. they are all here to get plywood to board up homes and stay home. and be safe as they do so. we will continue to watch it here at home depot. and hopefully they wont run out of plywood. >> center of the universe. the problem with evacuations its nots clear where to be safe to go at this point. they have to wait for the forecast to update. thank you so much. lets go today tdaytona beach. based on what yo...

Is there your plywood? >> yeah. >> you came back for more. or is this is? >> we planned third-degree five days ago. we ran short. so we came by and were grateful they it. >> you planned in advance. youre going to ride out the storm and be around with your family? you wont leave the state. >> i work as a firefighter. along with my son. well both be on duty starting tomorrow. the idea behind it is leave the family secure. were used to it. we have been doing it a while. >> how many hurricanes have ...

Florida needs to be prepared particularly in the eastern half. we doept know whether the storm will make the turn on the coast or offshore. everybody has a day, day and a half to complete the preparation. thats what were advising. >> to be clear youre talking about a possible storm that runs the entire gam met of the east coast. miami up to jacksonville. and maybe a second direct impact in jacksonville. correct? >> heres the forecast track. these are the forecast points oaf the next five days. r...

Stores trying to get water for the crew. we are preparing for the hurricane and i could get a few bottles. i went at 7:00 a.m. trying to get more. there was a line at this supermarket and most of the water was gone. >> hopefully theyll get more in. for the people youre speaking with are they planning to leave or ride it out? >> you looked at the modeles. its unclear where the storm is going to hit. people are saying if i live on the coast and go inland, what if it hits inland? they dont know whe...

Will now. when you look at a well-defined eye like this, were still over 500 miles away from lets say the coast of florida, weve got a lot more warmer water to contend with. we go from the mid 80s to the upper 80s, and thats significant. when you look at this track, i want to point this out. here we are, currently at a category four. notice how it goes to three, then back to four. this is going to be a new track in two hours. what theyre showing us here is the older track, but what is currently....

Its going on now. im as worried about the flooding as i am about the other direct hits from the hurricane. remember after hurricane andrew, this community and many of the communities in florida change their building codes. so we have much stronger building codes than weve ever had before but trees fall on houses and we have flooding across south florida and so we have to be prepared for everything. >> congresswoman, thank you for being with us tonight and getting that message out. hopefully peop...

The concerns about that plus once in a year high tides are raising concerns about all of the low lying areas in and around miami which are already prone to flooding. congresswoman donna served as the president of the university of miami and joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. the fact this could make landfall during a king tide, how concerned are you to the degree that could magnify the storms impact? >> very concerned. already miami beach is flooding. weve already seen the...