>> maybe it's stupidity of the first class, but nevertheless, i want to stay at home and i want to see if i can survive it. >> reporter: thousands more are heeding orders, crowding florida's airports and state highways as they flee their homes not knowing what they may come back to. so four gas stations here just on this corner completely out of gas, except for some diesel that the one station. the concern here is as the weather models get scarier and scarier, the options are simply disappearing. jake. >> all right. thank you so much. the big question of course what part of the united states will take a direct hit from hurricane irma? as florida braces, moments ago we learned president trump has signed an emergency declaration for the state of south carolina. cnn meteorologist tom sader is in our weather center. tom, what is the latest on irma's path? >> well, we've seen some fluctuations, east and west, the last couple of days. it hasn't been by much, but it doesn't take much to really