how folks are, hope they are heeding warnings and getting out and heading north. you can see it's backed up in marion county, florida. over now to cnn's sara sidner in daytona beach on the coast. you were there nearly a year ago after hurricane matthew and are back there now and talking to people. what are they saying there? >> reporter: i'm going to bring in michael hannah from michael's on the beach. in this very boardwalk during matth matthew. can you tell me the feeling as you begin to board up your business? >> scary. trying to protect ourselves, protect our business, and as you see, getting, like, boarded up. like we have, like, a little problem here last year. water surge, water went in and had sand and debris in the store. like breaking in, into the store. went deep like 70, 80 feet in. there was -- it was a little