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If you have a building in emergency officials ask you to open it shelter, please comply. this is so important to families safety. everyone in florida needs to find a safe place to go. traffic. evacuation routes are moving and we have implemented emergency shoulder use on i four, and orlando. 1700 state troopers remain on the road to assist evacuations of traffic. they will remain on the roads until it is unsafe. check real-time traffic information and evacuation routes at 511.com. we are aggressively working to keep gas stations open and filled along active evacuation routes. i waved the impor...

We have stopped the shoulder driving on i-75 to the georgia line because traffic is moving. if there is a need to reopen this, fdot and highway safety will do so immediately. evacuations are not meant to be convenient, they are meant to keep you safe. check realtime traffic information and evacuation routes at fl 511.com. fuel. we are aggressively working to keep gas stations open and filled. this won't last much longer in south florida because it will be unsafe to be on the roads. while all the fuel ports in florida are now closed for safety as irma impacts our state, following the storm stat...

Exactly what happened. >> the seriousness of what you communicated the last few minutes, you made a decision to close schools and universities and state offices and some institutions are going beyond next monday. are you giving any thought to extending that order beyond monday in terms of keeping all schools closed throughout the state? >> we'll decide as the weekend goes on. we'll see -- as we start seeing what happened and we'll see what the damage is, we'll be making those decisions. >> governor -- >> could you give us an update on where things are with gas stations? are there any places wh...

Gas. we don't have gas on i-75 or the turnpike. is gas on the way? are those regulations that you changed yesterday, are those regulations working, and the people that are almost out of gas, are they -- listening on cnn xm.com, can they be sure there will be gasoline when they get to places? >> i'm doing everything i can. everybody is. i've got the reg layiulations w. more tankers are coming in. fuel from the panhandle is coming down. the purchase is astronomical and we're doing everything we can to get as much fuel as e cwe can. and i will do my best to get everybody what they need and you ne...

To get the gas and supplies down to shelters and families that need -- need it in the southern part of the state. contra flow also inhibits our ability to get emergency vehicles to people. right now, to ease congestion we have activated use of shoulders on i-75 from wildwood to the georgia line. please drive safely and listen to law enforcement. they're working to keep you and your family safe. real-time traffic information and evacuation routes are available at fl 511.com. we're seeing bottlenecks at major highway junctions which brings up an important point. you do not need to evacuate out o...