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>> all right. i get it. so you got that sen trif eu-cal force. >> easy to understarnds but that's going to be tough to deal with. thank you very much. what do we know right now? >> rain is already being felt in parts of florida, but that's nothing. and people are trying to get out. we got cnn's brynn ging gress live in merit -- merit island along florida's east coast. the rain is coming down there. what is the situation like on the ground? >> reporter: you're right. we are in the middle of a todow pour. slowing down efforts for people to evacuate. it's also slowing down efforts here. you can...

To get ten sand bags each in one of their cars. we had people lining up at 5:00 this morning. yesterday, there were people who waited five hours-plus just to get those sand bags, certainly preparations are under way for ifrm ma. people are protecting their homes but i've got to tell you. i've asked a lot of people who live on the island, many of them like we've heard, they're going to stay. wait it out because they're using history as their barometer basically saying i haven't been affected before and i don't think it's going to happen again. bad news there. chris? >> well, brynn, you have to ...