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Are also considering evacuation movement, and the jurisdiction to call for mandatory evacuations may be directed by the governor or your local officials. make sure you understand who issues the warning, why you're being moved and take precautions. obviously governor scott has been leaning very far forward. we have been in support of governor scott. we're helping him to address the fuel issues. yesterday the president proactively waived the jones act to be able to supply more fuel, to help the governor get more fuel into his state. the president has been very quick to also issue disaster decora...

Know, add in to that the maximum radius winds, how far out hurricane winds extend from that center of circulation. so that's why i'm saying anybody right now from alabama to basically north carolina needs to be monitoring and taking preparations. obviously there is a lot of evacuation activity taking place in florida other the last 24 to 48 hours. heed all local warnings. the goal is get out of a storm surge vulnerable area that is coastal waters coming on shore. that's the most devastating hazard associated with hurricanes. get out of that storm surge area and get into a facility that can wit...

The residents in the affected areas, folks are told to leave and get out of town, how far should they go? for example, if you are in the galveston area, in the corpus christi area, the houston area. how far inland should they go? >> first of all, any time particularly in and both louisiana, the local jurisdictions are in charge of issuing the order. what we want to do is what citizens, one, if you live there or visiting there, you understand the vulnerability of the storm surge, because storm surge is the primary driver of a evacuation movement. the goal is to get out of the storm surge zone a...