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South carolina is one of the big concerns now. it could get flooding now. laieyla santiago is there. yesterday she was in miami. she has been all over the place, just like the track of this storm has been as well. carolinas just came into play really seriously yesterday. what are people there saying? are they prepared for this? >> reporter: we're actually just 10 minutes away from when charleston will activate its emergency operations center. that was yesterday they had a conference call. the mayor said that's the plan for now. they have several pumps in areas that are low lying. flooding alwa...

Bit. my husband bought water this morning and it looked like they were already raiding the shelves. i think we bought 10 gallons but we'll need it for the rest of the season. >> that speaks to how people are feeling. but as for local authorities, the city council had a conference call in which they were discussing ways to be prepared. they have some pumps out in the low lying areas because this is charleston so that means flooding is very much a concern. now? just about an hour at 8:00 a.m., they will actually be activating the emergency operations center here and they say that that will stay ...

And we need to prepare for the worst, even as we hope for the best. the hotel we're staying, we noticed they had flood panels already up. and flooding, a major concern here in charleston. as far as other preps, we know some folks are taking advantage of the weekend to go and get the supplies they need, should dorian head this way. we noticed that people are starting to buy water. and i think the traffic and the grocery store has picked up a bit. my husband bought water and it looked like they were raiding the shelves. i think we bought ten gallons. we'll need it for the rest of the season. >> ...

Flood protection, and all of the equipment to be able to recover quickly from a storm event. >> i understand you are boarding up in a different way from what you learned from irma. can you show our audience? >> normally this building would take about eight hours to board up. we were able to find some efficiencies by installing these hurricane clips which essentially keep the boards in place. these have been graded and approved products so the time frame would be in about two hours this building will be done. >> you don't have to actually drill the entire board. you can just use these clips. le...

The big concern with irma, the storm surge. >> so these are pretty much state-of-the-art flood panels. >> you are expecting a five foot storm surge. >> potentially, yeah. >> what is already bad, trying to get the basics. some gas stations already out of fuel. this one told us they don't know when they will be able to get more. trying to get bottled water. this sight greeting shoppering. >> no water up there at all. no home depot. cvs had no water. walgreens had none at all. >> catherine finally got some water after seeing people fight over it in other stores. here's what she heard. >> make sur...