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Members of the florida national guard are at the ready, but as we just heard bill karins say, this is expected to go just a little bit -- you know, just off the coast, but we could get tropical storm force winds here, so officials are urging people not to let their guard down, but at this point, yes, it appears that it will stay offshore. many businesses are boarded up, many people evacuated. >> just after 5:00 a.m. in jensen beach, florida, gabe gutierr gutierrez, threw. let's go to julia bag live from daytona beach, florida. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with emergency managers who...

Because we've seen how this storm can come together. i've never seen how great the neighbors come together. our elected officials. i even got a call from the white house a couple of days ago, sharing their concern, asking what they can do for us. so it's been wonderful to see where our resources are, and i'm very pleased at the results. >> trace: which is not to say that fort lauderdale, that miami and broward county may not get some of the storm force, because those winds are still out there. there's a chance that you could get some areas beaten up pretty good in that part of the state. >> we...

So let's take a look, 155 miles per hour, that's a very powerful storm still, wind and rain machine, seeing that still over the next five days. moving still at 1 mile per hour, moving very, very slowly. i want to talk about the movement. it's terrible for the bahamas. it's a nightmare situation. it's a better situation, though, that is moving slowly for florida because that allows the players to get in place. the steering mechanisms that will hopefully turn it off to the north and also the west. let's talk about the track, category 4 storm but again right on the cusp, only needs one mile per h...

Threatening the carolinas and georgia. forecasters, however, say this eye of the hurricane probably won't make landfall in the u.s., but make no mistake, this is still a major emergency for people near the beaches and many miles inland. let's get to cnn's chad myers in the severe weather center for us. this is relatively positive news that the eye of the storm will maybe stay offshore. people should not let their guard down, right? >> i wouldn't let my guard down for 60 miles in a category 4 hurricane. absolutely not. i will show you what the new europe european model does in the bahamas and r...

Bahamas, if you live in that area, you want to heed any warnings from your local officials. we'll look at devastating winds, also lightning surge rz and r very heavy pitfall. we saw a shift to the east and in our latest advisory of 11:00. that is better news for our friends in eastern florida. we're definitely going to be talking about additional changes. but the latest track showing us that we're a little further to the east. ples don't put your guard down, though. you're still going to be. look what happens. this is the biggest change. it makes that steering to the north and to the east. by ...