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n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the state'shr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like it's going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. >> yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay: stl still a reasonable scenaril o ao here. this is a monster of a storm, still a category three ,...

Something that they can repair. what is one ofat the steps in place for the aftermath as this storm goes north into otherthers states ? >> maybe, hopefully out tota the atlantic, eventually? wa well, obviously, as you said, john , wnte want people tt be safe when it hits . and so we're that's our numberre one focus. now, once it hits , if there are people that are in need of s rescue, you know, we've gosivet massive amountams of assets. i've got national guard, i've got urban search and rescue teams. sets f wero have assets from other hav states . we have florida fishflorida fisr and wildlife ...