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Hunkering down in your homes. they have spent the last several days urging people to try to get out while they could, knowing how quickly this storm may approach and how much rain it might bring. we're expecting to see what could be 24 hours of rain. 15 to 20 inches. i want to show you some new video here as we talk about evacuation orders that were issued. millions of floridians included in those evacuation orders. marco island already seeing that storm surge near southwest florida. we've also been tracking the conditions in key west all morning long. storm surge there and the flooding there ...

Surge. it was very much a wind event. they're very, very concerned about the level of water that's going to be rushing into these communities, including downtown and several other areas. there are barrier islands that had to evacuate. they were the first to go, but we've met people who were hunkering down on a boat nearby. there are boats out here in the harbor here behind me. we will see what happens as this increases in strength, john. >> randi, stand by for a minute. i want to bring in chief meteorologist chad myers into the weather center to join the discussion. chad? >> john, and to randi...

The places they need to be hunkering down right now as ian makes its way in. harris. >> harris: robert ray, thank you very much for the reporting out there and we aren't seeing the usual people stroll by. a lot of people and mayors are telling us this hour they aren't that curious to be out there this time. they know their safety is on the line and people are really staying put. this storm has shifted a couple of times but it has had florida in its sight for several days now. we can tell you with the updates and from our own meteorologist janice dean 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. eastern is a critical tim...

Today. what are you preparing for? >> at this time i would say most preparations are completed and it's a matter of hunkering down and waiting for the storm to pass. we've made evacuation notices, we've done the best we could educations and we've got a great city staff. we have public safety on stand by. it's kind of like we've been referencing with hurricane charlie, we're just going to have to hunker down, wait and pray. >> charlie is your reference point here, but what are you expecting compared to charlie? >> right now it's going to depend where landfall is. with charlie, we dodged a bulle...