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To an area in pinellas county that is nonevacuation zone. people that don't have any other way to evacuate, don't have anywhere to go, there are shelters available. we opened up ten shelters. and those nine additional ones were opened up this morning. >> where do they get that information? right now everything is working. the storm is not here yet. where should they go to gather the information they need, to know where they r where they can go if they have pets, for example. i know that some of the hotels and some of the other areas, they're hurricane rated as well hopefully out of the evacuat...

Peer that you can see just off to our right here. that was destroyed completely by hugo in 1989. it was rebuilt to them, badly damaged again by floyd in 1999. as we swing back left, across the ocean, across the beach, you can see the homes here that are beachfront. pretty much all of those, i could tell you, harris, have been evacuated. we have seen a few people hanging around, and there are those who have been out here today. they have been telling us, harris, they simply do not want to leave for a variety of reasons. listen to some of those people who are staying right now. >> we live on the...

That. listen here. >> yeah, i'm concerned. i know where to put my faith. >> we live on the fifth floor. we're above sea water in a building that is hurricane rated. so that was our precaution. >> you have to wait and see where the storm is going and i also think sometimes the news hype it up too much. >> we're trying to keep you safe. >> obvious, that's what we're trying to do, pass on information directly from officials to keep everybody safe. one more point here on north myrtle beach. just want to show you, dana, this is the cherry grove pier. it was completely destroyed by hurricane hugo in...

Rain ban, we're hunkered down and waiting for this thing to do what it's going to do, get out of here and get back to business. >> have you had moments of nervousness tell us what the experience has been like? >> well, i don't get that nervous around stuff like that. i joke with me, you know you can't scare me jan more i've been married. it is what it is, windy, noisy it's loud and when it's over it's over we'll do what we do. we'll recover and rebuild it and clean up what needs to be cleaned up and get on with it. >> there are some great communities down there. i mean, are you worried about w...

Per hour. now, there are bigger buildings in florida than you might expect because they don't build on sand. they build on coral. they go down and get bedbedrock. there are many big buildings, especially in miami. 70 over 40 stories tall. if the wind is 145, all of a sudden, you're 174 and almost to 190. let's reduce this, if you're 100 miles an hour at the sur aface, you'd be 120. and a category higher but due to the friction up above, the wind blows anytime it wants to. most of those buildings are hurricane rated what does that mean when the building is not finished? there are so many areas ...