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Especially shelters that take pets. a real concern for people. a woman across the street from me says i have three dogs. the shelters were the pets are full. you have a tough choice. do you get on highway and go 5 miles for 24 hours or stay put in a home that could be destroyed? miami-dade has more than 40 shelters and house 100,000 people and already filling up, shepard. >> shepard: steve harrigan, miami shores. thanks. on the coast -- i should say on the coast just north of miami, the mayor of ft. lauderdale says his city is ready for hurricane irma. parts of broward county under evacuation ...

Shouldn't be any gouging of prices and storing up on water. they've got big water tanks in the area and people bringing these 5 gallon water jugs in order to get themselves as much water as they can store in the event power goes down. they are afraid that's going to happen right here. >> rehema em list in tllis, tha. let's go to ft. lauderdale. mayor jack siler is standing by. mayor, welcome to you. to be clear, you're a little farther up the coast there. what are you expecting and what are you preparing for? are people evacuating? is it likely to become mandatory? how do things stand up there...

Lauderdale, jack siler, says our community extends its thoughts, prayers and support for the victims and their families this afternoon. incredibly horrible thing to witness here as just people were falling left and right as this gunman was making his way around. it appears that maybe he was outside, we'll know soon enough. broward health confirms it's receiving victims from the shooting. the sun sentinel in south florida, used to be the fort lauderdale sun sentinel, now the south florida sun sentinel, geenl said he was waiting for friends to get off. all of a sudden i heard screaming and runni...

To the people in positions of authority, stay out of the water, stay off the beach, stay off the barrier island. evacuate when you can, because we haven't seen anything like this in florida in years. >> some officials, publicly, warning residents they will not send first responders to areas where people themselves decided to stay in harm's way. is that your position, mr. mayor? >> absolutely. we did that earlier today, where we told people that if you make the decision to stay on the beach or in the water or even on the barrier island, that, you know, we're not going to guarantee your safe. we...

Clear. if you're in the path of this storm, they say, get out, your life depends on it. joining me now is one of the many officials involved in this effort, mayor jack siler of ft. lauderdale. mayor, what is your message to anyone in the path of storm at this hour? >> is we have been saying all day, you need to fully cooperate with the authorities, heed the warnings, and stay off the beef and especially the barrier islands. all i can say is, i've listened to your coverage today, is that people need to heed the warnings and cooperate. we've been very fortunate here in ft. lauderdale that probab...