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County. that is the keys in florida. already under a mandatory evacuation order for shelters in miami already open. clearly this area bracing for a major, major storm. dave, christine? >> miguel marquez, thank you, my friend. it's been a long time since floridians have seen something like this storm. irma has been packing up -- has them packing up and heading north fearful of what's in store. kyung lah in homestead with more. >> reporter: as hurricane irma barrels toward florida, there are mandatory evacuations overnight in miami-dade county. we're standing in one of the areas impacted. home...

Attics. >> all right. appreciate it. one of the benefits being where we are when we are is we get to see the best moments in an otherwise impossible time. he told us he was worried for his uncle. they called frankie, said they thought they could ride out the storm but the water in this area started rising faster. frankie drove over here. he thought he could drive to their homes, so he asked both crews that are still here and packing up, they'd already stopped for the night. he asked if they could rescue his aunts and uncle. they went out right before we came on air. the boat came back. there t...

Somebody he's planning to do, john, and having covered many of these events in the past i can tell you oftentimes those who perhaps have very little stand to lose the most. >> planning on packing up, leaving. running into any people, find them all the time, for whatever reason, afraid to lose their home. have nowhere to go. don't have resources who say they're going to stick it out? >> reporter: yes. he's been through this before. again, this river flooded a few months ago. as a result, these are the kinds of folks you do not have to tell twice to pack up and leave. they are taking this as a s...

Important river along this area. up on the other side, there's the port of savannah. one of the busiest ports of entry for containerized cargo along the east coast. that's shut down today. people are boarding up, packing up, and leaving the area. that's exactly what the governor of georgia wants them to do. there's a mandatory evacuation in place for 6 counties. that's about 500,000 people east of i-95. voluntary west of i-95. many people have not been ordered to evacuate since 1999. one person just told me a pu momefew moments ago said it could lead to complacency and thinking they could ride...

Job, never mind packing up and deploying. so we commend you for that. also, so impressive here in addition to lady brigade, you're also organizing the first statewide women's veterans conference in florida in april, as if you don't have other things going on as well. what's fueling that? tell us a little bit about the conference and what's fueling your passion in just getting out there? >> well it all started when i was trying to put lady brigade together, and i had no resources. and i started getting involved in other veteran organizations. but i just noticed there wasn't any women in a lot o...