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The storm per se, but we're still planning for storm surges and maybe more likely to have tropical storm winds rather than the bare brunt of the storm as it moves to the west. but we were certainly preparing for the worst, not more than 24 hours ago. >> sure. in our coverage tonight and our reporters on the ground have seen a lot of folks who are figuring out what they're doing. some getting gas, some going north. some getting gas and going home. what are you telling folks now at this stage? >> well, you know, the foebs that were in the mandatory evacuation area hopefully you made arrangements...

Mara? >> gadi, there's been a lot of criticism on the lack of preparedness before the storm. did the government do enough to protect people? what is the word on the ground where you are? >> reporter: look, i don't think anybody blames the government for the loss of life on this storm per se. i mean, this was a wrecking ball of a storm. so there would have been a loss of life no matter where it hit. any populated area would have seen a death toll. however, there is a lot of frustration that there aren't systems in place like an alarm system or an early warning system, sirens, the types of siren...