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Mandatory evacuation but for those in low-lying areas, a lot of people even under mandatory evacuation reviews to go. what do you tell them? >> here's what you don't realize. everybody says i have gone through a category 2, i have gone through a category 3, what you don't think about is this storm surge and the amount of rain. what we saw in michael in the panhandle, the number of people that lost their lives because they said it is only a category one or category 2 and it got bigger fast and we had 9 feet of storm surge. going to places like mexico beach, difficult to survive on the beach. so...

>> it is shifted on the track east and if that trend continues obviously that would be positive for florida. i would remind people as you look at these forecasts, a bump in one direction or another could have significant ramifications in terms of impact. >> this is moderately busy, not as much as yesterday, yesterday people were rushing to fill their cars with gas, grabbing propane tanks, plywood, generators, boarding up businesses and homes, bracing for the storm. >> this is my first one. >> are you nervous? >> a little bit. seeing all the gas stations and things like that, this is real, the ...

In the king tides. you could look at the ocean and don't really notice this is particularly a king tide, but it is the highest tide of the summer occasion with this storm's approach and already you have the inland water ways at their max capacity because of heavy rainfall and that's why the mayor here says that you've got to be vigilant. here is what she told us a little earlier. listen. >> if it starts to track north, we'll be on the southwest side of that storm, which is typically a lot less impactful than that northeast side, which is the tighter side of the storm. as a native floridian, i'...

Today is the anniversary of hurricane carol, 1954 new england. why did i bring that up. neil: that veered way off course. >> it was going off course and then went straight up north. my dad is a meteorologist, and i got put to bed with the hurricane carol and the three little bears. he says remember tomorrow is the anniversary of hurricane carol. and my mom's aunt carol. looking at the maps, lo and behold there are similarities, not the same. even after it gets by the carolinas, there's going to be another potential hit up toward new england. we still have it going out to sea there, but i'm ner...

Dealing with it they've got into a science, you were very effective as governor leading them through one after another. they almost get nonchalant, not saying they're looking at a category 4 storm and writing it off but they get a little too used to this. >> i think -- we were able to survive these storms the go back to michael and remember those pictures of mexico beach, that storm surge. that is what people don't think about the unbelievable storm surge that could happen. they follow this track. look at the cone is the cone is where the storm could be. not the track down the middle, the cons...