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This point? >> not the that point. we have declared a state of emergency as has the county. i think that once the national hurricane center issues a hurricane watch for the county, that's when evacuation orders will be issued for the beaches, typically known as evacuation zone a and then area b which is of course westward toward u.s. 1. our county has 2 million residents. hundreds of billions of dollars in property value and property here, so any hit to a populated area as densely as south florida is might cause damage greater than we've ever seen in a hurricane in the united states, so we're ...

Because of the mass evacuations taking place. this time not mass evacuations because people are staying put because of the uncertainty. two years ago, there with people finding themselves along the turnpike trying to escape to a safe haven and finding themselves of where the storm. so people are nervous. at the same time, preparing. of course, residents are protecting their property. the white house reached out to make sure that we had everything we needed prestorm. a lot of that takes place, hopefully doesn't need to take place but after storm. >> neil: going to be a busy major. thanks for ta...

Potentially thursday and friday of next week, impact georgia and the carolinas. goes on shore and disintegrates causing damage to florida. that is at this point. most likely scenario scenario. our models go to the east. everything makes this right-hand turn so close to the coast here. that's why this is so difficult for us to forecast. >> neil: thank you. you'll be in for a busy couple days. florida is dealing with the loss gas lines as people try to fill up before this thing strikes. rick leventhal with the very latest. hi, rick. >> neil, there's four major cities in the state of florida that...

Joins us. thanks for taking the time, mayor. >> good to be here, neil. >> neil: i'm hearing in the keys, if you want to evacuate, you can. it's a request. it's not an order. when does it go to an outright order? you know what i'm saying. do you decide that? >> clearly the national hurricane center takes a big lead here. when they declare around we expect them too tomorrow, declare a hurricane watch, hurricane conditions are expected within 48 hours, that triggers broward county to have the state of emergency to issue and evacuation order. there's different phases of them, a mandatory order wou...

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