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>> well, the thing about mandatory evacuations, they're not mandatory. people just feel that, you know, we're in florida, we have been through this before, we can hunker down and we can get through this. maybe you can, maybe you can't. all i know is that this is a very different hurricane than what i've seen in the past. this has destructive potential. it is slow, it's strong. it can cause a lot of havoc staying one place at once and decimating an area over the course of hours. but, you know, there's some people that can just seek higher ground. the ones that we're concerned about are the ones...

0 from the shoreline to the back bays and also to rivers inland. so, know your high tides. >> we are looking at the images, increasingly dire. stay inside as the storm approaches and wreaks havoc, pray for the charlotte county community and the rest of florida as we toss it over to "america reports." >> john: any moment now we are expecting an update from florida governor ron desantis as the eyewall of hurricane ian begins to move on shore bringing with it the potential for catastrophic damage. hello, john roberts in washington. sandra, welcome back. >> sandra: good to be with you, sandra smit...

Rain that you get? >> we're pretty saturated here in the tampa bay area. but that's a normal storm season for us. but to have this hurricane ivan, the prediction that it's basically going to slow down if not stall right over the tampa bay area for anywhere from 24 hours on, is something that we don't need here, without a doubt. >> listen. what should people on the line of the storm be doing right now? and how is the city preparing? >> well, we're always prepared. we prepare every year. we have exercises, we rehearsed. the last thing we want to do is be on the main stage of our hurricane island...

Known as zone a, is under mandatory evacuation orders. this gas station here is one of the first stops that a lot of people are making before they continue their journey more inland. we spoke to one man this morning who said he lived in tampa for over a decade. he said he's never evacuated in the past. but this time from watching the models, hearing the warnings, he decided to pack up and go. listen. >> i have never left before. they are showing this one is movering slow so they are predicting a lot of water. i live south of tampa. >> this one feels different. >> yes. >> reporter: there are ma...

That was unpredicted and a direct landfall of the eye wall with this particular storm no matter where it is-t hits is going to be a catastrophic event. we are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. >> the evacuation order, i believe just came this morning. is that correct? and if so you could speak to people who feel rushed and they don't know where to go? >> yeah, i mean, we have two different evacuation zones in our city. zone a and d. we have zone c and d. so our recommendation if you're in zone a or zone b, you do not have the opportunity to leave the area, to go to family and fr...