fox's matt treza has some of the essentials for riding out storm. >> with tropical depression 9 bears down on central florida the emergency managers say the time to get ready is now. >> review your plan and look over your kit, if you need to buy additional supplies, do it now. >> he used to recommend a 72-hour kit, but with a storm must, and water is most important. >> about a gallon of water per person per day. >> he also recommend that homeowners batten down windows and secure them and remove tree branches. >> some shoppers say they are ready for nature's fury. >> just getting our boards and the flash lights and a few cases of bottled water, that's about it. >> others not so much. >> i moved here the end of and i missed all of the fun the last go round but i'm thinking i'm about to find o about it. >> but it's never too soon to prepare. >> prepare. >> when is the best time to pull it together. >> matt tr treza for fox 13 new. >> the county started to make sand bags available to allow people to get them before the rains arrived. they will also be available tomorrow at three locations

we're going to have to wait and see, in cape canaveral, matt t treza, fox news. >> a man used an inflatable bed to transfer all his pups to thousands affected by the severe weather there. the flooding has reached record levels in some parts of the state. >> this is certainly not over. the rain continues to fall. it continues to fall in the areas that have been most impacted already. >> much of southwest louisiana remains under a flash flood watch until sunday. >> that's with all the people in louisiana hopefully they get some relief coming in soon. what do you think jim? rain there. then that low would slowly move away and things will slowly improve for them so obviously, things are probably going to get a bit worse over the next day or so. but for us it was actually a pretty quiet day today, we didn't have much rain around, showers and thunderstorms, but much of that has come to an end. we'll continue to see a better chance of showers and of an inch of rain. down to our south, worked their way north. bradenton, about 2 to 3/10 of an inch of rain. mcdill air force picked up 3/10, safety har