a popular place is publix.t supermarkets in the northeast. -- in the southeast. let's first talk about one area and the north jacksonville. a lot of people did not think it would be hit. the st. johns river is overflowing. we've a map with all the public supermarkets right around that river. are any of them in danger of being destroyed. and understand the impacts to our stores. we do plan to reopen stores in that area. our teams had been working diligently. how do you resupply. given the state of the roads there. we continue to work with local government. it was not widespread by any means. did you see any signs of it in your stores. it's been about making sure that the associates are counting -- accounted for. the majority of the stores have a generator. we are working on refueling and being able to reopen at the stores we understand how vitally important the supermarket is to the community. i imagine they were sold out of a lot of the stuff the people now need i am sure your employees are looking to do all th

at publix told me usually what happens with these storms is they see the path and if it's going the hit in one area, they get help in distributing the supplies from the other areas. but as sam champion was saying, since this is an all -florida storm, that isn't happening and supplies are running out quickly. >> we need to help that manager inside publix and those employees trying to serve the people of hollywood, florida. it is obviously the best thing for people to do to get out if they can but easier said than done. miguel almaguer, at some point they have to stop flying. tell me that ticket prices have gone down because when i read these stories of price gouging for people who are simply trying to get out, it is more than inappropriate. it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: yeah many airlines say they are capping prices, some like jetblue as low as $99 to get out of this area, but the problem is those seats are going quickly. as a matter of fact, most passengers we have spoken to here that do not have flight reservations say it is nearly impossible to fly out of this airport and it's

kudos to the publix staff. many of the people working here putting in 74 hours despite having to be in the evacuation zone. the general manager of the store said the paulet of water and food for them and they can go where they need to go. come saturday, there will not be any food. >> no surprise and so much anxiety around the storm and the people get panicked about what they need and trying to leave enough. and there is no more orios, brian. what are you going to do? that is an emergency. thank you and that is it great stuff. see you soon. >> we are hours away from the first impact of hurricane irma. and one storm chaser said he's afraid of what is headed his way and he's trying to tell people on the beach fhe's worried they need to get out. we are live in key largo, coming up. and the most devastating hurricane to hit florida was hurricane andrew. and look at the comparison is right is hurricane irma and on the left is hurricane andrew. karl rove and mike huckabee are here to talk to us about the challenging t

there were only police out there guarding the doors against looting and the publix we went into, they were going to be closing at 9:00 p.m. it said they are going to try to open again as soon as possible at the end of the weekend possibly monday or tuesday at the earliest. even those stores that were opened, filled with people trying to get last-minute items, the water wasn't there, the bread shelves were empty, so those essential items were already gone and so i talked to a few of the people who worked there and, yeah, they had to be there for that night. they're not going to be going into work any time this week. they will be hunkering down, bracing, hoping for the best. >> obviously, the question on everyone's mind now is the condition of the hurricane, what's the path? where is the eye of the hurricane likely to make landfall? and now it has been downgraded to a category 4 does that at all change any of the dynamics we seen play out on the ground. some of those questions, bonnie schneiderman, sometimes we talk about it. but it's just a matter of miles per hour difference. >> right

but for people who are familiar, this is the area where the grocery store publix is.n trying to get the best position out here, jake, to show you the ponding and the surge. you can also see lots of water on this end. it a lot of the skyline from miami you can see also here. a lot of these residential buildings. but this is a huge problem, of course for miami because these roads are ponding. they are receiving a lot of surge from the ocean. i'm about three to four blocks from the ocean, and you can see that ponding is occurring, surge is coming through. and the 16 counties in south florida have a system of about 2,100 canals, 2,000 levies that protect this city. those structures have to work to drain all this water. irma testing the structures here in miami and also testing the decisions made by people both by public officials and people who decided not to evacuate when an evacuation order was issued. >> we're also seeing these photos from our affiliate that shows a street in downtown miami basically having turned into a river. do you know how far away that is from whe

publix opened for a few hours yesterday. >> a lot of people are without water and food. so it was great that they could do this. >> the military continues to hand out food, water, and ice to people who didn't evacuate. military support, power, flies, and food continue to make their way half of the people in monroe county have jobs that depend on tourism. >>> think about the next sentence for a moment. for the first time in 300 years, there is not one single person living on the island of barbuda, nobody. irma destroyed 90% -- 95% of the structures on the island. and the 1800 people who did live there are all evacuated. that hurricane was 378 miles wide when it lashed barbuda. the island itself is just 62 square miles. >>> and this viral picture is getting a lot of shares and smiles. a little girl handing a box of doughnuts to a lineman in georgia. a big thank you for all the crews are doing to get the power and the air back on. who doesn't love a krispy kreme doughnut. >> think of all the power crews in there. where are they staying? do they have air-condio luxury workin

for people who are aware of where this area is, this is the publix grocery store. i'm about three to four blocks from the ocean. and what we're seeing at this hour is the storm surge. storm surge coming onto land, and then additional ponding because of the raining that's coming down and the streets not draining. now, the other issue that we're seeing in this area, of course, are the cracked cranes. those cranes we were told were supposed to stain winds of up to 145 miles an hour. city officials said there was no time to remove because they needed at least two weeks to move them. now we've seen the danger wheres, the failure of those cranes that are very close to high rises where people live. huge concern, of course, because city officials asked those people to evacuate for that very reason. one of the other things we're seeing here, people trying to walk through these streets, drive through these streets at this hour while irma is here. that's what we're seeing and that's what we're experiencing. i'm going to walk over here to see if we can take a look. this is clo

. >> reporter: and take a look here at this publix grocery store where the sports drinks and water wouldple scooping up what they can when they can. the goefrnl declaring a state of emergency. >> a category five hurricane. it's really scary. you have to be prepared as much as possible. >> reporter: for some, harvey's destruction in texas is fueling the fear. >> saw what happened in houston, four feet of rain. they're saying this storm's going to be worse. >> reporter: in the low-lying florida keys, mandatory evacuations. officials telling tourists to get out as soon as possible. patricia and valeri lynn rushed here from houston where they were dealing with harvey. now faced with a new storm. >> i said we got ten minutes, pack your bags. we caught a flight monday morning from dallas to here. >> reporter: the mayor warning residents not to rely on shelters. >> going to stay with family or friends outside the evacuation zone is the best choice, since shelters only provide for basic needs. >> reporter: hurricane irma seen from space, the strong els est e atlantic basin since 2005. is south f

and, you know, publix has been a great partner. most of their stores have generators. conclusion of the storm, they'll be open for business, once again. but, you know, we ask our residents to make certain that they have food and water enough for three or four days and that they, you know, shutter their homes or if they're going to shelter in place or go to a safe place and, you know, not be in a flood-prone area. >> as i've been looking at cover oage and covering the story on hurricane irma you see the images compared to hurricane andrew back in the early '90s. irma is a lot bigger. we're talking about the infrastructure and the buildings in boca raton, were they built after? are you confident about the infrastructure in boca? >> yes. most of the newer buildings built in our city, of course, are under the miami-dade building codes which were the result of the catastrophe from hurricane andrew. the buildings are fine. the city of boca raton we spent a lot of money maintaining our inf infrastructure. we have been cleaning out our drain system in preparation for hurricane

>> now we have a time stamp on when we believe she arrived home, based on the distance to the publix,tance of her -- her house. >> reporter: it was probably around 8:30. from the pepper spray on the walls and floor, it appeared melissa came home and was attacked inside the garage. detectives also found a small button on the garage floor, perhaps ripped from that pantsuit. then one detective had an idea: use the gps and security system in melissa's vehicle to locate it. >> it's a cadillac. cadillac has onstar. they're able to activate the onstar, tell us the location of the vehicle through gps, and brought us right to this parking lot. lot that melissa never went to. and through onstar, you could remotely open the vehicle, huh? they were able to unlock the vehicle for us. dennis murphy (voiceover): inside the suv, disturbing clues. what do you find? we find a suit jacket that she was wearing the night before. and on the suit jacket, there was a missing button. and that's significant because the corresponding button was found on her garage floor. dennis murphy (voiceover): the jacket sm

publix just reopened today. grocery stores have been shut down for three days as well as pharmacies. i'm sorry. trace? >> yeah, phil. and good thing that publix is open and the food and water is getting the people. i'm guessing they need more than just food and water down there. >> yeah, very true. as far as the water goes, everyone is urged to boil their water before they consume it. only two windows to shower down he here. from 10:00 to 1:00 and 5:00 to 8:00. outside that, there's no water. there's been issues with the water pressure and due to damage from hurricane irma. also what is needed are medical supplies and direct relief is a nonprofit that brought in all kinds of prescription drugs, dialysis drugs, blood and blood products down to the lower keys medical center that serves up to 50 miles of the florida keys. they need it. they were running out of blood supplies because they lost a.c. for two hours. here how important it is. take a listen. >> they said they were desperate for antibiotics. there were cu

. >> reporter: and take a look here at this publix grocery store where the sports drinks and water would be. shelves completely empty, people scooping up what they can when they can. the goefrnl declaring a state of emergency. >> a category five hurricane. it's really scary. you have to be prepared as much as possible. >> reporter: for some, harvey's destruction in texas is fueling the fear. >> saw what happened in houston, four feet of rain. they're saying this storm's going to be worse. >> ror florida keys, mandatory evacuations. officials telling tourists to get out as soon as possible. patricia and valeri lynn rushed here from houston where they were dealing with harvey. now faced with a new storm. >> i said we got ten minutes, pack your bags. we caught a flight monday morning from dallas to here. >> reporter: the mayor warning residents not to rely on shelters. >> going to stay with family or friends outside the evacuation zone is the best choice, since shelters only provide for basic needs. >> reporter: hurricane irma seen from space, the strong els est e atlantic basin since 2005.

i think that people prepared because we ran out of water a couple of times, but our main store, publix were refilling, as were other stores. i was in there before they closed at 8 p.m. and there were still some supplies on shelves, but it was pretty well picked dry and it's been that way all week. so, i guess, that's a good thing. >> yeah, people seem to be calmly handling there. and it comes from the top. so, mayor, keep at it. bill barnett, the naples mayor. >> thank you, neil so much. >> in the meantime, if you're hearing this play out again, it's pretty much like texas, and a lot of the floridians are in the path of the storm, they're not insured. in texas four out of five and here it might be half. we don't know for sure, but we know it could be a financial nightmare after the disaster nightmare. the founder of-- henry sheffield, i should say a fox contributor joins us back, and gary b smith. gary, when i look at this, i hear about people who don't have insurance, i'm always surprised, don't a lot of banks and mortgage holders demand it or they don't have complete coverage? what d

this man, trudging through knee-deep water for more than a mile to get his publix supermarket uniform to go back to work. "i want to help." so many here helping to rebuild after hurricane irma. so many of you have been tweeting me during our hurricane coverage with thoughts and prayers for the victims. tonight, a way to help. "hand in hand: a benefit for hurricane relief" airs this evening at 8:00/7:00 central, here on abc. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. . >>> within hours live doppler 7 would be lit up with lightning strikes. >> thrilled to go home and sleep in our own bed. and a bed still there. >>> after hurricane irma, home is still there and soon they will be too. we're live at sf o with people who are happy to leave the bay area. >>> the newest member of the warriors team is a lucrative one and one you can't miss. >> announcer: live where you live this is abc 7 news. >> clouds are gathering from sunset. we could be hours away from more thunderstorms and all the lightning like we saw yesterday. good evening and thank you for joining us i'm

a chain out here is publix and when i was watching this morning about 40 supermarkets had opened back up. things slowly getting back to normal but far from being completely normal.>> thank you. >>> some of the biggest names in entertainment are taking part in the telethon. you can watch it live tonight on ktvu fox2. 17 networks are all taking part and also be live on youtube and facebook. >>> you are going to see a collection of celebrities and they are going to be there. most of them working the phones . >> the head and hand telethon will be broadcasted in los angeles and new york. you can watch it here tonight. >>> lightning strikes ripped trees and the pieces in the bay area. we talk to a homeowner. >>> the supreme court weighed in on the trumpet ministrations travel ban and what they will do. >>> baby the trump administration can still ban -- refugees from coming into the u.s. this is not the end of the road. they are set to hear arguments next month. >>> president donald trump is now turning its focus the tax reform hosting a dinner tonight with a bipartisan group of lawmakers. t

publix closed and gas stations and on the highways north of here, people look to evacuate the city. we have talked about storm surge. this is miami river. people don't talk about the miami river. beautiful beach and biscayne bay comes in to the -- the river empties. and it will come in from where those tall buildings in downtown piem mime and they expect a storm surge of 3- 6 feet. look at the boats tied up on miami river. that is a yyacht and taking away the cushions and you go to the right over here. you realize how close to where the water is to where they live. next to a power line that brings up the issue of power. they expect 9 million people. that is a kraen. there are 25 cranes in downtown miami and they are designed to move in this kind of weather. but the weather they are able to sustain is 145 miles per hour. and we expect the storm to be upwards of 155 miles per hour. and there is concern about those crepes in downtown miami and people are talking comparison to hurricane andrew. a lot of people are new to miami. and they didn't experience hurricane andrew. that was small

there's a lot of convenience stores, publix winn dixie to the max. >> what's your name? >> jeremy. >> are you going to wait it out. >> i always have. i would rather be in a building than a house. i hope everyone is safe. >> one of the few people we've seen here for the most part. everybody has taken heed and gotten out. >> thank you, phillip. and that's the rare breed we hear about, folks who are making the choice to stay there. thanks for reporting from that gas station. it's not the only one we are tracking. if you're watching the special coverage, you may have seen a reporter pulling overnight duty and we're speaking to a lot of floridians, wtvj reporter lye with us in kendall, florida. what do you have now? >> well, we've got a little taste of irma to begin with. we've got some rain, we got some wind and take a look behind me. all of those headlights. this is what an evacuation looks like on a saturday morning when a catastrophic hurricane is on approach. you can see, these people are all waiting for gas. most of the people i've been able to make contact with, they s

meals, s giving out hot but nobody knew where or the time or anything because the that was opened was publix, we get a lot of people fort myers, which is understandable, everybody my only thing,d, they should have posted signs around the city. scrambling for food because no electric and, and we did thing, have plenty of water. my sister and i. disappointed in the fema response here as far as community know other than t.v., radio and newspaper. otherwise, good job was done in as far as people having to leave their homes. in our area.amage host: what about that beforehand,on effort barbara? were you satisfied with the way the governor communicated, the officials communicated before the storm? caller: yes, yes, yes, we were, very much. mean, they informed everybody and told them to get out for things like that. where we were at, we didn't have to leave. the point, beside you know. they need to be a little bit far as no sive as t.v., no radio, no newspaper. host: got it. rene, hidden valley lake, california. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: good morning. i just want to

people buying water at publix and people getting four or five cases and when cases and when they run out, giving them a couple of cases. myself and my wife yesterday went to a friends house and helped her board up her windows. we didn't. we didn't even board up our own home. we didn't see the need. we didn't think it would get that bad blessed that it didn't. a lot of happy people on the east side of florida. a shame it has to go anyway. everyone has their own ax to chorus they jokingly say. you've got football teams from all over the country in central florida here in a couple months and they are looking at orlando and daytona, things like that. they are wondering if the savings going to be okay? i'm the east side of florida looks like we really caught a break. i mean really caught a break. you now have to wonder where is that going to crash through florida in the hope is in a place without a lot of population but it's going to be dangerous. if you are in the past year about our brave because i would have been so out of fear of picking up the east coast. train to the east coast is s

. >> reporter: publix grocery store reopening makes things seem a little more normal.for the scorching sunshine, it is unbelievable. some other things are needed in the keys, near key west. relief operations, medical supplies and prescription drugs, grocery stores still aren't open. trish: we will be right back. fud has exposure to energy infrastructure mlps? think again. it's time to shake up your lineup. the alerian mlp etf can diversify your equity portfolio and add potential income. bring amlp into the game. before investing, consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. read the prospectus carefully at alpsfunds.com/amlp : . trish: i'll tell you, it feels good, we just keep winning. right here on fox business. and on "the intelligence report." we beat cnbc again last week, it just keeps happening, in part because we're on the news curve, and you know it. so thank you to every single one of you for tuning in, loyally, every day, we're here for you and you're here for us, liz claman, over to you. liz: you know why, trish? we are looking at

crowds lined up ten deep outside this publix hours before it opened its doors. >> someone on the treat corner trying to sell generators that would normally sell tore $250 for a thousand dollars. >> reporter: they're warning potential price gougers, the courtrooms may be closed but the jails will remain open. overnight gas lines stretching miles. >> i'm very nervous. i've been driving around for 30 minutes and it's been on "e" for the past hour. >> reporter: waiting for hours only to find out there is no gas. >> just scary what could happen. >> we can rebuild your home, not your life. >> reporter: as miami residents board up home and business, and officials issue mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas, law enforcement is urging residents to get out now because interstate 95 already a parking lot. at the miami international airport, a mass exodus and for many, the destination doesn't matter. so you drove to the airport hoping you could get a ticket here at the ticket counter. what did they tell you? >> they just told me all the flights are full and they don't have flights for today an

we went to nearby grocery store, the publix here. what you're about to -- those are employees standing guard in front of those water. they're standing guard to make sure that customers only get too cases each. want to make sure there's enough to go around. for the local business owners, the small business owners, caught up with them, too. and they, too, are trying to protect >> see the fresh canvas on the windows. >> the message you're sending or painting, i should say. >> i tell the hurricane sit down. if it works for her. >> she always does. >> from new york, he's only lived here for about eight years, last year a taste of fear with hurricane matthew. >> we prepared last year, it's over prepared, nothing came, so now, this year we're over preparing again, it seems like this one is for real, so, nervous, i guess. he's not the only one, store owners along the popular land shielding their glass. driving up a 1 a, a rare sight, no traffic, just a few people soaking in one l evacuation. >> public history got two cases of water, which th

throughout miami and in florida water at many stores, whether it was a walgreens, target, walmart, publixcompletely out. they say they are getting more in the hours and days ahead. in walmart's case, they are pulling from distribution centers as far away as nevada to get water to stores here in florida. gas also in short supply. some people waiting up to two hours for gas. this is one shell station on u.s. 1. i can still see a line. it's about a 45-minute to an hour wait now at this gas station. goes this way and comes this way on u.s. 1. speaking of u.s. 1, this is u.s. 1 headed southbound, the opposite lane, that's northbound. almost no traffic on it now. it's been a steady flow of traffic for much of the day as people start to evacuate monroe county. that is the keys in florida. already under a mandatory evacuation order for shelters in miami already open. clearly this area bracing for a major, major storm. dave, christine? >> absolutely. authorities saying to have three to seven days of food and water on hand. >>> reports of price gouge having people crying foul on social media. a twi

that's a publix truck. supplies headed back. in power crews headed back.5 on the west coast to florida. but as you report, i will tell you, this thing is so enormous. it's still going to the north in south carolina. charleston, for example, floods still happening. i mean, we are trying to be on the road to recovery down here in florida. but, in charleston, still flooding. you know, in isla palms. there was a tornadoes that touched down. isla palms was ground zero for hurricane hugo in 1989. tough stuff. south carolina kind of in the crosshairs right now. emergency management there with their latest statement. take a listen. >> right now our primary priority is sheltering and initial response in support of the counties. and then also planning for damage assessment and reentry as time goes on. >> to the south, georgia also tybee island. we spent the hurricane on barrier island. they just get hammered as the water comes in. tybee island one of them and even as far as to the west as atlanta. the word out of atlanta today is atlanta is pretty much closed for bu

from here in summer lynn, there are stores that are opening up during the day, a hardware store, publix is selling water so they have been able to get there to resupply. and those who rode out the storm are waiting to hear from the federal officials to arrive to get them back on their feet. anderson? >> just amazing all the -- i'm glad we have reporters all throughout the keys. i appreciate that. it's not just the keys. food, gas shortages, lack of power, caribbean islands were hit very, very hard. people who survived are describing some nightmare scenarios. clarissa ward as more on that. >> reporter: the island of st. martin. last week, one of the jewels of the caribbean now a paradise lost. not a day went by, she says, without us thinking we were very lucky to live on this ideal island. today is just complete chaos. six days after irma pummelled st. martin, officials say more than 90% of the buildings on the island are damaged or destroyed. food and water are still scarce, power remains out for most. thousands of tourists were stranded for days. >> it was horrifying. never been that s

we went by walmart, publix, target, walgreen's. they're all out of water. walmart telling us they're delivering some 1300 trailer trucks just filled with water alone, pulling it from as far away as nevada. gas as well, they're filling up everything, their cars, gas cans. getting ready for the storm. we've been at this place most of the day. they've delivered tens of thousands of gallons throughout the day. look at the line here. still, it's almost 10:30 at night. there's a giant line here. it's gotten better. it was two hours at the longest today. it's gotten much better. this is u.s. 1, the main route from the keys in monroe county that's already under an evacuation order. traffic has been steady all day but certainly given the concern that people have, the uncertainty about the storm and the strength of this storm, traffic going this way is going to get much worse in the hours and days ahead. four shelters already open in miami-dade, they started taking people in tonight. that is if numbers there are likely to grow. >> miguel, i know you're used to coveri

publix just opened today. they dominate grocery scene. typically lot of hectic tension inside.rocery store open. feeling back to normal. everybody's happy. back to you. >> sandra: at least happier for now. phil keating, thank you for the update. by the way, sorry about that. you drove down, i'm hearing, from key largo. how bad are the lower keys? >> we drove from key largo. >> reporter: the lower keys got the worst. where the eye of the storm smacked into florida. i have got to tell you, a lot of homes and trailers are totally ripped apart. others, especially on stilts seemed to do much better. 65% of all the homes in the keys did suffer some degree of damage. big pine key suffered a lot of flat neighborhoods. the sheriff described it as a nuclear bomb going off. if you are a returning resident, you can't get back home. not until they get the infrastructure rebuilt, power back on. key west alone, 90% of the island still without electricity. residents are only allowed to use water for a shower three hours per day. and you are urged to boil your water before you drink it. still c

good news for the keys, specifically key west, the publix grocery store was closed on sunday but now reopening in 45 minutes. two dozen people are standing outside waiting for the doors to open to get even more than just what the national guard is providing. >> shannon: publix is a florida-based outlet and i know they want to do everything they can to get supplies to people. you drove to the lower keys. we heard one description of it as being as if a nuclear bomb went off. what did you see? >> that was from the monroe county sheriff who we interviewed yesterday. we went into several neighborhoods and went directly where the eye of the storm slammed into florida making landfall. it was hit or miss. every structure had damage to some extent. some of them, a lot of trailers, completely ripped apart and trashed but a lot of the damage as well north of there up the keys in big pine key, the dirty side, the rough side of the storm if you will, flattened homes, trailers, boats thrown all over the place and wreckage everywhere. mile marker 74, 74 miles from key west is where the roadblock re

when i got in this morning, i went to the publix soouupermark by the hotel. they were open and they were going to stay open until 9:00 p.m. tonight. i expected the shelves to be empty. there was tons of food there. tons of supplies. i filled up a shopping cart. it was very orderly. there was a chevy security present as well. the people were calm. a lot of people have heeded the evacuation orders. and those who are staying, seem to be heeding -- they understand the seriously. sometimes in hurricanes, you know, the night before, you see people staggering around. they've had a couple. we have seen a little of that in miami beach. people are taking it seriously. >> as well they should. this is a monster storm. anderson, please be safe. we will see you on the air soon. live in miami. we want to get to miguel marquez live for us right now in ft. lauderdale. thank you for joining us. it's friday night. people are typically out and about. set the scene for us. >> it looks like ghost town. it is shutters on a lot of shops and stores. the roads are mostly empty. there

publix is open and it has everything. now they got everything. they have stocked the shelves. just jam packed full. why so many people are waiting to get into the store. everything is functioning. they love that because it's a sign of at least life starting to come back. what you know is people are only buying what they can consume in a day because they don't have power to try to store and keep it. then other groups just continue to drop off the food for free. just collecting along the curb. people collect some water, bread, household goods, then they can move on. or you can go on to the parking lot over here and the national guard is set up. they've got plenty of water. they've got plenty of ice. which is badly needed. and then on top of that, they've got mres. so everything is here. they're just waiting for their folks to come back tomorrow. fredricka. >> all right, like you said, they're probably lining up. and will start making their way. all right, mart and savage, thanks so much, in key west. >>> st. louis bracing for another round of protests after demonstrations erupte

the publix supermarkets here in south florida stayed open until 8:00 p.m.gs. the grant gas stations are open as people still getting gas, sharing with the gas buddy app, which is one of the biggest trending apps today. to find the cheapest and any gas at all. they're also asking people when it comes to gas, do not fill up your entire car with gas and then go to a shelter. leave some of that gas for other people, who may need it in that sense. we have to wait and see it, obviously, with how long the storm will last. people are hunkering down. not just for four hours like hurricane andrew. people need to be prepared for weeks at a time, and that is because of the power situation. we are talking about potentially three, four weeks without power. the florida power & light says that of 13,500 people ready to go, bake they cannot work unless the winds are below tropical storm power. that means under mount hour winds before they can start working. good news is, it ever since hurricane wilma and hurricane katrina back in 2005, where we got slammed here back-to-back

but look, when you went into the publics today, the big publix super market down here, they closed ats nothing else open come tomorrow morning other than the gas stations and shelters along the way. the governor is telling the gas stations and mandatory evacuations to stay open as long as possible to give people who want to leave, who need to leave, who finally make that decision at last moment enough time to get gas to get to where they need to be, a.k.a., a shelter. they need to get to a shelter. >> things are about to change in a big and serious way in south florida. thank you. >> want to head up to daytona beach where rick leventhal is standing by for us now. >> i was in miami as well during andrew. we lost power for three weeks. that could be a situation they'll deal with here in volusia county and other pars of florida. they better be ready for that. we went through a briefing earlier today with volusia county officials who preached patience. they're preaching patience because in past her daynes resources -- hurricanes, resources were able to get in preposition, hit the affected

then the publix, the supermarkets, all started to run out of food and water.dy started preparing real early. so what we've done here. we've got ice. we've got water. we've got food. we've got a game plan. once the power does go out, and that's the worst part about the storms. when the power goes out you lose your air conditioning. you lose hot water. and you lose a lot of the food that you would normally eat out of normal everyday basis. so we've got our whole family. my brother is here from arizona. we had a contingency plan to go up to clearwater beach tomorrow or the next day. but they're under an evacuation. so that got canceled. so right now we didn't know where to go. so we thought the safest place would be to stay home. >> did you consider not going to a shelter? >> we think that there is a shelter right down to street from our house. but with our home being so far inland, we thought it would be best for us to stay here as a family. >> kyle, thank you very much. joining us there on the phone. we wish you of course the best of luck for yourself and your

>> so, i made my way inside publix now. people are stocking up on this. water.g in the line told me. it's a hot commodity in south florida these days. for people that are going to evacuate as well as for people that are going to ride out the storm because many of them are looking at potential hours inside of cars. they definitely want to get their hands on some of these. many of the customers outside also telling us they want to buy bread, canned goods, supplies, and there was a fury of delivery trucks trying to make their way here, but one delivery man telling me they just can't get the stuff here fast enough. let's listen. >> everything you put on the market is just flying right off the shelves. it's just anything that you have got put out there. they're taking. the problem is we don't have enough product for the demand. as soon as it gets into the deep po it flies right off the place. we do the best we can, and hope for the best. that's all we can do. >> the store manager is telling me that they're going to limit the sale of these waters two per customer beca

you get the gas, you go to publix, get your groceries and then last night, i did not sleep all nightse at that point, it was like, oh my god, this could potentially really be happening. and then you just get in the car at 7:00 in the morning and you drive here and you hope that you've done everything that you could do and there's just nothing else you can do. but i have some of my family with me. we're here together, and there's food and, you know, ac for now and electricity for now, and you're as prepared as you're going to be but it's better than doing nothing, i think. >> and you said you've had this experience before with other storms. >> yeah. >> how long have you lived here and which hurricanes have impacted you and your family most? >> so, i've been here since the late '60s. we were away for andrew, but we had to fly back after andrew, and we couldn't fly back into miami. we had to fly into west palm. that was a whole big thing. last year, and i can't really remember the name of the storm but there was an impending storm last year and i grabbed my mom and my puppy and we came

was not down there but in contact with many people who are getting out of there and they said the publix was stocked full we should be fine. >> what do you hear about traffic heading north and -- or west >> traffic i would think on wednesday when the tourists had to leave and then wednesday night when residents were asked to leave and then on thursday, traffic was horrendous we had family members that actually left for orlando yesterday. four-hour drive took them over eight hours as they zigzagged across the state to get to orlando. mainly they were going in smart places to try to stop and get gas as they went knowing there would be shortages on the way up so basically, traffic now, the keys are pretty much empty the last bus left out of key westl l8:30 this morning. i would think they are on the way to shelters at the miami-dade or points beyond. the traffic is still busy, i'm getting ready to leave at 4:00 today, i'm hoping for the best. >> good luck and be safe and to all of your family and friends the same thanks very much. >> absolutely. thank you for having us. we have a great comm

now."....or running water.edna heaton / 80-year-old resident: "i've been having to carry water from publixh our commode."on sunday, residents of the lower florida keys were allowed to return, and many saw, for the first time, how damaged their homes were.mos/no name given"it's heart-breaking, i cried pretty much all the way down, to be honest. it was difficult, very difficult."another location hit hard....collier county.rudy oglesby/collier county resident"you know we came back and we just opened the door and it was just total devastation." florida governor rick scott traveled through that area sunday to survey the damage and offer support.gov. rick scott/r- florida"we're going to work very hard to make sure that everybody gets back to a normal life as fast as possible."but for some, it will take a long time to get back to that point.rudy oglesby/collier county resident "it's just, you see them and they're sleeping in their cars. it's just mind-boggling. it's just like 'this isn't happening.' but it really is happening. we never thought anything like that would happen here. not ever."edna

publix has 90% of their stores there. array, 25 wide million people from florida up through georgia who are going to be affected by the storm rid -- storm. alix: what about inventory. you will see dying ahead of the storm. how much do they stand to lose on that western mark -- that? we think you are going to 1.5 ilion dollars in sales. those are sales that will not come back. david: explain why they won't come back. , peoplee storm is over will need to buy a lot of things. of why doesn't that make up for it? fred: you have a lot of things shutwill be taught and the down of restaurants, stores, people are not going to be buying a lot of clothing. food sales will be bought. gasoline, the diy chains are going to do well after the storm. just because of the shut down it, you are going to lose from restaurants and a lot of other small businesses that will be closed for at least a week or two in these areas did -- areas where it -- areas. joanathan: thank you very much for joining us. he is the chief investment officer. what ar

we'd go to the local store, in into publix, buy all the water we could, they'd have crates.day, and every day we went over there, there were always people there that were in desperate need of supplies. you can't -- >> this is devastating? . >> you can't do that with puerto rico. you can't drive over with puerto rico. 70% of the homes have had their roofs ripped off. no power. it's going to be sweltering heat. and t even the small -- it's even the small things you don't think about. young babies. we saw young babies three days in in the united states of america walking around in three-day old diapers because nothing was getting in, nothing was getting out. all the super markets were shut down. i mean, the scale of devastation in puerto rico, we saw it with haiti. i know puerto rico is more developed than haiti, but this is just a terrible crisis. >> we'll be following the response and also looking at what happened -- >> of course it's a terrible crisis, but the recovery from the crisis is going to be so, so challenging. >> let's go to mexico where a rescue crews are racing ag

most part, government offices, schools, malls are closed down and big grocery store chain down there publix00 tonight. ainsley: hats off to governors already closing schools and businesses and doing mandatory evacuations because for my family in south carolina, they don't know if they should stay or if they should go because my sister lives in charleston, she is a school teacher. she doesn't want to leave because they haven't closed the schools yet. as soon as they do maybe she could catch a flight to new york although there aren't any flights. steve: depends on the track of the storm. janice if it took a right turn right now florida would be in better shape. janice: yeah but it's not going to unfortunately because of all of those computer models they are in very good agreement that now the keys and south florida are going to take a direct hit from this storm. i also want to mention we have jose in the atlantic. major hurricane and katia in the gulf of mexico not affecting the u.s. right now. hurricane warnings in the red shaded areas. all of those areas are going to start to see the condit