SAFE PLACE TO WAIT OUT THE
STORM.
ALL RIGHT.
MIKE CUGNO, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
SO THE AIRPORTS HAVE BEEN
VERY BUSY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
OUT AHEAD OF THE STORM.
ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE STILL
CULLING TO -- COMING TO SOUTH
FLORIDA TO LOOK AFTER THEIR
PROPERTY.
OR COMING OFF A CRUISE SHIP.
OR COMING OFF A CRUISE SHIP
DUMPED HERE WITHOUT ANY FLIGHTS
TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA.
HANK TESTER IS AT MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
WHAT'S THE SCENE THERE, HANK?
Reporter: SOME OF THOSE
FOLKS GOSSAMERSED CONNECTIONS
AND BASICALLY YOU'VE GOT SOME
PEOPLE THAT WILL BE IN
THE SITUATION WHERE THEY MIGHT
HAVE TO STAY IN THE AIRPORT.
NOW, WE HAD REPORTS OF UP TO
MAYBE 3000 OF THOSE FOLKS WOULD
BE AT THIS AIRPORT.
BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T SEE THIS
VERY OFTEN.
WANT TO TAKE THIS SHOT.
THAT'S THE MAINTENANCE AREA
THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS BUSY.
I MEAN, THERE'S PLANES
EVERYWHERE.
THE AIRLINES HAVE MOVED A LOT
OF PLANES OUT BUT BACK TO THE
BASICS HERE.
THE SHELTERS SITUATION, IS THIS
GOING TO BECOME AN AD HOC
SHELTER FOR STRAND FOLKS?
IT COULD VERY WELL GET TO THAT.
THE NUMBERS WE DO NOT KNOW.
BUT WE ASKED JACK, WHO'S THE
PIO HERE AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT ONE OF MANY THAT THEY
HAVE WORKING TODAY.
ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
HERE'S WHAT HERE HAD TO SAY.
THE AIRPORT IS NOT A
SHELTER.
AGAIN, I DO WANT TO MENTION
THAT AGAIN.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE
STRANDERRED PASSENGERS THEY
WILL NOT BE KICKED OUT.
THEY MAY BE MOVED TO A
SETTLEMENT EVENTUALLY.
-- SHELTER EVENTUALLY.
THE AIRPORT DOES NOT CLOSE
DOWN.
THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB IS
AIRLINES, IF THERE'S WIND
SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 35 MILES
PER HOUR, THE AIRPLANES
WILL NOT FLY.
AFTER 55 MILES PER HOUR, THE
TOWER SHUTS DOWN.
THE AIRPORT HOWEVER, THE TERM
FAMILIES DO NOT CLOSE.
THEY STILL REMAIN OPEN.
THERE WILL BE SOME RESTAURANTS
THAT WILL BE OPEN.
A HANDFUL.
I UNDERSTAND DUNKING DOUGHNUTS
AND BUGGER KING WILL BE OPEN.
BUT WE WILL BE -- BURGER KING
WILL BE OPEN.
WE WILL BE OPEN HERE.
AND WE WILL NOT BE SHUTTING
DOWN.
OR KICKING PASSENGERS OUT OF
THE AIRPORT.
Reporter: OKAY.
SO THAT'S THE STORY ON THAT
ONE.
WE, OF COURSE, WILL BE HANGING
AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE TO SEE,
IN FACT.
I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE YOU AGAIN
TO START SEEING THEM THEY'RE
STRETCHED OUT IN THE -- ON THE
FLOOR OFTEN.
SOMETIMES IN THE CHAIRS AND SO
ON.
AND THEY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE --
THAT SITUATION THE STRANDED
FOLKS THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE
OF.
YOU HEARD THE INTERESTING THING
THAT THEY MIGHT MOVE THEM TO
ANOTHER SHELTER BUT THAT
DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR
NOT THERE'S WIND CONDITIONS
WILL ALLOW.
AS FAR AS THE AIRPORT IS
CONCERNED, YOUR EUROPEAN
FLIGHTS ARE GOING OUT.
AMERICAN IS SENDING A PLANE TO
DALLAS, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE
THE LAST PLANE OUT FOR
AMERICAN.
WE'RE TOLD BY FOLKS HERE AT THE
AIRPORT THAT A LOT OF THESE
AIRLINES ADDED EXTRA FLIGHTS TO
GET PEOPLE OUT OF HERE.
SO BASICALLY, IF YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT BUYING A TICKET
AND GETTING OUT OF DODGE, JUST
AHEAD OF THIS HURRICANE, THIS
IS NOT THE PLACE TO BE.
YOU BETTER GO CHARTER A PLANE
FROM THE LEAR JET PEOPLE.
DON'T YOU CHART E ANY PLANE.
HANK FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT
ABLE TO CHART A PLANE U. AUTO
KNOW THERE WAS SOME PRICE
GOUGING ISSUES.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THE
PAST WEEK OR S WE'VE SEEN A LOT
OF REPORTS OF PEOPLE TYING TO
BUY TICKETS THAT WERE 200,
$300.
WHEN THEY TRIED TO FINALIZE THE
PURCHASE IT WENT UP TO $6000 IN
SOME CASES.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING
IN TERMS OF THE AIRLINES
GOUGING PEOPLE?
Reporter: NO, I HAVE NOT RUN
INTO THAT AT ALL.
IN FACT, WE TALKED TO A GUY
SOMETIME TONIGHT WE MIGHT GET
IT ON TV FOR YOU.
A GUY, IN FACT, THERE WERE
TWO FOLKS FROM THE FORT
LAUDERDALE AREA THAT CAME DOWN
HERE, AND GOT 99-DOLLAR
TICKETS ON MARE CANE AIRLINES.
SO I'VE NOT HEARD THAT HERE.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT AND KATHY
THE STATE ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT
IT IN HER PRESS CONFERENCE THE
OTHER DAY.
BUT SHE DIDN'T GET INTO REAL
SPECIFICS.
I'VE NOT SEEN EVIDENCE OF A
TICKET THAT SAYS $6000 TO FLY
TO TAMPA OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
SO I HAVE NOT RUN INTO IT.
BUT APPARENTLY IT'S OUT THERE.
AND THE STATE ATTORNEY AND
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, PAM BONDI.
SHE HAS HELD PRESS CONFERENCES
AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
THEY HAVE MECHANISMS TO DEAL
WITH THAT.
VERY SERIOUS SITUATION.
BUT SO FAR, THE FOLKS HERE,
THAT WE TALKED TO YOU'LL SEE
LATER ON TONIGHT, THEY SEEMED
TO BE PRETTY HAPPY JUST TO GET
OUT OF TOWN.
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE
WERE RUNNING INTO A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST PLAIN
BOARDING UP, COMING TO
THE AIRPORT AND GETTING OUT.
ASKED ONE GUY, WHY YOU GOING TO
DALLAS.
HE SAYS THAT'S WERE I COULD GET