CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT GAS IS
AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO WANT AND
NEED TO FILL UP
THEIR CARS.
WE HAVE MIKE LACROSSE
STANDING BY FOR US ON THE
BEACH.
HI, MIKE.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING.
HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S VERY QUIET AND WINDY IT
HERE.
FIRST TIME ON MIAMI BEACH AND I
DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE THIS
DEAD.
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.
THERE'S LITERALLY NOBODY OUT
HERE.
WE'VE BEEN EASTERN FOR THE LAST
TWO HOURS OR SO.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LANDFUL OF
PEOPLE STOPPING BY PERIODICALLY
BUT NONE OF THEM WANT TO GO ON
CAMERA.
THEY'RE EMBARRASSED THAT
THEY'RE STILL STICKING AROUND.
THEY PLAN TO RIDE OUT THE
STORM.
WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU
THE WAVES WE'VE SEEN THOSE, AS
WELL PICK UP OVER THE LAST
COUPLE HOURS HERE.
ON MIAMI BEACH, AS WELL.
INTERESTING THING THAT WE
NOTICED, IS THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS COMING DOWN
HERE TO MIAMI BEACH WITH PILLOW
CASES AND A TRASH BAG AND
THEY'VE BEEN FILLING THOSE UP
WITH SAND AND BRINGING THEM
BACK WHERE THEY ARE IN SOME
INLAND AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE TO
BE EVACUATED TO PROTECT
POTENTIAL STORM SURGE AND
FLOODING FROM ANY OF THE RAIN
THAT MAY HAPPEN.
THEY SAY THAT THEY'VE GONE
OTHER PLACES TO TRY TO GET
SANDBAGS AND THEY'RE EITHER
SOLD OUT, OR THEY'RE JUST
TOO EXPENSIVE.
IT'S NOT IN THEIR BUDGET TO GET
THEM.
INTERESTING WE'VE SEEN A
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE, AS
WELL TRYING TO GET SOME
SANDBAGS.
MADE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT
THEIR PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT DID
SPEAK TO ME OFF CAMERA THAT ARE
STAYING, SAY THEY DO HAVE SOME
SUPPLIES, IN THE
HIGH RISES AND THEY'RE HOPING
THAT SOME HURRICANE PROOF
WINDOWS WILL LAST WHEN THIS
STORM DOES HIT.
WE WERE OVER NEAR BISCAYNE BAY
SPEAKING WORTH A JENMAN BOARD
UP HIS BOAT AND TYING IT DOWN.
HE WAS USING THREE TIES AND
AN ANCHOR AND HOPING THAT THE
STORM SURGE DOES NOT COME IN
TOO MUCH IN HIS BOAT IS ABLE TO
SURVIVE.
HE SAYS THAT HE HAD ENOUGH
SLACK TO KEEP THE BOATS FROM
RISING BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HERE ON
MIAMI BEACH PRETTY
DEAD AT THIS HOUR.
THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF FOLKS
HERE JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO.
THEY HAVE SINCE TAKEN OFF AS WE
START FEW FEEL THE WINDS PICK
UP AND THE WAVES, AS WELL.
LIVE ON MIAMI BEACH, MIKE LAB
CROSS.
MOST PEOPLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
TRYING TO GET OUT OF SOUTH
FLORIDA.
YOU DECIDED TO COME HERE --
DESIREDDED TO COME HERE.
TALK TO US WHAT YOU'RE HERE
TO DO.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN SINCE YOU
ARRIVED AND GIVE US A LITTLE
BIT OF A BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW
YOU CAME TO COVER THIS STORY IN
SOUTH FLORIDA.
Reporter: WELL, IT WAS
INTERESTING.
WE GET ON AN AIRPLANE WITH A
LITTLE BIT MORE FULL THAN I
EXPECTED.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COUPLE
OTHER FORECASTS FROM
MASSACHUSETTS THAT'S WERE
COMING DOWN HERE, AS WELL TO
CHECK
ON THEIR BOATS AND THEIR CONDOS
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UP IN BOSTON, TYPICALLY USED TO
COVERING SNOW STORMS NOT REALLY
HURRICANES.
WE GOT TROPICAL STORMS.
I HAVE HATS AND GLOVES.
WE BOTH HAD TO RUN OUT TO
SPORTING GOODS STORES AND GET
RAIN PROOF GO TO BE READY FOR
THIS.
WE STOCKED UP ON WATER AND
SNACKS AND WHEN WE DID GET HERE
WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE LEAVING AND WE WERE
JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING
INTO SOUTH FLORIDA.
IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME TO
SEE IT IS REALLY, REALLY DEAD
HERE.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO ARRIVE
HERE AND SEE ROADS COMPLETELY
EMPTY.
MY PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE, ACTUALLY
USED TO WORK DOWN HERE IN THE
MARKET, AS WELL.
DIVING AROUND HE SAYS HE HAS
NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS IN HIS
COUPLE OF YEARS WORKING DOWN
HERE.
NEVER SEEN THE ROADS SO EMPTY.
AND SO DESOLATE.
ANOTHER THING THAT CAUGHT ME
BUY SURPRISE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI
EARLIER TODAY, THE CRANES UP ON
THOSE NEW CONDO
BUILDINGS, APARTMENTS GOING UP,
THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME.
TO SEE THOSE UP STILL UP THERE.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT A
HURRICANE IS ON THE WAY HERE.
ANOTHER THING, THE BILLBOARDS,
A LOT OF THEM ARE STARTING TO
COME DOWN, AS WELL.
WE GOT THE CALL ON I BELIEVE IT
WAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WE QUICKLY PACKED AND TRYING TO
HELP YOU OUT.
WE'RE GARY OF VERY GLAD TO
HAVE YOU HERE BRINGING OUR
VIEWERS INFORMATION THEY NEED
TO KNOW.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT THE
STREETS ARE EMPTY.
BECAUSE THAT WAS ZONE A.
EVERYONE WAS TOLD TO EVACUATE.