CENTER. PORTIONS OF BREVARD COUNTY BELLWOOD PORT SAINT JOHN AND SHARPS LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD. GUYS. BACK TO YOU.
>> BRIDGETT: THANK YOU.
TROOPER STEVE HAS TO ADJUST
MENTION WHETHER WE GET A
DIRECT HIT OR NOT AND IMPACTS
WILL BE FELT ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. THAT’S
LEADING TO SERIOUS CONCERNS IN
FLOOD FOR PRONE AREA. SO
SANDBAGS ARE BEING OFFERED IN
MANY PLACES FOR FAMILIES WORRY
ABOUT THEIR PROPERTIES. MARK
LEHMAN IS LIVE AT ONE OF THOSE
LOCATIONS IN LAKE COUNTY THIS
MORNING. RECENT RAIN HAS LEFT
THE GROUND VERY SATURATED.
MARK.
>> YEAH, SO THAT’S THE BIG
CONCERN WE’VE BEEN HEARING
FROM OFFICIALS NOT ONLY HERE
IN LAKE COUNTY BUT ALL OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA. IAN WILL
LIKELY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BRING IN HEAVY RAIN TO THE
AREA WITH CONCERNS ABOUT
FLOODING. MANY ARE PREPARING.
>> ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CLOSELY
WATCHING WATER LEVELS. THIS AS
THE THREAT FROM IAN IS JUST
DAYS AWAY. TIE EVERYTHING DOWN
THE BEST WE CAN AND HOPE THAT
WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING
FLOATING AWAY WITH LAKE COUNTY
LIKELY FEELING THE IMPACTS
FROM THE STORM. MANY HAVE BEEN
STOCKING UP ON SANDBAGS TO
PROTECT THEIR HOMES. MY PORCH
IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN MY
YARD. SO IF I DON’T DO
SOMETHING, I HAVE WATER COMING
IN MY FRONT DOOR. IT’S A
SIMILAR SITUATION IN SEMINOLE
COUNTY WHERE RECENT RAIN HAS
LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED. I’M
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE
RUSSIAN CRAZINESS OF EVERYBODY
COMING OUT. THE CONCERNS
FLOWING UP THE SAINT JOHNS
RIVER IN VOLUSIA COUNTY, WHICH
IS LIKELY TO FLOOD IF THE
STORM BRINGS HEAVY RAIN. WE
HAVE AREAS THAT DO AND SOME
MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT OF
WATER IN THE SO
>> TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE.
>> HERE IN LAKE COUNTY,
OFFICIALS SAY 3600 SANDBAGS
WERE DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY
THIS MORNING. 3 SANDBAG
LOCATIONS WILL BE OPENING BACK
UP, INCLUDING HERE AT THE
MENIL ATHLETIC COMPLEX. WE
POSTED A LIST OF ALL OF THE
SANDBAG LOCATIONS ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA ON THE
HOMEPAGE OF CLICK, ORLANDO DOT
COM. FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
LAKE COUNTY. MARK LEHMAN,
GETTING RESULTS, NEWS 6.
>> JUSTIN: THANK YOU, MARK.
OVER THE WEEKEND, GOVERNOR
DESANTIS EXPANDED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY TO ALL OF FLORIDA’S
67 COUNTIES AND STATE AND
FEDERAL LEADERS ARE NOT
WAITING TO GET EQUIPMENT IN
PLACE. NEWS 6 GOT A LOOK
INSIDE THE ORANGE COUNTY
CONVENTION CENTER YESTERDAY
WHERE FEMA STAGE NEARLY 60
AMBULANCES. THE GOVERNOR IS
ALSO WAIVE THE WEIGHT
RESTRICTIONS ON OTHER SUPPLIES
CAN BE POSITION WHERE THEY’RE
NEEDED MOST.
>> WE ARE LOADING. AND BY THE
DAY WE WILL HAVE LOADED 360
TRAILERS WERE MORE THAN
2 MILLION MEALS. AND THEN
1 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.
>> TO BE READY TO BE SENT INTO
IMPACTED AREAS EVEN IF YOU’RE
NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT IN THE
EYE OF THE PATH OF THE STORM,
THERE’S GOING TO BE PRETTY
BROAD IMPACTS THROUGHOUT
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE WHEN YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE WATER YOU DID.
THERE COULD BE FLOODING ON THE
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA AS A
RESULT OF THIS. IT’S IT’S A
BIG STORM.
>> BRIDGETT: AND THE
GOVERNOR’S AUTHORIZED
EMERGENCY REFILLS OF
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE NEXT 30
DAYS AND URGED EVERYONE TO
KEEP CLOSE TABS ON THE STORM’S
PATH.
>> JUSTIN: AND THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT OF IN IS ALREADY
LEADING TO A RUSH FOR SUPPLIES
AT LOCAL STORES. SHOPPERS
BEGIN GETTING READY OVER THE
WEEKEND, LEAVING SOME SHELVES
EMPTY. EZZY CASTRO CONTINUES.
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE AND AS
THE LONG LINES WILL LIKELY
PICK UP AGAIN TODAY.
>> YEAH, THAT’S A HIGH
POSSIBILITY, JUSTIN,
ESPECIALLY SINCE SEVERAL
STORES RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES
SUCH AS WATER. BUT THAT JUST
TELLS YOU THAT PEOPLE AREN’T
TAKING ANY CHANCES AND THEY
ARE PREPARING AHEAD OF THE
STORM.
>> AND MEETS LIKE I’M DOING
WATER PAPER TOWELS. THE BASICS
TO THE ESSENTIALS THAT YOU CAN
SURVIVE A.
>> A RADIO THAT THE SAID, YOU
KNOW, DON’T FUNCTION WITHOUT
KNOWLEDGE. THE MANY LIKE MARIA
VIDEOS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE
WEEKEND TO GET SOME SHOPPING
DONE AFTER HEARING THAT IAN
COULD POSSIBLY IMPACT CENTRAL
FLORIDA. THE PREPARATIONS,
THOUGH, LED TO THIS AT SOME
STORES IN ORANGE COUNTY, EMPTY
WATER SHELVES OVER AT THIS
WALMART OFF PRINCETON STREET
WORKERS LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES
TO ONE CASE, A PERSON AND WE
SAW THE SAME DEAL AT THIS HOME
DEPOT OFF OF LEE ROAD LIMITING
CUSTOMERS TO 2 CASES OF WATER
WORKERS AT ACE HARDWARE STORE
IN COLLEGE PARK SAID THEY WERE
BUSY SELLING STORM SUPPLIES
OVER THE WEEKEND TO THEY’RE
JUST GETTING THEIR KIDS OUT
AND THERE TO BRING THEIR STUFF
AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR
FLASHLIGHTS WORK.
>> CRYSTAL: SO FORTH MOST THE
TIME IT’S JUST A MATTER IS
WE’VE HAD A FEW VOTES TO
REPLACE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
JUST REPLACING YOUR BATTERIES.
>> SO THAT IS HARDWARE STORE
CLOSE TO COLLEGE THEY ARE
EXPECTING ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF
HURRICANE SUPPLIES, THINGS
LIKE BATTERIES AND GENERATORS.
MEANTIME, IF YOU PLAN ON GET
GRABBING SOME WATER THIS
MORNING, WE DID CHECK IN
SEVERAL PUBLIC STORES. MOST OF
THEM, THEY DO OPEN AT 07:00AM
LIVE IN COLLEGE PARK. EZZY
CASTRO GETTING RESULTS. NEWS
6. THANK YOU. EZZY AND PARTS
OF CUBA HAVE ALREADY SEEN RAIN
FROM THE EXTREME OUTER BANDS
OF IN SOME AREAS ON THE ISLAND
ARE PREDICTED TO SEE RAIN
TOTALS AS HIGH AS 16 INCHES
WITH STORM SURGE.
>> AS HIGH AS 14 FEET AND THAT
STORM SURGE THREAT EXTENDS UP
FLORIDA’S WEST COAST, WHICH AS
PEOPLE THEY’RE TAKING
PRECAUTIONS AS WELL. LINES
WERE LONG. SANDBAG
DISTRIBUTION SITES IN TAMPA
YESTERDAY. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN
URGING PEOPLE TO GET THEIR
PREPS DONE NOW BECAUSE IT’S
POSSIBLE PEOPLE IN LOW-LYING
AREAS MAY BE TOLD TO EVACUATE.
>> KEEP THE WATER AT YOUR
PLACE IF IT ACTUALLY GETS TO
THAT POINT. BETTER SAFE THAN
SORRY.
>> JUSTIN: OFFICIALS IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OF
CANCELED SCHOOL STARTING
TODAY. SO SCHOOL BUILDINGS CAN
BE PREPPED TO BE SHELTERS IF
NEEDED. THE POTENTIAL IMPACT
OF THE AND IS LEADING TO A
CRITICAL DECISION FOR NASA
TODAY ON WHETHER TO ROLL ITS
MASSIVE MOON ROCKET BACK TO
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
NASA ALREADY CALLED OFF
TOMORROW’S LAUNCH A 10 TO THE
NEXT OPPORTUNITY. IS THIS
SUNDAY. IF THE SLS ROCKET
STAYS ON THE PAD AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER AS SOON AS A
DECISION IS ANNOUNCED, WE’LL
LET YOU KNOW. MEANTIME, THE
NEXT CREW OF ASTRONAUTS
SCHEDULED TO FLY TO SPACE
WON’T BE ARRIVING ON OUR COAST
TODAY AS PLANNED NASA
INITIALLY SCHEDULED THE CREW 5
MISSION TO LAUNCH NEXT MONDAY.
THE SPACE AGENCY EXPECTS TO
ANNOUNCE A NEW ARRIVAL DATE
FOR THE CREW IN THE COMING
DAYS AND NO MATTER WHAT IN
BRINGS OUR WAY NEWS, 6 WILL
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DOING LIVE CHAT THROUGHOUT THE
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