meteorologists have been saying strong storm surge on the eastern part of the storm, the northeast quadrant is where we watch closely for some of the most dangerous conditions. >> all right. ben in punta gorda, you have your work cut out for you for the next few days. i hope people heed your warnings there. over here in miami the winds have picked up consistently blowing now fairly strongly. going to feel these winds for some time all over the southern part of florida as the storm moves up west toward anderson cooper is in ft. myers. anderson. >> yeah, john, thanks very much. i want you to meet captain rodriguez, commander of hurricane operations for the city of ft. myers police department. how are things going? >> so far so good. our community's listening. we're starting evacuations and actually wrapping them up. giving some rides to people that still need it, but overall very good. >> the public buses that were in operation to try to get people shelters that are offered people call 211, those shut down at 3:00. so if people don't have a vehicle, is there any way for