its way through fort myers, lee county, port charlotte, tracking toward the center of the state. as we go north, instead of heading directly up into the atlanta area, they are now talking about the store making its way over toward the georgia line around alabama. so all of this will feel the effects. certainly everyone can florida will feel they believe now hurricane force winds at some point or another. those who haven't yet evacuated south florida are now getting set to hunker down in shelters. dozens of those shelters set up all over the state. schools, churches, community centers, havens of last resort for those who have nowhere else to go. we will get to our weather center in just a moment. first, steve harrigan. he's in miami shores, florida, where it's windy already, steve. >> it is windy with a long time to go, they storm already has people's attention here based on what it's done. it's already been a killer storm through the caribbean, killing more than 20 people and showing