worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. i was so afraid either way, i didn t know what to do. a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see what s going to happen. and that s the problem, because if they wait to see, we won t be able to help them. reporter: and it s not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. our family lives right outside of tampa and we have decided to hunker down. for the people who are not from florida, right, i ve got these big old windows. i don t know if they re going to hold up. reporter: but most are taking the warnings to heart. major roadways have been jammed for the last 24 hours and tampa s airport, completely shut down operations at 5:00 p.m. tuesday. reporter: it was nerve-racking. i literally got the last flight for the day. you re counting your lucky stars right now?
worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. i was so afraid either way, i didn t know what to do. a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see what s going to happen. and that s the problem, because if they wait to see, we won t be able to help them. reporter: and it s not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. our family lives right outside of tampa and we have decided to hunker down. for the people who are not from florida, right, i ve got these big old windows. i don t know if they re going to hold up. reporter: but most are taking the warnings to heart. major roadways have been jammed for the last 24 hours and tampa s airport, completely shut down operations at 5:00 p.m. tuesday. reporter: it was nerve-racking. i literally got the last flight for the day. you re counting your lucky stars right now? i reall