ainsley: janice dean is tracking ian. she is downstairs. i just saw her. she has been watching this all morning. we start with fox weather. correspondent nicole valdez is she is in tampa bay. steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. every single county in the state of florida now under a state of emergency that includes right here in the city of tampa where hillsborough county schools are officially closed as emergency responders pre prepare nearly 5f those public school buildings into shelters if needed as we look at potential impact from hurricane ian. you mentioned the response and people are doing what they can, which is planning and preparing for what could be some severe impacts as now hurricane ian approaches the gulf coast of florida. and we have already seen some empty store shelves. we have seen water going fast. fuel running low in some areas across the west coast of florida and cars lining the streets. sunday morning was absolutely chaos across some areas of tampa
ainsley: janice dean is tracking ian. she is downstairs. i just saw her. she has been watching this all morning. we start with fox weather. correspondent nicole valdez is she is in tampa bay. steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. every single county in the state of florida now under a state of emergency that includes right here in the city of tampa where hillsborough county schools are officially closed as emergency responders pre prepare nearly 5f those public school buildings into shelters if needed as we look at potential impact from hurricane ian. you mentioned the response and people are doing what they can, which is planning and preparing for what could be some severe impacts as now hurricane ian approaches the gulf coast of florida. and we have already seen some empty store shelves. we have seen water going fast. fuel running low in some areas across the west coast of florida and cars lining the streets.
you what could be a week, depend obligor on just how devastating the impacts could be. he really floridians preparing for what could be a few scary days along the gulf coast. guys. steve: all right. nicole. thank you very much. standing in front of tampa bay where they are expecting storm surge but it s the quiet now before the storm. ainsley: people are trying to decide are they going to stay or go to the other coast of florida or go see relatives a little more north. steve: coast is going to get hammered with a lot of rain and window. ainsley: did i talk to somebody yesterday. grocery stores packed with somebody trying to by splice. they are trying to decide because they have a family. shund we mo over to sister s house in palm beach? she is in tampa. janice dean is tracking the path as it s gaining this intensity down there in the gulf coast. janice? janice: absolutely. one of the biggest storms that florida has had to deal with certainly this year. and we are taking a loo