expeditiously into florida. all of these states worked quickly to respond to our request and we have waivers from georgia, alabama, south carolina, and north carolina. i ve spoke within elaine chao. they of lifted federal regulations to get gas to florida quickly. all ports are still operating to bring fuel and supplies in. we are laser focused on how to get as much fuel to our ports as possible while they are open. i have offered school buses for transportation needs in monroe, miami-dade, and broward countys. at this time, miami-dade is using these services to help evacuate those with special needs and broward has buses on standby. monroe has said they do not need buses right now but our offer still stands. right now there is mandatory evacuation order in effect for the florida keys. this means all residents and all visitors. i was down there yesterday to do everything we can to make sure citizens can get out. we estimate there are 35b9 1,000 people that have evacuated from the keys
mandatory evacuation notice could begin to feel the effects of the storm as early as friday night. this is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. reporter: over 30,000 people have left the keys and mandatory evacuationvise been ordered across southern and eastern florida counties including miami dade and broward. two nuclear power plants will be shut down until the storm passes. the size of the storm, it is wider than our entire state and could cause major and life threatening impacts from coast to coast. reporter: some in florida stocking up on food and water while others packing up and heading out. gas lines stretching for blocks. as more and more stations are running low on fuel tonight traffic on i-95 is backed up for miles. do not believe you can ride this storm out. you can rebuild your home and get possessions again.
there was this kind of standard description of donald trump as nonideological. he s not. that he was transactional and yet he was still the nominee. talking about trump in this regard, if he s not ideological, if there was a general description of him as such, why would you expect him to toe the line with regards to conservative issues and principles? he s cultural warrior. this that sense, they come together. but when it comes to these other questions, he s more of a democrat than anything. i have to interrupt because rick scott is now taking the podium at that emergency center in hialeah, florida. and i do want to point out he did avert our cameras. don junior has made his way in the building preparing to sit down to answer those questions. now to rick scott. category 5 stworm winds of 180 miles per hour. category 5, 180 miles per hour. based on what we now know, miami-dade will have major
plan now and start moving out of the city. you can wait obviously a day but we re recommending because as you know miami dade is a barrier island and only a few cause ways. i want to get people the opportunity to get out of miami beach with advance notice as possible. how are these preparations coming? what more needs happen before irma arrives? so first thing we re advising people is they need to get their supplies and be prepared for three to five days and stay off the road until the storm comes. it could be power outages and downed power lines. we want to make sure they re safe and sheltered in place and that only essential personnel are on the street after the storm hits. the second thing is as mayor levine has said we re trying to make preparations to move those with medical needs to the shelters where they belong and
right now there are voluntary evacuations underway. let s talk about those. these are so critical. now is the time for people to get out. not after the storm has hit. that s correct. governor scott has done a great thing by suspending all tolls so if you re leaving south florida not going to have to worry about paying tolls. make sure you have a plan and have what you need. people can transport pets interstate without being an issue with the neighboring state. so i think the guidance has gone out well. there are some areas that will be under a mandatory evacuation. the florida keys, monroe county. i think you ll see something similar for dade and some other southern florida counties. as the storm shifts, if it does to the east, you start to implicate all our counties on florida s east coast. i think it s important to listen to local officials. evacuating people is not something you do willy-nilly. you did it because you think the risk of people staying there to life and property is s