being told to get out. weather experts say it s been 100 years since that city was directly hit by a hurricane. and with time running out, lines for water, gas, and sandbags are getting longer. no matter ian makes landfall, fema and state officials say all of florida will feel some level of impact. predictions include a huge storm surge, inland flooding, and even possible tornadoes. the bad piece of news we got this morning is that this storm is trending to slow down which means it potentially could sit on top of us for 47 hours. cnn has more from the weather center. tom, show us the path right now. a big concern which she mentioned, sitting on top of us for so long. t it s getting stronger. the winds are up from 80 to 85 mile-per-hour, waiting for an eye to form. it will ride over cuba. look where it is now. the warmest waters in the atlantic. high octane fuel. it interwent rapid intensification which we expected, that means within 24 hours the winds increased by 35. t
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these low-lying areas. they want them to get to higher ground. they want them to get inland. right now we re told that a number of hurricane shelters are open across pinellas and hillsborough county. we are experiencing low tide at this hour. but come this time tomorrow, of course, things are going to change. we re expecting to see a lot more rainfall over the next couple of hours as this storm continues to make its way north. it of course is going to push all of that water into the tampa bay area, and then of course all of that at some point is going to mix in with high tide. and so you can understand, you can appreciate why emergency officials are worried that folks right now are still deciding whether or not to leave their homes. again, these emergency shelters that have opened we re told can house up to 20,000 people. john? all right. carlos suarez down in tampa. i m up here in steinhatchee, which still is now beginning to get some of the outer bands of this. we are now stand man
in hillsborough county. that is home to the tampa bay area. the other mandatory evacuation order is just to the west of us. that s in pinellas county. that is home to clearwater as well as st. pete. a number of hurricane shelters have also opened in anticipation of this storm. of course, again, the concern is all of that flooding associated with this storm surge as we head into tomorrow. the concern is just not enough folks right now have made that decision just yet about seeking higher ground. a lot of the folks we ve been talking to out here tonight tell us look, they don t think it s going to be that bad and so they re making the decision at least right now to stay put, which is something that emergency officials right now don t want to hear. kaitlan? so you re hearing from multiple people who say they re not leaving to go to higher ground? because we heard from governor desantis earlier saying you don t have to go hundreds of miles, we re just asking you to go to a shelter, go to