become a new area of concern. the drew again, path moves, so does the urgency. an additional evacuations ordered just this morning for collier county. this is lee county. i know you can t see this, chris, but there s an incredible scene outside the jermaine arena. i ve never seen this many people in line waiting for a shelter to open. there are thousands and thousands of people wrapped all across this major arena s parking lot. waiting to come in, many of these people went to different shelters around the county at night. they found those shelters were closed. now this shelter has opened up. they re going to try to open many more throughout the day. collier county down by naples announced they re going to open 20 additional buildings by noon. that s how serious it is. each of these persons looked like they were evacuating from a war zone. they have all of their possessions they need for several days. their children, their children
people feel a little disappointed because it wasn t going to make landfall there. now it s the west coast. kennedy space center is looking at the potential for near hurricane-force winds. and the hurricane is still way down here. so if you re second guessing yourself, don t. because there are a lot of impacts from wind damage, lightning, tornado, storm surge, flooding, 10 to 20 inches of rainfall. irma has got all of that covered. michael, isa? thanks very much, karen. don t second guess yourself, of course, in situations like this. the rain, the water, the hurricane, they always win. it s just we cannot compete with the force of nature that is a hurricane. let s get one of the guests who s on the line. he s a reporter with the miami herald. he s on the phone from key west. david, i know you re with miami herald.