officials because the barrier islands where there s mandatory evacuation in place, that deadline isn t until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. so we re seeing people take time to get out of town, but making preparations first. everyone i should say that we talked to is taking warnings to heart. whether they are choosing to go or stay, they recognize the storm the threat poses like jr pitman, long time resident i spoke to earlier. you have to get out, not going to stop the water or wind if you don t get out, you re going to be a casualty. reporter: that s what i m talking about, brooke. people recognizing the real threat, the life-threatening capacity of the storm. we have seen the lines stay moving in the gas station behind me today. some guys filling up gas for generators to wait out the storm. others are filling up gas tanks to get out of town and far beyond. one man had to drive 25 minutes