we ve also gotten georgia, alabama, and mississippi to waive their weight restrictions on trucks so that we can bring in more fuel from out of state. reporter: at this wah-wah gas staigs lines have been winding down the corner and down a couple of of blocks. general manager larry peck has been manning the station 18 hours a day. but do people as we get closer to the storm, do they start to panic a little? do tempers flare? they do. they get a little bit antsy. but i think because of the seriousness of this stormy see this happening a lot sooner. reporter: peck says he ran out of regular unleaded gas but a tanker brought more in. his customers are concerned about running low, filling containers for generators, filling their cars tanks if they need to evacuate. i need gas in my car just in case i have to leave, go elsewhere. if something drastic happens and we might have to evacuate, got to have a car. reporter: residents also scrambling to stock up on
we ve got aseven-11 that ran out of gas. the governor of florida said half the gas stations in miami were out of gas as of about midday yesterday. so you know, again, the evacuation dynamic and now the changing forecast could change all of this in the next few hours, but people here still felt like they had to make a run on gas in case they were given that mandatory evacuation order that was going to be expected to be issued maybe tomorrow morning. now it s not going to be so clear. i did ask the general manager here, larry peck, about what motivated people to make that run on gas relatively early in the process. i think because of the seriousness of the storm, i see this happening a lot sooner. i have a feeling going into closer to the storm like sunday and monday, i have a feeling it s going to be a lot smoother because everyone s taking this so serious as they should. they re being proactive instead of waiting until the last
minute. reporter: now the governor of florida, ron disantis, said because of the incredible demand over the last couple of days and possibly today, as well, they ve had to change the logistics for tanker trucks to get them to these places. he says they have gas, but they have too much demand, making the capacity very limited to get the gas from the ports to the station. so they ve had to change the logistics, escort some tanker trucks along the highways with police escorts, things like that. to give a sense of the run on gas over the past couple of days, that gentleman we talked to, larry peck, said on an average day about 1,700 people buy gas at this station. he thinks that that more than tripled over the past couple of days. wow. brian todd for us there. thank you so much. florida s space coast is preparing for whatever dorian may bring. we ve seen the shifting in cone. nasa s mobile launch platform is being moved inside regardless. it s the only platform available for the sp
preparing for evacuations. for certain people it s going to be necessary certain communities are going to need to do that. miami-dade and broward preparing local states of emergency to prepare. it gives our county administrator the authority to direct evacuation of appropriate areas. florida governor says there is now a fuel shortage across the state. we re constantly having trucks being refuelled at the ports and then going to fill up these tanks at the gas stations. we ve also gotten georgia, alabama, and mississippi to waive their weight restrictions on trucks so that we can bring in more fuel from out of state. at this gas station lines have been winding around the corner and down a couple of block. pump number 3 is ready. general manager larry peck has been manning the station 18 hours a day. do people as we get closer to the storm, do they start to panic a little bit? what goes on? they do. they get a little bit antsy, but
i think because of the seriousness of this storm, i see this happening a lot sooner. peck says he ran out of regular unleaded gas but a tanker brought more in. his customers are concerned about running low, filling containers for generators, filling their cars tanks if they need to evacuate. i need gas in my car in case i have to leave and go elsewhere. if something drastic happens, we might have to evacuate, we ve got to have a car. residents also scrambling to stock up on supplies, water and other essentials. it s just stressful. i ve been through this a couple times in the last 15 years and this is the worst so far. as businesses rush to restock empty shelves. to give you an idea of just how difficult the situation is with ordering evacuations, i had the palm beach county mayor tell me a short time ago they are reluctant to order millions of