there is still that sense of vigilance. we remember two years ago the track that irma took that was a surprise at the last minute. but good news for those here in south florida. alex? let s go to the heigwhite h now. hans nichols standing by. what s the president saying about this hurricane and what s the plan for dealing with it. the plan is to constant contact with officials getting realtime on the golf course. here s what the president put out on twitter, looking like the great south carolina could get hit much harder than first thought. georgia and north carolina also. it s moving around and very hard to predict.
reporter: no, alex, they do have plenty of plywood. families taking no chances here, either taking home plywood or taking home some plastic to be able to protect their homes. they remember two years ago with irma asly. people taking water home by the case. a truck delivering 5,000 cases and customers were happy to take that home saying bottled water elsewhere has been hard to find. weaver tried to get something, water for the kids, you know. i came yesterday. there wasn t none. i came yesterday and there was no more water, so i had to get here early today. water to drink, stay hydrated during the hurricane in case the water goes out or something goes bad.
are taking no chances with hurricane force winds. events have been moved indoors until after dorian passes. we re tracking the very latest on this hurricane with forecasters for you. first up let s go to meteorologist michelle grossman and get the very latest on the tracking. slight tracking, a little bit different direction now, but pretty significant, sara? pretty significant. it has exceeded expectations from day one. still category 4 storm winds at 150 miles an hour. it doesn t take an image to see this is a strong storm. it s only getting stronger over very warm waters. that s like fuel for a car and we ll see that increase over the next several days. let s take a look at the track because we did have some pretty big changes. we are still seeing a category 4 storm as we go throughout time here. by sunday, over the northwestern
look out for. it s only now at 8 miles an hour, and we see tracks shift all the time. is there a message out there that says, don t give in just yet, it s a category 4 storm. a radius where the hurricane winds are going to be felt, an incredibly large radius of where tropical storm winds are going to be felt. we cannot let our guard down. we know the hurricane is still a day or two away from affecting us, so we have to be extremely vigilant. it can change at any given moment. we ve seen it happen so many times in 15 years we can never
but other states are now in danger. joining us from the national hurricane center, ken grant. give me the current advisory, what it s telling you, and is dorian still gaining strength? sure, alex. we see the eye, we see the structure, and we re getting new data as well. we re getting doppler images right in the center. and as a result we re taking all this information and the latest winds a 150-mile-an-hour hurricane. very powerful, and even slowing down to 2 miles an hour. very slow movement by the time it gets to the ba hahamabahamas. is it going to make a hit, turn to north carolina? what is your prediction? these things have to slow down as they turn.