they re great people, beautiful state. you know about their football team? bill: a little bit. dana: governor desantis will give a update any moment now and bring it live. florida is bracing for what could be a once in a century storm. bill: the current storm track shows landfall sometime on thursday, maybe in tampa. if that were a direct hit, it would be the first major storm to hit tampa in more than 100 years. dana: forecasters are predicting storm sturge. people are boarding up homes and businesses. the amount of water may simply be too much to overcome. bill: here is what we know. governor desantis declared a state of emergency. tampa s international airport will shut down at 5:00 east coast time. dana: evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of people. folks there say supplies are running low. shelves are totally empty. people are starting to panic. it is crazy now. people are crazy, all the flights are insane. there is no flights. i would ho
don t leave your pets behind when you are evacuating. there are pet-friendly shelters. we want to make sure. there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster .org/plan prepare. we want to make sure we re taking care of our friends. to visit shelters florida disaster .org/shelters. most of these counties will have shelters within the county on higher ground. the buildings will be hurricane proof and able to withstand a category 3 hurricane in terms of the winds. it will put you in a situation where you won t be vulnerable to the effects of the storm surge and the effects of the flooding. we have, of course, suspended tolls starting yesterday to assist people who may be moving around the state and following evacuation orders. you can look at those facilities
most of the solutions had iting up the west coast of florida. now most of them have it ramming into the state of florida and cutting across. so just be prepared for that and understand that that s something that could be happening. visit florida has any one who has been ordered to evacuate can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting expedia .com/florida. expedia.com/florida. we have 2.5 million floridians under some type of evacuation order. make sure you know your evacuation zones so you can find that at florida dis disaster .org/plan prepare. and, of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, make sure you take care of your pets.