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need assistance, there is no relief in sight. patrick opponentma patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport. there s the situation for the bahamas. want to bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam in stewart, florida and nick valencia. let s talk about the big concern for florida now, the likely storm surges, the flooding, how bad could this be and just how prepared are the residents of stewart for this? reporter: well, if they haven t evacuated yet it s too late, rosemary. in fact, the shelters, the evacuation centers are no longer accepting evacuees. the causeway that connects the barrier islands where the mandatory evacuations have been under way since 1:00 p.m. yesterday are now closed. we have sustained tropical storm
well, i ve been through something worse than this before. i ll just ride this out. a really concerning for emergency management officials who no doubt will have to carry out rescues and look after those people that decided to put themselves in the path of this danger. but that is just the case here, rosemary. people here, some have boarded up. many businesses yesterday, though, hadn t done that just yet. emergency management officials pushing that message, though, that you don t want to let your guard down. you know the track can shift and can happen at any time, even still, though, i think a lot are taking their chances and waiting this out. the storm surges, the flooding, that s what can cause a lot of casualties in the aftermathies sorts of hurricanes. nick valencia joining us from melbourne, florida. we ll check back in with you very soon. and we will continue to track this storm throughout the hour. another story we are following, a boat goes up in flames off the california coas
its way up and caused damage. but you mentioned this fatigue factor. it s been days they ve been expected to feel this impact of the storm. these early morning hours we re finally starting to feel wind gusts that for right now, rosemary, more annoying than they are uncomfortable. but residents here sort of let their guard down as soon as they saw the track of this storm shift from making a direct impact on coastal florida to gripeding up the coast and the conversations that we had yesterday on the beach which was one of the most packed days we ve seen it in the days we ve been out here, a lot looking at the waves but in the conversations with us, they said they re going to stick it out. of course, there are those newly arrived floridians that are more anxious, those that perhaps have never been through a storm before but for longtime florida residents they ve been through storms that are more severe and more significant than this, in fact, in the last four years that has felt an impact