their state website to find some of those tips to prepare for irene s approach. some of the information coming in from this morning s models indicating a little jog to the west right again. anyone up to new england should prepare for a very significant event and listen to all the local authorities. take the warnings seriously. thank you so much. let me go to nbc s lilia who is in the bahamas now. are the tourists leaving these islands? reporter: well many of them are, contessa. i ve got to tell you right now there are many people in the pool, the beach if it weren t for some mild winds and the fact there is a category three headed this way, this would be the perfect day many the bahamas. many tourists, hundreds are scrum blg through the airport before it closes. we re just hours away from the airport shutting down all planes. we are receiving especially here in the hotels in the larger