fema has prestabled a prestaged assets and requirement in four states. florida power and light has moved hundreds of utility trucks to stage they can move from there to areas that might lose power in the days ahead. the governor talked about how important it is for people to heed the warnings if they get them. if you are in an area that flooded in prior hurricanes and you are given a voluntary evacuation order, you need to seriously heeding that and evacuating. when the water gets high, there is not a whole lot you can do about that. given the uncertainty of the storm it s better to err on the side of safety. reporter: a couple airports are shutting down as this storm
prestaged assets and requirement in four states. florida power and light has moved hundreds of utility trucks to stage they can move from there to areas that might lose power in the days ahead. the governor talked about how important it is for people to heed the warnings if they get them. if you are in an area that flooded in prior hurricanes and you are given a voluntary evacuation order, you need to seriously heeding that and evacuating. when the water gets high, there is not a whole lot you can do about that. given the uncertainty of the storm it s better to err on the side of safety. reporter: a couple airports are shutting down as this storm approaches. connell: let s go to daytona
al because of the fact that we re in a hurricane-prone state, our county is always prepared for a storm. and, you know, you have to experience the storm so now you can put all the plans into action. a great point you make, mr. mayor, about apathy being one of the greatest dangers. what s your top line takeaway for the folks there, what do you want them to know as the storm approaches? as this storm approaches, you know, for me in palm beach county, we have over 25% of our population that are seniors. that s over 375,000 residents. we re urging our residents to help our seniors to make sure that they make their final preparation and also we have opened a special needs shelter at the south florida fair grounds and we want for those residents who are frail, who may need electricity and so we have that shelter that is available to the residents.
hotels having to closed. they are having to cut plans short and head inland. curfew 10:00 tonight to 6:00 in the morning. another measure they re taking, cushing alcohol sales beginning at 10:00 tonight. phillip? want to be as clear-headed as possible. a dangerous situation there. julia bagg, thank you so much. indian river county emergency management major ereck flowers on the phone. thank you very much for joining me. as the storm approaches, sir in your state, what are you doing there to prepare? indian river county, we had voluntary evacuation orders for everybody on the barrier island, everybody east of u.s. 1, everybody in low-lying manufactured or substandard homes. we issued mandatory evacuation orders. a special needs shelter. in two hours we will have all the general population shelters
prepared for the worst. patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. you have to feel for the people there. earlier i spoke with basil dean at the bahamas department of meteorology and asked him what conditions are like so far as this storm approaches. we have a few clouds. the winds have picked up just a bit looking at around 13 miles per hour. but we do expect that to change over time as dorian continues to make that trek toward the west-northwest. as you would perhaps now, at 11:00 the maximum sustained winds have been now increased to 140 miles per hour, making it a very dangerous category 4 hurricane. the good news for us here in new providence is looking at our satellite imagery the eye is just slightly to the north of new providence and that should lessen the trek to new providence but certainly it will continue to take aim for the