hurricane florence getting even closer to the carolinas. some people already taking refuge in a red cross evacuation center. our scott mclean is at one location for us. he joins us from myrtle beach, south carolina. what is the latest where you are? how are people holding up? >> reporter: anderson, we're a day away from florence making landfall. there are 440 people inside this shelter hunkering down until this storm passes. staff here at the red cross have tried to make things as comfortable as you can. people are getting three square meals a day. tables set up for socializing, card playing, an entertainment area over there playing movies during the day and the adults at night. the red cross also stresses this is not a shelter. the function here is to purely keep people safe until florence actually passes. that means that there are only cots set up for the elderly or the sick. some people brought air mattresses. a lot of people are sleeping on the floor, anderson. it is far from ideal, but it is
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