the storm. >> we're doing whatever we can to help. >> shepard: let's get to it. good friday afternoon from the fox news deck. we're tracking hurricane irma. florida's governor says the window to escape the path of the storm is closing. with each updated forecast, the chance of a direct hit on some part of south florida and then up the peninsula of florida are increasing. this as the head of fema says i don't know anybody in florida has experienced what we're about to get. the florida says we should expect life threatening conditions from coast-to-coast. he says this is a catastrophic storm like our state has never seen. over 500,000 people there from mandatory evacuation orders, including miami, miami beach, the keys. rick scott telling people to be