worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. i was so afraid either way, i didn t know what to do. a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see what s going to happen. and that s the problem, because if they wait to see, we won t be able to help them. reporter: and it s not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. our family lives right outside of tampa and we have decided to hunker down. for the people who are not from florida, right, i ve got these big old windows. i don t know if they re going to hold up. reporter: but most are taking the warnings to heart. major roadways have been jammed for the last 24 hours and tampa s airport, completely shut down operations at 5:00 p.m. tuesday. reporter: it was nerve-racking. i literally got the last flight for the day. you re counting your lucky stars right now?
and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you re starting to see power outages, but you ll see way more over the next 48 hours. you ll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to provide additional resources and additional forces and we re really thankful for the fulfillment of that request. we have about 1,200 personnel for the department of transportation that are on standby to perform operations. these guys can t work if they can t get to where they are going. so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks mak
Talking about 155 mile per hour winds. this is dangerous and it is barrelling towards florida as we speak. let s get latest. governor ron desantis is in tallahassee giving the latest update. if it s as simple as schismly just hooking up a few more power lines, then that s what they will do. but in those areas that have the most severe impact, it s likely going to require to have some reengineering, to have some structural fixes and that s going to require man power. it s going take a little bit more time. so people understand how significant this is. they understand how important it is to get the services back up
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