00:00Team coverage continues now with AccuWeather correspondent Leslie Hudson.
00:04She's in Panama City Beach, Florida, with how residents there are getting ready for this storm.
00:09Leslie.
00:12Hey there, Anna. Yeah, it has been a steady, brisk pace here in Panama City all day long.
00:18Stores behind me, big box stores, getting folks into those stores, trying to get some food,
00:23trying to get water. You got to remember this time of the year, we're in the fall months,
00:27and in the panhandle, this is actually a huge tourism spot, and so they have been very concerned,
00:33the residents here, in terms of how this hurricane will impact the folks that have vacationed here.
00:38We have run into dozens of people that are actually here trying to enjoy their fall break
00:43and have had to leave early because Isaias is on its way. So a lot of the folks in this
00:49area trying
00:50to get those preps going, and again, we have been talking about the folks here in the Panama City
00:54Beach area that there is certainly no hurricane amnesia in this town. They remember Category 5
01:01Hurricane Michael very clearly, and the long-term residents still have some PTSD from that
01:06hurricane because, again, the concern what that system will bring. So we went all around Panama City,
01:13Panama City Beach today. Lots of folks, about 55 folks at this one particular sandbag location,
01:20cars lined up to get their 10 bags, get them back to their homes to hopefully mitigate some of the
01:25inundation that is likely to happen. Now, remember, we're on the east side of a lot of the energy. So
01:32even though that northeast quadrant is the very well-publicized area of severe weather, there is
01:37still a problem with some of the parts of Panama City Beach being very low-lying at or below sea
01:42surface, especially by those bays. So the folks that live in this area trying to get those sandbags
01:47around their most vulnerable location. We talked to one resident from Panama City who lived through
01:53Michael and was doing her best today to get ready. I'm trying to prepare as best as Todd can.
02:02We're after Michael. Definitely want to prepare. Just this whole area. I don't want it to hit like it
02:08today. That's Michael.
02:12So your heart really goes out to these folks that endured such a catastrophic hurricane, still very
02:18front of memory, even though that hurricane was eight years ago, almost to the day October 10, 2018.
02:25Folks are under voluntary evacuations. If you are east of the bay, that does include a big chunk of real
02:31estate. There is no curfews expected. Again, about six to eight inches of rain, possibly three to five
02:38feet in that inundation. That will remain to be seen as we get a little closer to landfall. And then,
02:44of course, what will be the impacts in terms of severe weather? That is the larger concern that
02:48we've heard from city officials. We're about five minutes away from our next press conference here
02:53in Bay County where the sheriff's going to outline some of the things that they're going to be doing
02:57tonight and tomorrow. It's a big county here in the panhandle, so they'll be very busy
03:02trying to get folks ready before ECES arrives tomorrow. Reporting from Panama City Beach,
03:07we're reporting from Panama City Beach. Leslie Hudson, back to you.
03:12Thanks for the update, Leslie, and we'll look for the results of that press conference online,
03:16AccuWeather.com, and we'll talk to you again tomorrow.
