Several gas stations in Jacksonville are already running low on fuel as residents prepare for Hurricane Irma.
Action News Jax was at the Sam’s Club gas station on the Southside as an employee was going car to car telling people that some of the pumps were empty.
"We are out of regular gas right now," the employee said.
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Most of the Gate gas stations Action News Jax called in the area don't expect to run low anytime soon and the vice president of marketing for Gate said the supply levels are stable at the moment and the fuel levels depend on the path of the storm and where evacuations occur.
Regardless, people are getting prepared and Action News Jax watched as people brought several gas cans to fill up.
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"We are trying to get here early so we don't have to sit and it's going to get worse later in the week," Tina Johnson said.
With the hurricane strengthening to as a category 5, some people are making plans to get away from the storm’s path.
"We already made reservations out of town and so we are trying to get packed up and ready to go and this is part of that," Rob Conger said.
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