HURRICANE HELP HEADACHE.
LINES STRETCHING FOR HOURS AND
PATIENCE STRETCHING THIN.
I'M KEITH CATE.
AND I'M JENNIFER LEIGH.
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TRYING TO
QUALIFY FOR HELP AFTER BIG
LOSSES DURING HURRICANE IRMA.
CORY DAVIS JOINS US NOW LIVE.
IT HAS BEEN PACKED THERE ALL
DAY CORY.
JEN GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
PEOPLE ARE HOT AND TIRED OUT
HERE NEAR PLANT CITY STADIUM.
TAKE A LOOK A CAR ACTUALLY JUST
BROKE DOWN SO CLOSE TO THE
ENTRANCE.
BUT THAT ENTRANCE IS THE GATES
ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED ANY
MINUTE NOW AND SOME OF THESE
PEOPLE JUST WONT BE ABLE TO GET
IN.
A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE, CARS
INCHING ALONG TAKING SEVERAL
HOURS TO GET TO PLANT CITY
STADIUM.
IT'S GOING ON FOUR NOW.
YES GIVING OUT OF GAS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
I HOPE I MAKE IT IN HERE.
HOW MUCH GAS?
LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A
TANK.
Reporter: LEVINE HAVING TO
ROLL DOWN HIS WINDOW JUST TO
SAVE GAS ON THIS HOT DAY.
THE NAVY VETERAN AND RETIRED
TAMPA FIREFIGHTER IS WILLING TO
WAIT IT OUT.
IT'S GOING PRETTY FAST TO
ME.
I HEARD IT WAS 10 HOURS
YESTERDAY.
Reporter: FAMILIES ARE
WAITING FOR THE CHANCE TO APPLY
FOR TEMPORARY FOOD STAMPS
HOPING TO GET BACK ON THEIR
FEET AFTER HURRICANE IRMA.
I LOST A LOT BUT THANKS TO
FAMILY MEMBERS AND THIS RIGHT
HERE, THE GOVERNMENT, WE'RE
GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
Reporter: MORE THAN 20,000
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HELPED SO
FAR AT THIS LOCATION IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
ONCE YOU GET INTO BUILDING
YOU'RE IN AND OUT TYPICALLY
WITHIN 10 MINUTES ESPECIALLY IF
YOU PREREGISTERED.
THOSE WHO PREQUALIFIED WILL
LEAVE WITH AN ABT CARD.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR COMMUNITY
AND THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE
CARE OF YOU.
Reporter: NOW IF YOU DON'T
PREREGISTER ONLINE YOU SHOULD
EXPECT
IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT THIS
TIME.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE
GUY WHO HAS TO TELL ALL THOSE
FOLKS THAT.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS
HURRICANE HELP HEADACHE
CONTINUES FROM THE AIR.
PAUL YOU HEARD THAT SHUT IT
DOWN.
THE LONG LINES HAVE BEEN GOING
ALL DAY.
Reporter: HERE'S THE GATE.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WERE
COMING IN AND OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PULLING THE
GATE SHUT.
ONCE THIS IS SHUT NO CARS CAN
GET IN.
NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
PROBLEM, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THESE CARS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
HOURS, THIS ROAD WRAPS AROUND
THE STADIUM AND IT GOES OUT ON
TO PARK ROAD.
PARK ROAD NOW IS BACKED UP
BUMPER TO BUMPER FOR A MILE.
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
INTERSTATE.
THE PROBLEM THEY'RE GOING TO
RUN INTO IS THESE PEOPLE IN
LINE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S
CLOSED.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WAIT AND SO, FOR RIGHT NOW,
IT'S GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC
NIGHTMARE OUT HERE LIKE IT'S
BEEN ALL DAY.
BACK TO YOU KEITH.
ALL RIGHT, PAUL LAMISON UP
IN EAGLE EIGHT, HD SHOWING YOU
THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.
BUT DON'T LET THE LONG LINES AT
THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION
DISCOURAGE YOU.
THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE HELP
DOWN THE ROAD.
THERE'S A SITE IN HERNANDO
OPENED TILL THURSDAY.
A SARASOTA OPENED FRIDAY.
AND PASCO ON OCTOBER 22nd.
THIS IS A LOT TO SOAK IN ALL AT
ONCE.
