Georgia, Florida prepare for Hurricane Hermine

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Photos: Georgia, Florida prep for Hurricane Hermine

Residents along coastal Georgia and Florida fill sandbags and place storm shutters as winds and high water arrive ahead of Hurricane Hermine

A news reporter doing a stand up near a sea wall in Cedar Key, Fla., is covered by an unexpected wave as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida's Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Chaplain Chris Fletcher and his cousin Destiny Peters, 7, ride out Hurricane Hermine at the Hosford (Florida) County Search and Rescue doubling as a shelter for local residents on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hosford. Curtis Compton /ccompton@ajc.com

Destiny Peters, 7, (front) and Chasity Ridley, 5, ride out Hurricane Hermine in the hallway at the Hosford, Florida., County Search and Rescue doubling as a shelter for local residents on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hosford. Curtis Compton /ccompton@ajc.com

Brian Mugrage watches the weather on TV inside the Riverside Cafe flooded by the storm surge from Hurricane Hermine on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Kathy Lockhart, owner of Nature Gifts, places sandbags to prepare Hurricane Hermine at her store on Mallery Street near St. Simons Island Pier on Thursday, September 1, 2016. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday in 56 South Georgia counties due to Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane about 3 p.m. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Kathy Lockhart, owner of Nature Gifts, places sandbags to prepare Hurricane Hermine at her store on Mallery Street near St. Simons Island Pier on Thursday, September 1, 2016. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday in 56 South Georgia counties due to Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane about 3 p.m. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Tourists walk by sandbags that are used to shore up doorways to prepare Hurricane Hermine on Mallery Street near St. Simons Island Pier on Thursday, September 1, 2016. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday in 56 South Georgia counties due to Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane about 3 p.m. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Storm clouds cover the sky near St. Simons Island on Thursday, September 1, 2016. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency Thursday in 56 South Georgia counties due to Tropical Storm Hermine, which was upgraded to a hurricane about 3 p.m. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Residents fill sandbags at a local park as winds and storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016, in Bradenton, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida's Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

Residents fill sandbags at a local park as winds and storm surge associated with Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016 at in Bradenton, Florida. H (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

A surfer gets into the tube while surfing the swell from Tropical Storm Hermine at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Residents and businesses along Florida’s Gulf coast put up shutters, nailed plywood across storefronts and braced Thursday for Tropical Storm Hermine, a system the governor called potentially "life-threatening" likely to become the first hurricane to strike the state in over a decade. (Andrew Wardlow/The News Herald via AP)

Power crews with Pike Electric in South Carolina arrive on the Florida Gulf coast as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016, in Carrabelle Florida. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Doug LeFever inspects the seawall near his home at the Sandpiper Resort as he surveys the rising water coming from the Gulf of Mexico into his neighborhood as winds and storm surge associated with Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016, in Holmes Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

A dog wades through the shallow water prior to the arrival of Hermine at Shell Point Beach near Crawfordville, Florida. Areas south of Tallahassee are under mandatory evacuation orders according to the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

Residents of the Sandpiper Resort survey the rising water coming from the Gulf of Mexico into their neighborhood as winds and storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016 in Holmes Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

Doug LeFever inspects the seawall near his home at the Sandpiper Resort as he surveys the rising water coming from the Gulf of Mexico into his neighborhood as winds and storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016, in Holmes Beach, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

An oyster worker checks the incoming tide as workers continue to process Apalachicola oysters at Barbers Seafood as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016, in Eastpoint, Florida. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Sgt. Andy Pace (L) and Lt. Allen Ham (R) with the Franklin County Sheriff's Dept jump start one of their vehicles as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016, in Carrabelle, Florida. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Tim Allen, left, and Joe Allen board up the front of an outdoor bar as they prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Sunken and beached boats line the shoreline as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016, in Eastpoint Florida. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Frank Nicholson, center, stands by the stairs of the observation deck at Hudson Beach with his daughter, Aubrey, after a fast-moving rising tide submerged the picnic area and sent storm watchers looking for higher ground Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hudson, Fla. Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida's Gulf Coast. (Brendan Fitterer/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Joseph Keyser, 14, of Harbour Island, reacts as waves crash against the seawall along Bayshore Boulevard, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Tampa. Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida's Gulf Coast. (Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Jacksonville firefighters install storm shutters at Jacksonville Fire and Rescue's Ladder Company Four in advance of Tropical Storm Hermine Thursday Sept. 1, 2106 in Jacksonville, Fla. Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where people put up shutters, nailed plywood across store windows and braced for the first hurricane to hit the state in over a decade. (Bruce Lipsky/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Workers install storm shutters on a store front as they prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Jacksonville, Fla., Beach Public Works employees put up barricades to close off the 16th. Avenue South parking lot and stage heavy equipment as they prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine, now upgraded to Hurricane status, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 ahead of its expected Gulf Coast landfall Thursday night. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

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A news reporter doing a stand up near a sea wall in Cedar Key, Fla., is covered by an unexpected wave as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida's Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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