 Preparing for barrel to strengthen back into a hurricane before hitting the Gulf Coast. Our Janet Shamlian is in Port Lavaca. There are mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders up and down the coast. People are boarding up homes. There's a run on gas and water and other supplies in anticipation of what this storm could bring. There are hurricane warnings, storm surge warnings, and people have been asked to make their preparations early and get out of harm's way now.