She says it’s easy to panic during a time like this but she doesn’t think the storm will hit Marion County too hard. “I don’t think it’s going to come directly on us to where we need to where we need to panic.

Helene had sustained winds of abut 140 mph, making it the strongest storm to ever hit Florida's Big Bend, said Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University. "Treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter.