PHOTOS: SWFL prepares ahead of Hurricane Irma

Publix on 2481 Del Prado Blvd North in Cape Coral. Photo via Amanda Vance Parlee

Home Depot on Pine Ridge Road in Naples. WINK News/ Olivia Mancino

Residents gathering sand bags at the South Trail Fire and Rescue Department in Fort Myers.

Sandbags — FILE: Residents gathering sand bags at the South Trail Fire and Rescue Department in Fort Myers.

Costco inside the Gulf Coast Town Center

Costco at Cypress Lake Drive and U.S. 41 in south Fort Myers. (Photo via Rich Garcia / WINK)

FILE: Numerous Lee County agencies are making preparations ahead of Hurricane Irma. Photo via the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Numerous Lee County agencies are making preparations ahead of Hurricane Irma. Photo via the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Line at the 7-Eleven gas station on Burnt Store and Tropicana

7-Eleven gas station on Burnt Store and Tropicana

Walmart on Kings Highway in Port Charlotte Florida. P photo via Brennan Catfish Norus.

7-Eleven on Davis and Santa Barbara in east Naples out of gas as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Publix on Radio Road and Santa Barbara Boulevard in east Naples. WINK News/ Elias Yacob

Home Depot on Skyline Boulevard in Cape Coral. Photo via Melanie Oleksa.

Empty shelves at the Publix at U.S. 41 and Sanibel Boulevard. (Photo via Greg Bray)

Publix on Pine Island and Santa Barbara. WINK/ Brooke Shaffer

Cars waiting to get gas. (Photo via Dianelys Blanco Licourt‎)

A line to get water at the Winn Dixie at 1145 Homestead Road N. in Lehigh Acres ‎(Photo via viewer Elaine Schiess)

The line for generators at Northern Tool + Equipment at 18011 S Tamiami Trail in San Carlos Park. (Photo via viewer Mark Moravec)

The line of a Home Depot at The Forum at 3402 Forum Blvd. in Fort Myers. (Photo via Kendra Sutton / WINK)

The line of a Home Depot at The Forum at 3402 Forum Blvd. in Fort Myers. (Photo via viewer Amy Trabal‎)

A Wawa displayed this sign announcing it’s closure due to the hurricane effective 10 a.m. Thursday morning at the store on Colonial Boulevard and Fowler Street. (Sam Jones / WINK)

A sunrise while waiting in line for water at Sam’s Club in Fort Myers. (Photo via viewer Mandy Rider‎)

A boarded up home in Golden Gate Estates. (Photo via viewer Allison Goodman‎)

Publix on Homestead Road in Lehigh Acres. Photo via: Alex Karicher

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