Water is one of the hottest items as people throughout Central Florida stock up on emergency supplies ahead of a possible impact by Hurricane Irma. 

The Super Target in the SODO area of Orlando was one of several stores where water moved off the shelves just as soon as it was stocked.

Tiesha Joseph knew her family couldn’t wait to stock up on certain items.  She works at a local drugstore.

“Yesterday when I was at work we actually ran out of water too, so it kind of scared us and we said, 'let’s just get some water just in case,'” said Joseph.

Joseph’s family also bought bread, some soda and cleaning supplies, just a few of the items they want to have if Irma hits. They weren’t alone.  A store manager said Tuesday mornings are normally slow, but today the store was packed.

A store manager says he’s working on getting more water shipped to the store for later in the week, but it won’t happen quick. The manager says he’s competing against every other store in the state that’s trying to do the same thing.

From the lumber aisle at Lowe's to their own front door, Orange County residents Aaron Marietta and his friends are doing everything they can to be prepared.

"Everything is already almost sold out just inside of this place here, so I can only imagine everywhere else. Just glad that we got the supplies we needed in time," Marietta said. 

Marietta managed to purchase 10 sheets of plywood to board up doors and widows.

The group of friends grew up in the Key West area, so they are familiar with the impact of potentially catastrophic weather.

That's why Marietta and crew have the utmost respect for Hurricane Irma and mother nature.

“No storm is worth dying over. Anything like that, just look at what’s going on in Texas and what happened in New Orleans. History repeats itself, no reason to stick around if you don’t need to," Marietta said.

On Monday, a spokesperson said Lowe's shipped more than 325 truckloads of products to Florida in preparation for this storm.

Like many other retailers, Lowe's will keep bringing in as many products as possible to the area.

Brevard County 

Hurricane preparations are underway across Florida as Hurricane Irma gets closer.

We spoke with Brevard County EOC Tuesday afternoon, and while we are still unsure of the exact path the hurricane could take the county isn’t taking chances and they’re telling people to start preparing now.

Cricket Folley lived in Jacksonville for nearly 2 decades. She moved to Brevard County last year and she’s no stranger to hurricanes -- it’s one of the reasons she’s preparing early.

“We will be prepared, our house has metal shutters and we’ll be putting those up when have a little more information," Folley said.

Cricket is just one of thousands of people who is making sure to buy water food and other hurricane supplies.

Brevard County Emergency management says it’s wise to have a plan in place now.

“We are monitoring this very closely from an emergency management stand point. We will make the decision in the hours to come on whether evacuations are called for, whether we open shelters and when we start moving people into those shelters," Don Walker with Brevard County EM said.

Starting Wednesday at 8 a.m., Brevard County sheriff’s office will be offering sandbags to residents throughout the county.

Flagler County

Flagler Beach businesses are on alert and watching the path of Hurricane Irma -- especially ones that were impacted by Hurricane Matthew.

"Thursday, we'll know a lot more," said business owner John Lulgjuraj.

It hasn't even been a year since Hurricane Matthew devastated Flagler Beach, and now business owner John lulgjuraj and his staff are prepping for Irma.

"We personally lost a lot. We know a lot of people that lost a lot last hurricane, and we just pray that nothing happens again," said Lulgjuraj, owner of Oceanside Bar and Grill.

A1A crumbled outside of Lulgjuraj's business and many others suffered with the road closed, which sent their profits down. Businesses said it was a struggle to recover, especially with a newborn baby in his family.

"It was so many mixed emotions during that time -- the happiness of the baby, but when I got home to see the destruction, the not having a road in front of my restaurant, not knowing if we're going to ever be able to open again," said Lulgjuraj.

A1A did re-open in less than a month, last year with millions of dollars of temporary repairs in place.

But a permanent fix is not expected to start until next year.

He has plans now, from food storage to making sure staff is ready and taking this storm even more seriously. He said they learned from Matthew.

"We've got plan A, if it's not coming. We've got plan B and plan C. I pray that this hurricane doesn't do any damage anywhere, that's my number one concern/ I'm hoping it stays as far from any land as possible," said Lulgjuraj.