Lines form at shelter as Irma nears; 75K total taking refuge

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — With Hurricane Irma taking aim at Florida’s southwestern coast, thousands of desperate and frustrated people waited in line for hours Saturday to get inside a shelter — a minor league hockey arena — in hopes of avoiding the storm’s wrath.
Dogs barked and children cried in a line that wrapped halfway around the 8,400-seat Germain Arena before snaking through the parking lot. Ambulance sirens drowned out the chatter as medics assisted people overco