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DeSantis Updates Nation on Hur. Milton Aftermath · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Speaker 1: Tampa dodges the storm surge. That is the good news.
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Speaker 1: But sixteen inches of rain in Saint Pete, more than
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Speaker 1: three million without power this morning. That is the latest numbers.
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Speaker 1: That we have multiple fatalities in Saint Lucie County from tornadoes.
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Speaker 1: Hurricane Milton made its landfall and sees to key eighty
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Speaker 1: five mile per hour winds. And now the problem is
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Speaker 1: there are so many people that have flooding, there are
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Speaker 1: so many people without power, and it's still going to
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Speaker 1: be a major problem. More than three million without power.
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Speaker 1: Don't worry. The federal governments on it. Kamala Harris still
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Speaker 1: doing all of her interviews. She had time while this
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Speaker 1: hurricane was barreling down on Florida and others are hurting
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Speaker 1: from the last hurricane that just happened. What was she
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Speaker 1: doing hanging out with Howard Stern, the disgusting shock jock. Yes,
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Speaker 1: hanging out with Howard Stern having a conversation, trying to
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Speaker 1: get voters to vote for her instead of taking care
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Speaker 1: of people in this country. If you want to know
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Speaker 1: what you're gonna get when you vote for this is
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Speaker 1: what you are gonna get if you vote for her.
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Speaker 1: She's made it very clear. This is it Hurricane Milton
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Speaker 1: not her top priority, the American people not her top priority.
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Speaker 1: Why because Florida is a state she believes is going
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Speaker 1: to vote for Donald Trump. It's a conservative state with DeSantis,
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Speaker 1: so her opinion is not my problem. Let me get
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Speaker 1: you more of the latest that we understand as the
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Speaker 1: Hurricane Center has revealed new information this morning Hurricane Milton
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Speaker 1: making land fall near the city of cs t Key
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Speaker 1: in Florida, with wins up to one twenty at the time.
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Speaker 1: In a post on x the National Hurricane Center revealed
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Speaker 1: that around eight thirty PM, the d data showed that
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Speaker 1: the eye of the hurricane had made landfall near csta
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Speaker 1: Key in Sarasota County. I actually lived down in Sarasota,
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Speaker 1: Branden and Florida. This area is so nice and it
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Speaker 1: is going to have lots to rebuild. Maxustaine. Wins that
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Speaker 1: landfall are estimated one hundred and twenty miles an hour,
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Speaker 1: The National Hurricane Center said again this morning, the Doppler
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Speaker 1: radar indicated that the eye of the Hurricane Milton made
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Speaker 1: this landfall officially, and then the question was how bad
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Speaker 1: is it going to be with a storm searche. Video
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Speaker 1: footage also that has been put out showed that there
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Speaker 1: were some good things that happened. When I say good
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Speaker 1: compared to bad. That was a storm surge. We were
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Speaker 1: worried of ten to fifteen feet in some areas. That
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Speaker 1: did not materialize because the way that the hurricane was
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Speaker 1: circling it was actually in some parts taking the water
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Speaker 1: out to sea down five and six feets in some
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Speaker 1: area that thought they could get up to ten feet
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Speaker 1: of a storm surge. The water was actually sucked out
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Speaker 1: of Tampa Bay by Milton. It happened very very fast.
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Speaker 1: Videos being posted of shock as the water was taken
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Speaker 1: out of Tampa Bay and that was a blessing as
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Speaker 1: the water was taken out very quick. Hurricane Milton making
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Speaker 1: this landfall by Sarasota, Florida. It is an extremely life
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Speaker 1: threatening Category three when it hit. There are people that
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Speaker 1: have died. We know that people have died from the tornadoes,
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Speaker 1: and that is part of the hurricane. In the aftermath
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Speaker 1: and the sad part of all of this, I'll go
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Speaker 1: to that part now. This coming from ABC twenty five.
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Speaker 1: Wp BF officials say that there are now at least
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Speaker 1: four dead in Saint Lucie County from these tornadoes. The
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Speaker 1: Saint Lucy County officials confirmed the news that four people
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Speaker 1: died in the area. The fatalities reported in the Spanish
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Speaker 1: Lakes Country Club within the Spanish La community in northern
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Speaker 1: Port Fort Pierce. Officials said that multiple tornadoes touched down
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Speaker 1: in the Spanish Lakes community and that search and rescue
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Speaker 1: crews are on the way. Deputies and firefighters they are
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Speaker 1: going through the rubble in that community. Before Hurricane Milton
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Speaker 1: made landfall, more than one hundred and sixty tornado warnings,
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Speaker 1: not watches. One hundred and sixty tornado warnings were issued
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Speaker 1: for South Florida on Wednesday, and more than a dozen
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Speaker 1: tornadoes touchdown throughout the day. This obviously is part of
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Speaker 1: what happens when you deal with a hurricane at this level.
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Speaker 1: Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those
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Speaker 1: that are affected. This morning. The governor there has said
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Speaker 1: that in many ways we dodged a bullet, but there
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Speaker 1: is still major destruction in the state of Florida. There
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Speaker 1: are still many people that are reeling from the last
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Speaker 1: hurricane that came through. It was Mayor Liz Albert on
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Speaker 1: the Hurricane saying this on NBC this morning, and again,
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Speaker 1: it could have been worse. It could have been a
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Speaker 1: lot worse. But don't take that away from the suffering
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Speaker 1: that's happening down there right now. Listen to what the
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Speaker 1: mayor said.
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Speaker 2: Mayor, it's good to have you back with us. We
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Speaker 2: spoke to you twenty four hours ago. You were prepared
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Speaker 2: for the worst. What are you seeing this morning?
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Speaker 3: Well, surprisingly it's you know, at least from what we're
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Speaker 3: able to get to. It's not as bad on the mainland.
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Speaker 3: We have not been able to get out to the
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Speaker 3: Barrier islands. For in Sarasota, the Ledo Key of the
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Speaker 3: bridge going out to the island there, the small bridge
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Speaker 3: that we have, the westbound lanes are compromised, so we
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Speaker 3: are not going to be able to use those. The
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Speaker 3: Florida Department of Transportation has to get out and check
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Speaker 3: that out because the of the rising water. Lots and
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Speaker 3: lots and lots of trees down from what I'm hearing,
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Speaker 3: so our first and team has been out a lot
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Speaker 3: of power outages. You can see I've got some lights
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Speaker 3: are working, some night lights are not. No power in
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Speaker 3: my building, and about seventy six percent of the city
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Speaker 3: doesn't doesn't have power, and you know, it didn't seem
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Speaker 3: I lived just right across the street from Sarasota Bay. It's,
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Speaker 3: you know, not the Gulf, but the bay, and water
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Speaker 3: did not come over us forty one where I am.
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Speaker 3: We didn't get any water in our parking lot. But
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Speaker 3: you know, out on the Barrier Islands, we fear that
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Speaker 3: there was an awful lot a lot of wind blowing around,
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Speaker 3: you know, so it was really a pretty the horrific night.
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Speaker 3: And I think once we're able to get out there,
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Speaker 3: you know, we're going to find a whole lot of damage.
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Speaker 1: A whole lot of damage. That is how the mayor
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Speaker 1: described it this morning again, lots and lots of damage.
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Speaker 1: Mitch Landrew saying this this morning as well about water
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Speaker 1: rescues underway after Milton caused severe flooding in other areas
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Speaker 1: like Clearwater, Florida.
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Speaker 2: As a leader at this moment, what does one need
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Speaker 2: to do.
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Speaker 4: Well, If there was ever a time for us to
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Speaker 4: come together as a country, this is it. You have
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Speaker 4: to be on the same team. The president, the governor,
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Speaker 4: all the federal officials, the state officials, the mayors in
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Speaker 4: these areas, the police, chiefs and the sheriffs and the ems.
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Speaker 4: Everybody's got to stay really focused. The governor will help
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Speaker 4: lead that effort. As you said, Administrator Criswell will be
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Speaker 4: standing by his side. They're going to tell everybody what
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Speaker 4: they see, what they know, how they think they can help.
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Speaker 4: But the best thing that folks can do, even in
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Speaker 4: this incredible pain is listen to what it is that
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Speaker 4: they tell you. Based on they're gonna want to rush
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Speaker 4: back in. That's always a bad idea. There are three
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Speaker 4: million people that are out of electricity. The worst of
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Speaker 4: this storm is not necessarily over from everybody, because as
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Speaker 4: you said, John, this tournatic activity can really really be dangerous.
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Speaker 4: So we're not out of it yet, and the damage
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Speaker 4: is going to be catastrophic for many many families and
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Speaker 4: business owners and communities.
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Speaker 1: If there's ever a time for us to come together
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Speaker 1: as a country, this is it. I couldn't agree more.
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Speaker 1: The federal government needs to step up and make sure
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Speaker 1: they're taking care of everyone, not choosing which people to
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Speaker 1: eight if CJ. Flooding that is the number one issue
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Speaker 1: right now is what we are hearing. Flooding. That is
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Speaker 1: the problem that we are having with hurricane at Milton.
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Speaker 1: We are concerned, obviously they say about the water rescues
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Speaker 1: that are taking place. There are people right now that
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Speaker 1: are being rescued. As I am watching the latest reports
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Speaker 1: come in on our studio TVs here, the storm surge
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Speaker 1: was absolutely pouring into Venice, Florida as Hurricane Milton was
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Speaker 1: making the landfall, this was an area that was not
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Speaker 1: expected to be hit the same way. Florida Governor Ronda
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Speaker 1: Santus issued a statement in a post on x that
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Speaker 1: as the hurricane made landfall, it was time to shelter
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Speaker 1: in place, adding that as soon as weather conditions died down,
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Speaker 1: search and rescue efforts would begin. He then went on
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Speaker 1: to say it I'm going to read it to you
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Speaker 1: in its entirety, the statement by the governor. He said,
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Speaker 1: as Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Sarasota County, now is
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Speaker 1: the time to shelter in place. First responders are staged
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Speaker 1: and are ready to go as soon as the weather
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Speaker 1: conditions allow. Search and rescue efforts will well be underway
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Speaker 1: to save lives before dawn, and they will continue for
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Speaker 1: as long as it takes. There's also the the most
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Speaker 1: incredible staging alignment that I have ever seen, and they
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Speaker 1: have ever done in Florida right now. That certainly is
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Speaker 1: one of the things that's incredibly important right now, something
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Speaker 1: that's important for the people to get everything back on.
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Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis giving his final update on TV as the
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Speaker 1: storm was approaching yesterday afternoon. Here is what he had
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Speaker 1: to say.
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Speaker 5: Let's get the latest on Hurricane Milton and where the
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Speaker 5: state of Florida stands right now from Florida Governor Ron
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Speaker 5: De Santis, Governor, thank you for the time. I know
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Speaker 5: you're busy. What's your biggest concern at this hour.
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Speaker 2: Well, we want people to be safe. We've had a
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Speaker 2: massive evacuation. Most people heeded those calls. When you start
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Speaker 2: talking about ten to fifteen feet of storm serves, that's
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Speaker 2: just mother nature. You're not going to win that. But
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Speaker 2: we are prepared. We have the largest National Guard mobilization
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Speaker 2: in the history of the state to respond for search
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Speaker 2: and rescue. We also have our county and local responders
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Speaker 2: so that effort will be robust should it be necessary.
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Speaker 2: We've also staged over fifty thousand utility workers, so they
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Speaker 2: are in the state of Florida. They've been brought from
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Speaker 2: all over the country and so as soon as this
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Speaker 2: storm passes, they are going to be a beginning power restoration.
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Speaker 2: We did a very quick restoration after Helene two point
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Speaker 2: four million. We're likely to have more power outages on
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Speaker 2: this one. Now, this storm is likely going to arrive
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Speaker 2: quicker than what we were advised. A day ago, probably
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Speaker 2: between eight and nine o'clock yesterday it was maybe one.
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Speaker 2: It is going to cut across the state of Florida.
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Speaker 2: So I would just tell Faridians obviously on that west
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Speaker 2: coast that's been the focus, but this is going to
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Speaker 2: have impacts broader than that. We've already seen a rash
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Speaker 2: of tornadoes that have spun off in various parts of
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Speaker 2: the state of Florida. And when it exits on the
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Speaker 2: east coast of Florida, probably in like Brevard County, that's
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Speaker 2: going to produce some storm surge on the north side
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Speaker 2: of the storm going the other way. So people just
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Speaker 2: need to buckle up for the next twenty four hours.
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Speaker 2: And no, there's a lot of hazards out there.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, we talked to a bar owner, sent his wife
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Speaker 5: and kids up north and then he stayed with the dog.
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Speaker 5: Take a listen.
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Speaker 6: I have looked at to say, because my priority is
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Speaker 6: protecting our home. This is my house, this is for
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Speaker 6: my family. My business is down the road. We want
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Speaker 6: to make sure that we're here. We also want to
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Speaker 6: keep our properties safe. Our business is safe. After Helene,
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Speaker 6: there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear.
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Speaker 5: So what do you say to him, governor, and at
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Speaker 5: this point it's too late.
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Speaker 2: Really, well, right, I think at this point you got
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Speaker 2: to hunker down. But if there are some people who
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Speaker 2: did not want to evacuate because they were worried about
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Speaker 2: the security of their property, we're a law in order state.
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Speaker 2: We will hold looters accountable. You're not going to want
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Speaker 2: to mess with this. We've brought in massive numbers of
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Speaker 2: law enforcement officers from out of state to supplement our
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Speaker 2: local municipal and county sheriff's departments, and they are going
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Speaker 2: to be present and people are not going to get
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Speaker 2: away with messing with anyone's property. I also in my
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Speaker 2: executive order for this one over the weekend, I said
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Speaker 2: you have a right to return to your property. We've
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Speaker 2: had issues with local governments saying, oh, you can't go
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Speaker 2: back to your house until we say so. No, you
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Speaker 2: have a right to go back if there's some major hazard,
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Speaker 2: like a bridge is not safe for something. That's one thing.
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Speaker 2: But we're going to get people back to their homes.
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Speaker 2: And so the folks that are concerned about their property
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Speaker 2: who did evacuate, just know we're going to have law
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Speaker 2: enforcement there. We are not going to let the inmates
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Speaker 2: run the asylum on the heels of this storm, and
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Speaker 2: you will be able to go back to your property
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Speaker 2: and inspected as soon as possible.
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Speaker 5: You've been around this block, You've done this before. You
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Speaker 5: obviously pre positioned a lot of things, as you've just
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Speaker 5: talked about. You've also talked to President Biden numerous times
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Speaker 5: and federal officials wondering what you feel about this focus
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Speaker 5: on misinformation and the comments about it. I know you
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Speaker 5: heard Jackie Hyndrick's peace about the president saying it was
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Speaker 5: on patriotic, it's un American, and he said form of
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Speaker 5: Trump was behind that.
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Speaker 2: So here's what I'd say. My job is to manage
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Speaker 2: this process and lead the state through this. I am
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Speaker 2: using every lever at my disposal, including federal government resources.
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Speaker 2: I've marshaled all the agencies in the state government, and
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Speaker 2: we're working like never before to supplement our local communities.
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Speaker 2: I've got to get the job done, and that's what
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Speaker 2: I'm focused on now. People have asked me about, you know,
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Speaker 2: is FEMA going to do this? Just let me be clear.
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Speaker 2: In Florida, we run the show. FEMA's not running the show.
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Speaker 2: We will utilize them to support some of the things
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Speaker 2: we're doing. But you are not going to see FEMA
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Speaker 2: running them up in Florida. I know that's been out
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Speaker 2: there on the internet. That is not going to happen.
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Speaker 2: I'm the sheriff that's in charge here and we will
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Speaker 2: make sure to protect you. Don't worry about it.
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Speaker 5: And I heard what you said about Vice President Harris
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Speaker 5: and the phone call. Did she ever get through.
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Speaker 2: You know, Brett? Like I said, my job is to
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Speaker 2: marshal resources and work with everybody to have an effective response.
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Speaker 2: And she thinks it should be about her. If I
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Speaker 2: honestly thought that there was something to be gained, I
17:04
Speaker 2: would pick up the phone and call her. The fact
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Speaker 2: of the matter is she has no role in this process.
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Speaker 2: She's not part of the chain of command. I am
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Speaker 2: working with President Biden and FEMA and our state and
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Speaker 2: local partners, and we're getting the job done. She has
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Speaker 2: never been interested in any of the storms we've had
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Speaker 2: in the state of Florida for entire time as Vice president.
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Speaker 2: Now she's out there attacking me because I'm not catering
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Speaker 2: to her whims. All she's trying to do is inject
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Speaker 2: herself to be a part of her political campaign. I
17:31
Speaker 2: don't have time for political games. We've got a job
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Speaker 2: to do. We got people's lives on the line, and
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Speaker 2: that is our sole focus.
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Speaker 1: You listen to governor there making it very clear one,
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Speaker 1: I'm protecting you as a property owner, your rights. The
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Speaker 1: FEMA is not running the show. We will take all
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Speaker 1: the help that they have to offer, but they're not
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Speaker 1: in charge. I'm the sheriff in charge. I've got people
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Speaker 1: out there ready to come get you. I've got people
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Speaker 1: out there that are going to get everything back together
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Speaker 1: as asked as we possibly can when it comes to
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Speaker 1: putting the power back on. This is incredibly important that
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Speaker 1: we have a governor who is taking charge like this,
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Speaker 1: a governor that is saying I'm not playing politics with
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Speaker 1: Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris is someone who, as he described it,
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Speaker 1: has never once got involved after any of the issues
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Speaker 1: we've had, not one single time, not one single time
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Speaker 1: has she called or asked when we've had other hurricanes.
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Speaker 1: But now she's running for president and she's like, oh,
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Speaker 1: I got to interject myself and then play politics and
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Speaker 1: try to start a war with a governor down there
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18:41
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Speaker 2: Q aircraft operational and hundreds of rescuers engage in over
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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty five active missions in twenty six
21:35
Speaker 2: different counties. Over sixty five hundred soldiers are deployed throughout
21:38
Speaker 2: the state. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has made land
21:42
Speaker 2: in water rescues in panelas Hillsboro and Pascoe County. The
21:45
Speaker 2: State Guard has also been engaged in search and rescue,
21:48
Speaker 2: assisting with floodwater evacuations as well as damage assessments. There
21:54
Speaker 2: are currently three point one million accounts without power. There
22:00
Speaker 2: have been six hundred and thirty five thousand restorations since
22:05
Speaker 2: Hurricane Milton hit Florida. The areas that have the most
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Speaker 2: significant outages as of this morning are Hillsboro seventy five
22:12
Speaker 2: percent out, Hardy ninety seven percent out, Manate eighty two
22:17
Speaker 2: percent out, Penelis sixty eight percent out, and Sarasota seventy
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Speaker 2: five percent. Out of course, there are fifty thousand plus
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Speaker 2: linemen that have been pre staged. A lot of what
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Speaker 2: they'll do this morning is likely assess the damage and
22:32
Speaker 2: then begin restoration operations very quickly. And we appreciate everybody
22:38
Speaker 2: that's in that fight because that's very important for a
22:40
Speaker 2: lot of people. Cutt and toss have begun at first
22:44
Speaker 2: light by the Florida Department of Transportation. Three hundred and
22:46
Speaker 2: twenty eight crews are active in the field with over
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Speaker 2: three hundred and fifty pieces of heavy equipment and trucks.
22:53
Speaker 2: One hundred and fifty Bridge inspectors were dispatched at first
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Speaker 2: light and have begun performing inspections to open bridges across
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Speaker 2: the impact areas. As I put in my executive order,
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Speaker 2: residents have a right to be back into their homes
23:07
Speaker 2: as soon as the roadways are deemed safe. In Tampa,
23:10
Speaker 2: the Gandy Bridge and Howard Franklin Bridge have been inspected,
23:13
Speaker 2: cleared and are open, and inspections of the Sunshine Skyway
23:17
Speaker 2: Bridge are underway. There is debris on the Sunshine Skyway
23:22
Speaker 2: as well as the Courtney Campbell, but once that debris
23:26
Speaker 2: is clear, we anticipate those bridges opening later this morning.
23:31
Speaker 2: Other bridges are being opened as soon as the state
23:33
Speaker 2: inspections are completed. The Tampa Airport is repairing minimal damage
23:37
Speaker 2: and should be open no later than tomorrow. Seaports are
23:41
Speaker 2: a waiting Coast Guard channel surveys to reopen Waterside, but
23:44
Speaker 2: as of now, our initial assessments is they will likely
23:47
Speaker 2: be able to resume operations very quickly. We still have
23:52
Speaker 2: a lot of school closures for today. I think Floridians
23:55
Speaker 2: should just keep in contact with their local officials about
23:58
Speaker 2: what that's going to be aboul image and a lot
24:00
Speaker 2: of the schools that were not necessarily in the direct
24:03
Speaker 2: path of the storm will be open tomorrow. It may
24:06
Speaker 2: take a few more days for some of the places
24:08
Speaker 2: that were harder hit. Now, as you survey damage and
24:12
Speaker 2: clean up, please be cautious of hazards. We have post
24:18
Speaker 2: storm fatalities almost every storm, and a lot of these
24:22
Speaker 2: fatalities are avoidable, so please be cautious of down power lines.
24:27
Speaker 2: Don't touch them, don't remove tree debris that may be
24:31
Speaker 2: entangled with down power lines. Standing water can conceal down
24:36
Speaker 2: power lines and other hazards, so please be mindful and
24:40
Speaker 2: never walk through storm waters. Standing storm waters can also
24:44
Speaker 2: carry a bacteria that can lead to fatal infections. This
24:48
Speaker 2: type of infection was responsible for a fatality following Hurricane Helene,
24:53
Speaker 2: so please avoid wading through standing water. Please use proper
24:59
Speaker 2: ladder safety. Please use proper generator safety. Do not operate
25:04
Speaker 2: the generator inside your home. It must be outside a
25:08
Speaker 2: safe distance from doors and windows. Visit Florida's emergency accommodation
25:13
Speaker 2: modules on Expedium. Priceline will remain available for those who
25:17
Speaker 2: are returning to their homes which were evacuated during the
25:20
Speaker 2: storm and sustain damage or or in need of other
25:25
Speaker 2: type of shelter. So these models will continue to provide
25:28
Speaker 2: real time hotel availability and lodging resources, making the experience
25:32
Speaker 2: easier for users. If traffic lights are out in your area,
25:35
Speaker 2: please drive with caution and treat each light as you
25:39
Speaker 2: would a four way stop. And also remember if you're
25:42
Speaker 2: going to use a chainsaw, be very careful with that.
25:44
Speaker 2: We have mishaps on that. After every storm, we are
25:48
Speaker 2: extending the Hope, Florida Line for another two weeks at
25:52
Speaker 2: twenty four hours, seven days a week, so if you
25:54
Speaker 2: need assistance or resources, poststorm, you can call one eight
25:59
Speaker 2: three Get Hope one eight three three Get Hope. Hope
26:03
Speaker 2: Florida's disasterum Activate Hope is a program designed to help
26:07
Speaker 2: people find help following a disaster such as a hurricane.
26:11
Speaker 2: So you can call the hopeline. You can also visit
26:14
Speaker 2: the Hope Bus, which will be in some of these
26:16
Speaker 2: areas very soon and there'll be announcements about that. Florida
26:20
Speaker 2: Commerce and the State Emergency Response Team activated the Business
26:24
Speaker 2: Damage Assessment Survey in response to Hurricane Milton. Business Owners
26:28
Speaker 2: can self report physical and economic damage caused by the storm.
26:33
Speaker 2: Businesses complete can complete the survey online at Florida Disaster
26:37
Speaker 2: dot biz Florida Disaster dot biz. Florida Commerce has also
26:41
Speaker 2: activated the Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. We have
26:45
Speaker 2: fifty million available to Florida small businesses and its zero
26:50
Speaker 2: interests a loan, very flexible repayment options. You can apply
26:55
Speaker 2: for loans of up to fifty thousand dollars through the program.
26:58
Speaker 2: Loans of up to one hundred thousand are available for
27:01
Speaker 2: agriculture and aquaculture small businesses, and loans of one hundred
27:06
Speaker 2: and fifty thousand are available for citrus and cattle operations. Again,
27:11
Speaker 2: these are short term, zero interest loan.
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Speaker 1: Let me just say, this is what true leadership sounds like.
27:17
Speaker 1: This is the reason why so many people move to Florida.
27:21
Speaker 1: This is why Governor DeSantis, many people thought he would
27:25
Speaker 1: be a great president. He went up against Trump, wrong
27:27
Speaker 1: timing right, that was the problem. But as a leader
27:31
Speaker 1: in general, this is exactly why so many people love
27:34
Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis. He's talking about the loans that people are
27:38
Speaker 1: gonna be able to get their hands on. He's talking
27:39
Speaker 1: about the rescue operations that are already underway. He's talking
27:44
Speaker 1: about getting those bridges up and anything that's washed out
27:46
Speaker 1: to get people back to their homes. Talking about your
27:48
Speaker 1: property rights, your rights as a citizen. FEMA is not
27:52
Speaker 1: in darge. I mean, these are the things that Governor
27:55
Speaker 1: DeSantis does. And if you're watching or listening to him
27:59
Speaker 1: right now now, you're thankful that he's in charge. You
28:04
Speaker 1: notice that everything that he talked about was about assisting.
28:09
Speaker 1: It was about helping. It wasn't about dictating, it wasn't
28:12
Speaker 1: about being a tyrant. It wasn't about stay out, stay away,
28:16
Speaker 1: don't come back until we tell you can. He's like, no, no,
28:19
Speaker 1: like it's your property. You can get back there. We
28:22
Speaker 1: don't have an issue with this. We can like, you
28:25
Speaker 1: guys can get back there, Like we're totally okay with that.
28:30
Speaker 1: You guys can come back. We want you, like we
28:34
Speaker 1: want you to come back to your property. This is
28:39
Speaker 1: the part that I just think is so great, Like
28:44
Speaker 1: it's this is the part that I just think is
28:48
Speaker 1: so important. And I got to tell you, like, there's
28:55
Speaker 1: who way can look at government. You can look at
28:58
Speaker 1: government as government is a place to dictate to you,
29:02
Speaker 1: or you can look at government in a way that
29:04
Speaker 1: is like, hey, we are going to advocate for you.
29:08
Speaker 1: There are two different thinkings here. And look at the
29:10
Speaker 1: way that he's doing this. It's incredible. Like I am,
29:14
Speaker 1: I am genuinely thrilled to see the response that we're
29:17
Speaker 1: witnessing right now, Like this is this is the response
29:20
Speaker 1: that people should be excited about. Pray for the people
29:26
Speaker 1: in Florida today. Pray for everything that is going on
29:31
Speaker 1: with them. They're going to need our help and hopefully
29:35
Speaker 1: they're going to be able to rebuild quickly and get
29:37
Speaker 1: back into this quickly. And that is I think the
29:39
Speaker 1: most important part of this