florida. the exact point of landfall is still unclear. the storm is growing stronger and also wider. prompting hurricane warnings across the entire state of florida. bill: ian tore through cuba. it knocked out power to the entire country. left 11 million in the dark. look at the satellite images. it set off a series of lightning strikes, the wind speed intensifies. 155 miles per hour clocked right now knocking on the door of category 5. dana: mandatory evacuations are affect being millions of people. everyone else should be ready to leave at a moment s notice. ron desantis underscoring the extreme threat this storm presents. it is knocking on the door of a category 5 storm. a storm of this magnitude will produce catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. it is a powerful storm that should be treated like you would treat if a tornado was approaching your home. dana: fox news and whether have our resources cov
opened throughout the city of tampa. dana: i was wondering you talk about power and the concern for the power to be down and out for people possibly for days. but what about in the signal, a lot of people getting their information on their phone or apps. what s the best place for people to keep up to date as the storm comes ashore? basically hopefully we put out preparation kits earlier when hurricane season started to tell you about using radios. we know the signals may be affected and phones may be affected. if they can t get on the internet through their phone or home computer hopefully they have a radio transmission that we can put information out as well. so when you actually talk about communication when it comes to power outage, we know a lot of individuals have generators in their homes and want to make sure they understand the risks behind generators.
it was a massive mobilization. this is more than that. we understand how significant this storm is and even when it was a disorganized system, far away, we saw the potential for what this could do. the power restoration and the resumption of services is something that s very, very important. you look at the number of people that are on the southwest coast of florida, for example. you know, fortunately most of them are not going to have their homes destroyed but almost all of them will lose power and you will have services that will be interrupted. so resuming services is a top priority. that s going to require to make sure that the bridges are safe, going to make sure the roadways are clear of any debris so these guys can get in and do their work. it is also something that, given the severity of this storm there is a difference between simply having a downed power line and
hit, that s going to produce an enormous amount of storm surge. ferocious winds and life threatening. people are taking a risk with health, safety and lives by being in the eye of that storm. you have search and rescue that will be poised to go to respond to people that are in difficult circumstances once the storm breaks through. of course, safety is what we ve been stressing. and the preparations over these many days leading up to this storm. you have had millions of floridians who have made preparations, many have evacuated to higher ground and safer surroundings. of course, you have local level official, state as well as federal marshalling. this is an unprecedented amount of resources marshaled.
believe that maybe that was president biden s m.o. has he has manageed other crises without reaching out to republican governors. when you mentioned the governor of mississippi, you are right, they didn t speak and we were still able to deliver for the folks in jackson and for the folks of mississippi. then 7:47 last night the press secretary said biden talked to desantis to help florida prepare for orc ian. the president and governor committed to continued close coordination. desantis is now talking about that call. it s my sense that the administration wants to help. i think they realize this is a really significant storm. there is a lot of people that we re working with the locals. we work very well with them. at the state level. we really need everyone working together to make sure people have their needs tended to.