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Strong winds. so much so we had parts of the roof of our hotel come off. thats a lot of the debris that you see at the pool. we got to the back pool patio and this is a protected area because the winds are coming this way. so we went inside a couple of hours and now were back outside. the winds are coming in from the east and the southeast so the center is just passing off to our west. but look at some of the damage, some of the debris here. this is why we had to seek shelter inside. this is a b...

Telling them yes, not here to the keys. it is important to note that other than hearing it from us as we drive by or they drive by us, theyre not going to see it. theyre not going to see the pictures of the president in florida because they have no power, they have no cell service, certainly no cable. but they will know that there is a federal presence and the federal government has their back. that is what is so important to them. the timeline of the last 36 hours since ive been here when i fir...

Water and now we are starting to get fuel. theres one gas station that i drove past to get to work that is open, and theres a lane half a mile long to get gas. and its getting the supplies out to where people need them the most. >> bill, i cant tell you, up here in big pine key theres more destruction but people are beginning to get the help they need. the water is being distributed here and food has begun to be distributed and theres a cell tower here, and rest assure things are improving here....

The more can be done. and then were going to have to put 3,000 or 4,000 workers to get the work done. you might add 3,000 or 4,000 people to get the lights on, cell tower, get the water up and fix the roads. youre going to add to that population. people should be encouraged. buses should be going in and getting people to voluntarily come out and spend a week up here in the mainland. >> general honore, thank you as always for your wise words here in the wake of these kinds of storms and disasters...

>> jon: officials are just beginning to grasp the astounding damage left by hurricane irma in the florida keys. scrambling to find stranded and trapped residents. joining us now on the phone, administrative roman. york county, the place where this hurricane first made landfall on basically cool -- e you been up and down the length, how would you describe the damage? >> you would think in my position i have been. interesting that i have not. i have been kind of hold up on the upper keys. if there...

Communicate? >> theres one cell tower on top of a pizza plus. i get a couple minutes in the morning and if im lucky once in the evening or afternoon. so just basically its a check in, are you okay, what do you need, that kind of a thing. >> and i mean, right now you cant get anything to him, right? >> no. i am working my way back there, hopefully within the week with some of the construction supplies hes requested. right now everyone else is concentrating on the food and water, the absolute nece...

Homes that didnt fare as well, don. theres a lot of work ahead. because theres needs to be assessment. theres no water, no sewage, no cell tower. >> and some roads are blocked by debris. theres a clip. i want you to listen and then well talk. >> im proud of floridians because they really came together just like that university we flew over. they found 12 senior citizens abandoned in a nursing home. and the students took them into the dormitory to take care of them. they took 215 more people from...

The state they are bad. is this the safest place to stay? >> here we have food and electricity and well have everything set up and this is the probably the safest way to do this. >> good luck and well keep an eye on you guys. what you have done in this community. you can see situations like this. they all know each other and they are keeping track of where everybody is it going to be. and writing down addresses and phone number and cell tower and they can check on each other and they are talking...

They had a system there -- a h.a.m. radio system that was destroyed. they had a few phones that got damaged during the storm. so they had no mechanism to communicate with us. it was too treacherous for us for any boats to go to barbuda. even for a helicopter. but a few of us journeyed over there this afternoon. we risked the elements to get an idea as to what is happening. we noticed after about 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m. last night, or this morning, we did not have any form of communication with barb...

Predicted to be in the direct path of hurricanes but the hurricanes never came. the local officials say you have to go back to 1970 this community was hit this hard. a lot of optimism in speaking to the local residents. yes they are through harrowing sper experiences and that is very evident. the look infant eyes of the people we were interviewing. hard to describe other than to just -- it looked like they had seen a ghost or experience add near death experience and talking to some of those resi...