Split broadcast from orlando today. Shannon, you can probably hear the sound of recovery in the background. The city workers have been out all night and theyre out again today. This place will be cleaned up in a hurry. I give them two days to be back in good shape. Good morning in new york. Shannon good to see you, bill. You have the sunshine on your side and the workers side as that recovery begins. It is just Getting Started in florida. Six Million People remain without power. The heat index in south florida will be in the triple digits in the next few days but parts of the florida keys that remains the big question mark. Communication and access completely cut off. Emergency crews saying some areas could be uninhabitable for weeks or even months, they say. Bill the big story. Look at this. New york post cover says this. The skeleton keys and look at that image on your screen. That is what so many have experienced from the other day and so many are trying to recover from as we come t
bill: crockett had just paid off his house, he tells me. he has a business. he has an event party supply business and he was really concerned about the damage to that because that s his lifeblood and he says just looking at walking through this debris-laden property is very draining both emotionally and economically. start from scratch, it s not far from. if it had been in the off season. now we re starting to get into the busy part of the season. that season for the events and weddings and has all been now it s been highly jeopardized. that whole revenue stream just went down the tubes. he also owns the key west hot sauce company. the hottest one in this case the cat 5 hot sauce. bill: wow.
keating in the midway in the florida keys. where are you, phil? and what do you see this morning? well, i ll know more for keys residents up to key largo. they re allowed to return home after being evacuated to see what there is to see not only around but also at their properties. as you can tell, a whole lot of storm surge and debris, tons of it everywhere you look. at 7:00 a.m. hundreds of cars, which had lined up pre-sunrise in the dark anxious after a week in a hotel or at friend s house on the mainland finally convoyed all the way down into the keys to make it to their home. we hooked up with clay crockett as he arrived at his house. i can tell the surge came up to at least here which means i ll be flooded inside there. i can tell i have flooding inside already. oh my god.