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Out the window and seeing this river go up? >> terrible. i thought it was going to come up here, but it didnt, thank god for that. >> the flooding caused landslides and knocked out this bridge. the only way for cruzs community to get out. >> we were afraid we were going to be left alone. >> but they werent. the system construct booed i a task force under the direction of fema and across the river about 40 families who have not seen relief up until today until this system was constructed. this gr...

Hi, everyone. welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. most people in business are very familiar with disasters, deals that fall through, employees that disappoint and contracts that are broken. these are challenges that go with the territory of running a company. but theres another kind of disaster that thankfully most of us never have to face, fire, flood, earthquakes, what would you do if a real disaster struck? thats what one new york furniture maker con...

You on the cover of your book and whats on your left arm, the stars and stripes on the space shuttle as well. you, sir, know what it means to be a patriotic american. the president says, these players are being disgraceful and that this is all about the flag the patriotism. what does it mean to you to be patriotic? >> it means that you honor the founding documents and the language that we used to allow people to have these freedoms. and the flag is a symbol. we have many symbols of our patriotis...

Sufficient power or fuel to power generators. obviously, the worry with the overall humanitarian concern that could become, those could become mass casualty situations if people confined in the hospital arent able to -- arent able to rely on the machines and power keeping them alive. is there any sort of crisis plan about at least fueling the hospitals? >> well, i was told today by some fema employees that came to visit san juan, which i really appreciate all they are doing and we have a group o...

And we have a group of 25 logistics and firemen from new york city that mayor bill de blasio and melissa saying we got aid from chicago. mayor ron emanuel and congressman gutierrez, what is happening and i was told by one of the childrens hospital that deals basically with cancer patients, small childrens hospitals says that the army informed them while we were on a way to put fuel on their tanks that they were taking over the process of putting fuel in every hospital tank. so that is really goo...

Hi, everyone, im j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." the show dedicated to helping your growing business. most people in business are very familiar with disasters. deals that fall through, employees that disappoint, and contracts that are broken. these are challenges that go with the territory of running a company. but, theres another kind of disaster that thankfully most of us never have to face. fire, flood, earthquakes. what would you do if a real disaster struck? thats what one new ...

Theyre leaning or on the ground or snapped. >> wow. >> do you have power? >> we have zero power on this island. >> zero. >> i am at the pier which is my restaurant, the generator on, making sandwiches for the firemen who are putting a fire out at the lottery building a couple doors down and were going to make other sandwiches to distribute to some of the workers around before we go back up because our food -- weve got to turn the generator off and everything is going to go bad anyway at this poi...

Dump trucks and that sort of thing. there were lots of rescue medical workers and lots of firemen by the end. but i dont know if they have the type of machinery they need. regardless, its going to take a long time. these are massive buildings. trying to climb into the wreckage, look through the concrete to see if they could hear any voices and periodically people would scream for silence to try to see if they could hear any voices inside. but i mean, its a massive project and its very precarious...

Buildings that can withstand almost any hurricane. i had friends in florida who left their home on the golf and sarasota. they went to an elementary school. >> the view from the shelter. >> as a result, a lot of people survived. they had downed lines, downed trees and so forth. governor rick scott was on television around-the-clock just the way he should be. telling people what had happened. keep in mind paul, while this is happening, while people are sheltering in place there are thousands of w...

That you cant drive a major public rescue vehicle into. with major tires, high up off the ground. youve got to take the big truck in, youve got to drop the boat in that the rescue guys take, and you have to go down the road, get these people in a boat, get them out and back to a truck and drive them out. and then get them to a shelter or to someones home that can take care of them. so its deep, its serious, and its dangerous. and the threat is still with us. but this is -- anderson, this is what...