the radar of hurricane ian barrelling into florida. inside florida s evacuation zones, hospitals are a key concern. the tampa bay times reports several hospitals were evacuated while others across the region on monday canceled noncritical surgeries and appointments ahead of the arrival of ian. nursing home also prepared with those at highest risk of storm surge evacuating residents. joining us now, julie ward, a mayor. your city is inside the mandatory evacuation zones. have most people heeded the warnings and left? they did. they did. i think they saw the direct path that we were facing just a couple of days ago in the tampa bay area. we ve been preparing for five or six days now for, unfortunately,
ecosystem is important but we still want ours. we want to put more straws into the ground, sprawl farther into the everglades. just one more. then we got to stop. it s 18,000 calls a year the animal control in florida about the alligators in in our backyards. it doesn t occur to us that we re in the alligator s backyard. the man in charge of looking out for both these days is governor rick scott. but tough to find fans in the save the everglades camp. he s worried that a deal to buy old sugar fields to buy much needed reservoirs. they re worried about claims from inside florida s department of environmental protection that the words climb change and global warning were banned from state reports. the governor denies such a policy exists but also denies any link between human activity and climate which puts him at
they re worried about claims from inside florida s department of environmental protection that the words climb change and global warning were banned from state reports. the governor denies such a policy exists but also denies any link between human activity and climate which puts him at stark odds with the secretary of the interior. if you saw what i saw and went out on these landscapes, you could not deny that climate change is going on. i see it everywhere i go. sally jewel s career began digging oil wells with mobil. and she caught flak from environmentalists for supporting that controversial drilling for gas known as fracking. it s been used as a dirty word. and it can be done wrong and impactful and can be done right and very important. you can say that about a lot of things, but new york did this five-year study and decided no, too risky for us. so does that mean you d be comfortable with fracking on the edge of the everglades? there are places that are too special