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Fuel is an issue. there are gas stations that have run out of feel. we in the emergency declaration waived service and truck rates for fuel trucks so we can increase capacity for fuel being brought in. were also going to be starting today implementing florida highway patrol escorts for fuel trucks so we can increase fueling in critical parts of the state. and theres some parts of the state where you have major lines for gas, cars are lined up. it makes it more difficult for truck tuesday get in ...

Now right here in the parking lot. has that changed on your part with the new administration or is this just happenstance or was it a new approach? >> thats just what we planned. >> im not exactly familiar in terms of how they did before i was here that when we did the hurricane exercise, this is how weve anticipated it happening and jared has developed a really good relationship with folks in fema and they really appreciate all the hard work hes doing, so i think we are on the same page i will ...

Applications for the $85 million rebuild florida infrastructure repair program and has activated the hotel accommodation web portal so if there was an evacuation order, you can get a sense of what would be available in terms of accommodations. we have close to 1 million gallons of water, jared has requested another 2 million for fema. we have almost 2 million meals ready for distribution. we have not necessarily received a request for that yet but we stand ready to distribute the meals when we c...

Major impact less than a year after michael is something that we hope does not happen. it is still too soon to tell whether thats happening and as i say, not every path of the storm has the same probability but youve got to be prepared for that and i think those communities are going ton if wee convinced that there is a real threat, we are certainly going to communicate that but i think its too soon to tell. clearly, thats a concern for us and has been a concern for us from the beginning. there ...

The state and end up in the gulf of mexico so we just have to be prepared for all of those circumstances. i think the probabilities of all of those are not necessarily equal but its much better to be prepared and not have to face it than to go into one of these things on prepared. and finally, i did speak with the president on wednesday night and the administration has been great and they have assured us theyre going to provide all the resources we need. the president was scheduled to leave the ...

Fuel. we in the emergency declaration waived service and truck rates so we can increase the capacity of fuel being brought in. we are also going to be implementing florida highway patrol escorts so we can facilitate refueling and critical parts of the state. there are some parts of the state where you have major lines for gas, cars are lined up and it makes it more difficult for the trucks to get it and replenish the gas supply so we think those escorts will help with that. we have a lot of fuel...

Jared has also requested vehicles from the federal government that are able to navigate some potentially flooded streets and obviously general is sensitive to that as well. if you are looking at potentially significant water events throughout major portions of the state, so we want resources to be able to navigate that. there have been a number of school closures, daytona state college, eastern florida state college, indian river state college, seminole state college, university of central flori...

And the trucks previously across the street at dfs are now here in the parking lot. is this a change with the new administration or just happenstance? is it a new approach? >> this is just what we planned, right? >> yes. >> im not sure exactly how fema did it before i was here but when we did the hurricane exercise, this is how weve anticipated it happening and jared has developed a really good relationship with folks in fema and they appreciate all the hard work he is doing so i think were on t...

Extending the deadline for local governments to submit applications for the $85 million rebuild florida infrastructure repair program. and visit florida has activated the expedia visit florida hotel accommodation web portal so that if there are evacuation orders you can get a sense whaf would would -- a sense of what would be available in terms of accommodations. we have close to a million gallons of water. jared has requested i think another 2 million for fema. we have almost 2 million meals re...

Out there, and theyre all activated now as best we could. i grew up in florida so im not a stranger to hurricanes and of course weve had a number of active hurricane seasons recently. as a u.s. congressman we had hurricane matthew where my district was the district most affected. it could have been worse than the path it ultimately took. obviously hurricane irma affected almost everybody in the state. you know, i have a lot of experience understanding how some of the wheels go in motion. weve do...