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congressman curbelo. he has said if they want to stay, they can. this is america after all, but the services are not there that are necessary for life. when you don t have a bridge to get out of your town, it s not as if you can run to the next town. it requires a bridge. the bridges are not open. it s a curious place there. the folks are hardy and strong and always have been. hopefully the authorities working for governor scott are aware and they re not being influenced by social media. shepard: there s neighborhoods in jacksonville that got really hit. it s not everywhere, thank god. but there are people truly suffering today to make statements otherwise is i heard you talking about andrew. how bad is key west? thank goodness i like key west a lot.
level and our porch, our house, and it was lapping at our driveway. it really, really came up incredibly quickly overnight. i think a lot of people woke up to that and, you know, i think that s why you had a lot of water rescues. there were 356 rescues yesterday. some done by coast guard teams. others from the jacksonville fire department which says swift water rescue teams responded to 75 different emergencies in 15 different neighborhoods in jacksonville. the sheriff s office is already urging people to take evacuation orders more seriously next time. but jacksonville mayor lenny curry told me late last night some residents may not have known they lived in evacuation zone. others may not have thought the storm was much of a threat here because the track kept taking the eye further and further west. but it did hit jacksonville hard. so a lot of people don t have lights or airconditioning or water today. that s why the city of jacksonville has offered bottles on twitter. they wrote w