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Developments here, One By one, these states came forward throughout the week to say that they got envelopes that were mailed to them that contained some substance that they thought was concerning some places had to be evacuated the fbi so far has said that it seems to be relatively innocuous, but its got people rattled and worried. This is what were talking about when we say over and over that election, workers are facing threats like never before thankfully, no one got hurt and the fbi is looki...

As you know storms, director brock long has been working alongside all the state and local officials trying to make sure we put as many resources in place as possible. thanks to technology we have a lot more leeway on the front end of a lot of these storms allowing us to preposition resources. the federal government is doing all we can to help people in both, you know, puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands and other surrounding islands as these storms are moving in. brian: storm in the united nat...

The area. >> barbara starr, appreciate that update. joining me now is craig fugate. and back with us here in miami is david halstead. craig, you heard barbara starr talking about the military assets poised to help. obviously, fema likes to preposition resources as close as they can. but when you have a storm this size that is going to hit as big an area of florida, that has to be extremely difficult. >> yeah. weve done exercises on this. the challenges with the hurricane coming up, you didnt dri...

During the storm potentially theres a lot of flooding after the storm. >> yeah and obviously as you said, the storm could track all the way up the coast, east coast of florida. thats some of the modeling. hundreds of miles long. it makes it hard for state, federal officials to preposition resources as they would probably like to do. >> well, i made the point earlier today, you know, fema is pre-positioned, for example, they have significant assets waiting at an air force base in alabama. the pro...

Attention because theres been a lot of emphasis on florida but this thing is going to keep on moving north through florida into south carolina. there are large population centers there that could be vulnerable so pay attention to what your local officials are telling you. if they tell you to evacuate, you need to get out of there and move to higher ground because storm surge can move very quickly and people can think that theyre out of the woods and then suddenly, get hit and not be in a positio...

Because theres been a lot of emphasis on florida but this thing is going to keep on moving north from florida into south carolina. there are large population centers there that could be vulnerable, so pay attention to what your local officials are telling you. if they tell you to evacuate, you need to get out of there and move to higher ground, because storm surge can move very quickly, and people can think that theyre out of the woods and then suddenly get hit and not be in a position in which ...

Water, food, commodities, and as the hurricane moves north, what craig and his team will be doing is moving those resources and assets further north so that any place that happens to get hit badly will be in a position to immediately come in and help. but i really want to emphasize the governors who have been on top of this, state and local officials have been on top of this. they are the ones who are tracking most closely what is happening in your particular community, your particular area. you...

Alertness. people also need to realize, i know its inveent convenient to your home but theres a reason why the areas are where they are. theyre prone to flooding, susceptible to high winds, more than the inland areas are and once that storm starts, its going to be impossible for anyone to get out to help you during the storm, potentially theres a lot of flooding after the storm. >> yeah and obviously as you said, the storm could track all the way up the coast, east coast of florida. thats some o...