Prepositioning Assets News Today

Way of the storm. not everybody listened to those warnings. a lot of people still sheltering in place, not able to get out or to leave new orleans where the mayor said that people should leave but if youre still there of course shelter in place. we heard the advice from the governor to actually take a mattress to protect yourself in case everything is falling. steven polin of the coast guard is with us. the president talked about prepositioning assets. tell us about the coast guard. youre ready ...

We have also heard quite a bit from governor ron desantis about how we need to be on guard in the state of florida, especially because the storm is moving so slowly. >> i would just say, this is the one constant on the storm. the track has been here or there and theres been a lot of uncertainty, but the one thing that has been pretty certain as this has been getting stronger. very consistently, and completely in line with all the forecasting. >> the u.s. military is moving warships and planes aw...

Island. its far away from the continental u.s. you guys were here before any of this started. its kind of dodged a bullet here. >> right. >> but how important is it to take these storms as seriously as you did? >> absolutely. prepositioning assets, again being on the island very difficult to traverse from the islands. air frames required to move assets and personnel. key positions always key to be where we need to to be prior the lawful. >> you were in puerto rico as well. that was a big are sto...

Hes spoken to the governor and governor scott has been just unbelievable in managing this and setting expectations, and frankly, delivering results through the crisis. >> all right. hard? >> mr. mayor, i listened to the governor who has done a really good job here. he talked about prepositioning assets. in light of the fact in order to be able to help with the recovery, did you have enough prepositioned assets to deal with the record breaking and surprising amount of water? >> yeah. as we begin ...