and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you re starting to see power outages, but you ll see way more over the next 48 hours. you ll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to provide additional resources and additional forces and we re really thankful for the fulfillment of that request. we have about 1,200 personnel for the department of transportation that are on standby to perform operations. these guys can t work if they can t get to where they are going. so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks mak
so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks make sure that the bridges are safe and to green light these operations to get back into these communities. in southwest florida, this is a lesson from irma. they have people that are calling leave behind teams. so when the storm passes, their job is to clear the runway asks make sure we can resume air operations as quickly as possible. there s going to be a need to bring in things like food and water via the aircraft. so you want to have the runways up and running. there s going to be things going into that and it s going make a big difference. we have 5,000 guardsmen. we have 2,000 from other states.