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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. youre starting to see power outages, but youll see way more over the next 48 hours. youll 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 been talking about search and rescue teams. there are five of them ready go. our florida fish and wildlife kobs vags commission placed their special operations group in broward county. thats high water vehicle, shallow draft boats and helicopters that are ready for immediate deployment once it is safe to do so. we now have total throughout the state weve got over 40,000 personnel line, linemen, and associated personnel that are involved with restoration of electrical services and power...

0 do on normal types of storms. and then having major structural damage to the underlying electrical infra structure. when you have a category 5 storm hitting potentially and massive storm surge, that is going to interrupt, most likely, a lot of the underlying infra structure. when fpl and other companies are going in, some of those tasks are going to be -- youll have to rebuild some of this stuff. so the folks in those affected areas should just understand that if its as simple as simply just h...

That were shall loews. -- shall loy. >> they turned on andrew jackson higgens a boat manufacturer in new orleans, he had an idea for shallow draft boats used to navigate the swamps of louisiana, higgens, was certain his swamp boats could play a critical role in the war. the military, initially resisted his overtures, nevertheless, in a sign of his confidence, higgens purchased a crop of philippines mahogany, one of the last shipments before the war ended trade there an inspired purchase, particu...

New orleans, originally a timber magnet who had an idea and design for shallow draft boats used to navigate the swamps and bayous of louisiana. he was certain his swamp boats could play a critical role in the war. the navy dont know a thing about small boats he insisted. the military resisted higgins overtures. in a sign of his confidence higgins purchased an entire crop of philippines mahogany. it was an inspired purchase particularly once the marines finally relented and higgins put his landin...

A boat manufacturer in new orleans, a timber magnate, who had an idea and a design for shallow draft boats used to navigate the swamps and bayous of louisiana. higgins was certain his swamp boats could play a critical role in the world. the navy doesnt know a damn thing about small boats the hard drinking, hard charging irishman insisted. the military resisted higgins overture, nevertheless, in a sign of his confidence, higgins purchased an entire crop of philippines mahogany, one of the last sh...

Sunset the sunrise from here on out. what is very important here, the sheriff departments in every county and police departments and other emergency responders to get out and about on their shallow draft boats, the high profile vehicles and atvs and look at the damage. everybody has hunkered all day long, including sheriff here saying this is the worst ive ever seen. it was a ferocious storm. 155 miles an hour winds when it made landfall northwest of here. much damage undoubtedly remains to be d...