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and also pine island. with the causeway and bridges down, we have been using helicopters to air lift food, water and ice and we're sending out about 180 soldiers and vehicles to help there. it's early in the game, but we're going to be there as long as needed. >> we're grateful to you for that. the national guard we're told has conducted more than 1400 rescues so far, general. can you describe the circumstances of how people got trapped by this storm and how these operations are carried out? >> wolf, actually, the latest data we have today is about 2100 rescues and that has to do with high water vehicle, helicopters and boats. the reason we were able to do that is every year, we do a rehearsal and we identify the capabilities we're going to need in each of these communities and fortunately, the florida guard was activated a couple days prior so as this storm, its route changed, we were able to move our personnel, get them as