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Carnage. 90% of collier county is without power. the roads are impassable. the water is rising. it's impossible to get an assessment this early on just how bad that is. and how much it's going to take if there are people that need to be rescued. we drove a little bit and we saw some. as can you seat wind is picking up. we haven't seen a single emergency crew, electrical power crew out here. nothing of that we are getting word from the officials asking people to literally shelter in place. stay in place because it's not safe out here. this, of course, is just a small part of the larger part of ...

And they are going to make their way home. but the important thing now is the electric lines in the road, accessibility. they are urging people to stay where they are for the moment. i will tell you that patients only last so long. and where we are in orlando. it's been a remarkable thing. if they hear the kindness and the patient's on behalf of so many people. but it will run out. but for the people here in orlando, 300,000 lost power. they got lucky. >> melissa: we are watching a lot of traffic go by behind you. great news, because everybody without power is very frustrated and wants our pow...

Was a metal door. we were on the second story. we were in the best possible place. today had another room in the middle of the building that we could've gone into that was surrounded by a block and no windows. we did not have to go that far. it was brutal. and i know you guys have to go, but the emergency services were stationed down a marathon, they had to pull out and evacuate during the hurricane back to ilan marotta they lost a number of cruisers. >> harris: we have to go, because you my friend are on battery power. we have been warned that you have to regenerate whenever you can. we will ...

Lisa: for those who left in advance of the storm. any idea when they can return? >> that's a good question. the city, a great part of the city does not have electrical power. the sold city is under a boil order. if somebody wants to decide to come back to the city there will be extreme circumstances in which they will have to survive. a boil order for water and a loss of electrical power. lisa: for those who decided to stay, any advice for them? >> we had a good outcome, not too many problems. what we are asking our citizenry to do is stay inside. be patient with us. we are working with the el...

Back from the wind hitting it. >> from the boards over your windows, you're saying. >> can you hear it? >> well, not as well as you can, but i take your word for it. but it's intense. you can hear the wind pushing, pushing on the plywood. >> yeah. are you all in -- how are you -- you boarded up your windows, obviously. >> correction. >> what else do you do to take cover? >> i've been through this before in 2004. i felt like an experienced soldier. and i still have power, electrical power. the northwest side of palm bay has power. we still have electrical power. it seems that southeast lost pow...