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I was struck by and still images of just what they're dealing with, as i play that, you can describe for viewers what we're seeing here? >> sure. >> oh, i'm sorry, i apologize, you can't see it. i'm playing the video for the viewers that you sent us. talk about what your folks are up against. >> sure. so, we have over 5,000 florida guardsmen deployed really in a number of counties across southwest florida. and i think the images typically have been of the hard-hit areas along the coastline. but i think the images that you're looking at now are more inland in counties like hardy county, desoto ...
In place so that they will be able to get the runways in good shape once the storm has passed. we have 5,000 florida guardsmen activated, 2,000 from neighboring states. we have air assets, urban search and rescue teams stationed now in miami that, both vehicle assets, water assets and the u.s. coast guard has staged four cutters. they have shallow draft vessels ready to provide search and a systems of linemen across all of our major utilities and a lot of these linemen are coming from out of state. this is a major, major effort. of course, the storm has to pass. there needs to be the ability t...
The Florida National Guard has activated five-thousand Florida Guardsmen, as well as two-thousand additional Guardsmen from Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.