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Distractive tornadoes destructive tornadoes and to the north big snow in the far northern plains. guys, back to you inside. pete: thank you, rick. lisa: get your surf boards ready, i m showing pete and will how florideans have fun in the sun in the new york winter, suffering on fox square is next. hopefully you don t wipe out. pete: here we go. ....
And she owns. a lot of people stepped up and helped us out as far as, i mean, we got good family support and stuff like that, but all we really care complete the catch g out alive in that moment. when you see your daughter floating by on a bean bag and we re thankful to be alive at the end of it. i can rebuild the house, i can t rebuild our life. neil: no, you certainly have your priorities right, guys. i m wondering what you were saying, johnny. many of your neighbors are in the same kind of situation. they didn t have the flood insurance. they had other types of insurance but you don t have the flood insurance and this becomes a flooding problem with the hurricane and all this, you re stuck. i m told thousands of florideans are in that position. have you heard back from anyone what they re going to do about that or do they tell you that s your problem? that s our problem. pretty much it s our problem. we lost everything from both of ....
Stuart, i didn t realize the shockingly low number of florideans that have federal flood insurance and therefore they may not even qualify. that s what makes the disaster even worse. on the southwest coastline of florida, way under half of the properties have flood insurance. way under half and they ve been decimated. go in land towards orlando and it s below 2% that have flood insurance. these people are now facing financial disaster and you point out those nine counties declared disaster areas, that pays for minor damage and minor cleanup and does not pay for flood insurance. now, just go forward a little bit pete: yeah, that was the question. how does it play out? over a long period of time, there s going to be money districted but it will take a very long time to get florida booming again. in fact, it ll take years. you ve got all these people who have facing financial ruin. i don t think that s too strong ....
Nuclear brinksmanship here in europe. pete: we re all affected by the immediacy of which the elites in our country always yell russia, russia, russia with a 100% certainty without any particular evidence to back it up and i m going to step back and say show me the evidence. in the days to come, we should prudently attempt to identify that evidence, figure out who do it. that s pretty important to know that. will: very important. pete: when you assess the situation in ukraine. all right. still ahead, rachel, feel free to chime in. rachel: sorry, i know it s man plaining but i did have a question. pete: florideans struggling to pick up pieces after hurricane ian but people like our next guest are ready to help. how houston s mattress max is stepping up after the break. ....
I want the after pete: the aftermath of hurricane ian leaves florideans picking up the pieces. search and rescue efforts in the sunshine state are underway. 30 people confirmed dead and 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people in florida are without power. will: ian making land fall in south carolina yesterday and battering the east from the atlantic side as a hurricane surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on polly s island collapsing into the water. rachel: team coverage with meteorologist rick reichmuth standing by. thank god we have him today but we have alexandria hoff on the ground in fort meyers. good morning. good morning, there s a line of ambulances that are ready to be deployed as the day goes on and it s a somber reminder on the highways and yesterday you d be driving down and coming from ....