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Regulated road to the individual homeowner. >> what is your assessment? how long will it take? >> i would caution people between re-entry and that process we could have power down in homes for the coming weeks. weeks. i don't want to cause panic in florida and i'll come to a question here next. there are hospitals and nursing homes and other facilities that have generator power to provide services that are necessary and there the concern is providing fuel to those generators should they run out and it provides a great deal of fuel and contracts and we give that fuel to the state and locals and...

People need for their health when no electricity. those are things that have to be taken care of. >> i've never seen people as prepared in florida as i have here. they've got -- most people are packing up ice. putting it in coolers to try to get as far as they can without power. but as you say, anderson, if it's weeks without power, it will be a real strain. >> what are you hearing from the keys? >> well, i talked to the mayor of key west. the hurricane was going to the right of him. somewhere between there and marathon. marathon is probably getting the worst of the wind. but -- they are -- th...

So, please, listen to the authorities there. joining me now is major richard brand with the north miami beach police department, i believe. did i get that right? north miami beach, sir? >> yes. north miami beach police department. >> reporter: all right. give me a sense of what you're seeing, where you are right now, major? >> so let me tell you what's going on in north miami beach. gusts of winds up to 60 to 70 miles an hour. several homes that have been damaged as a result of the winds. we have power lines down. we had severe flooding going on in some of our neighborhoods. the intercoastal a...

Over in fort myers, all the way over on the west coast, drew griffin is in a shelter that just lost power. drew, give us a sense what you're seeing? what's going on? >> reporter: you've hit the nail on the head. you've just got this incredible storm on this side of the coast. you're on the east side of the coast. and women ilma -- excuse me. wilma? irma is still back behind me. this is an incredibly wide swath of area that is just getting blown apart right now. if you look at map on florida you could realize just how wide this is happening. we did just lose power here in fort myers. the wind i...

Police department. our eoc is currently operating on generator power. our air conditions in the police department has gone down. we have slight damage to our police department. we're barely holding it together but i can tell you that north miami beach is prepared to serve our residents and make sure they can kem home to a safe environment. >> reporter: we know you are holding it together, sir and appreciate the work you're doing. we know you can't get out right now. the first responders can't get out, because the winds are just blowing too strong right now. how many calls have you been receivi...