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Saying to rene marsh yesterday out of washington, there could be millions without power possibly for weeks. a big elderly population obviously in the state of florida. how concerned are you? >> well, i'm very concerned. already in south florida we have about three quarters of a million people without power. >> three quarter of a million? >> just in south florida, because of all the rain bands and wind bands that have come in from the atlantic. as you move that state through the entire peninsula, you're going to have a lot of downed trees on the power line. they're going to a lot of people, and...

Wherewithal to lift their boas s up out of the water. high tide isn't until this evening. and that's going to make things even worse on this, on the dirty side, the biscayne bay side. folks down in the keys, i'm really kind of howling into the wind when it comes to talking to them. unless they're on generator power most of the keys are out of power. we checked moechlts a eed momen people have power, i don't know how that's possible right now. but heading towards you up the west coast, this is serious. this is really serious. this is time to get inside. it's time to fill your tub with water. pu...

That require electricity, generator power, that's up and running at our fairgrounds. in addition to that, we have another shelter at one of our area high schools that is just for those that have special needs. some of our disabled, some of our seniors that may not feel comfortable in their homes, we're making sure that we can assist them with transportation. we've got a 24-hour hotline running right now. we've had thousands of calls to that hotline. anything that people need, they're calling in, and we're trying to make sure that they get it. >> all right. vice mayor of palm beach county melis...

He road out hurricane irma there. i know you have been waiting for hours. you were there in the category five storm. we have some video that you were able to get when you were in the midst of the storm. what were conditions like? >> well, we were actually very lucky. the storm that passed 25 miles to the north of us. but there was high winds and heavy rain and hundreds of thousands of people here without power at the moment. even the airport, we're on generator power and as you said, we've been on a five hour delay to get a flight back. a lot of tree damage and infrastructure damage. but the d...

San juan, both locations have lost power and we are on generator power for the coast guard. >> heather: 14 hospitals are using generators, what is the coast guard doing to help? >> the coast guard's role is obviously focused on the maritime perspective. we are in line with the emergency operations center and the puerto rico emergency management, but there focused on maritime and search and rescue that's happening around the island of puerto rico as well as the virgin islands. >> heather: have you seen any damage from the u.s. virgin islands? there are people online saying they won't get a lot ...