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Is something _ according to robert generate. this is something we heard quite a lot from _ is something we heard quite a lot from the — is something we heard quite a lot from the conservatives during the 2019 election campaign this is in their— 2019 election campaign this is in their manifesto and they spoke about devolving _ their manifesto and they spoke about devolving powers out of london and it is all— devolving powers out of london and it is all part — devolving powers out of london and it is all part of the levelling up. they— it is all part of the levelling up. they have _ it...

Your way. there was a lot of talk about this hurricane, how dangerous it could be. and it is, if not meeting, exceeding expectations. why did you decide to stay and ride out the storm? >> well, we have to stay at the eoc. you know, i have a contingency of workers who are here with me, and as soon as it lets up, we're going to get out there and make an assessment of what we're going to do. we have probably some problems on the west bank of our parish from the back levees. the water inundates some of those levees and pushes on which is highway 23, which is my only highway for commerce up and dow...

Have you been able to talk to people? how are things right now in terms of search and rescue and the like? >> well, thank you for keeping this on the news and letting people know what a frightful event that mexico beach residents are going through. i am not there. i evacuated as they had mandatory evacuations. i'm about six hours away. but i have been asked via texting. and communications via texting is very bad. cellphones don't work, powers out. so just from word of mouth and texting. cleanup is slow. we have a lot of volunteers that have organized, and they are cleaning up the streets. the ...

Missed us a little bit, but we do have a lot of damage, a lot of trees down. roads are blocked, the roads are impassable due to water, power's out. so we're -- we took a pretty good hit. >> reporter: it took a pretty good hit. it did indeed. tell me a little bit about some of the calls you all are receiving from folks who decided to hunker down and ride it out. >> right now most of the calls are about roads that impassable or flooded or blocked. we did have one medical call where a limb went through a window and struck a lady in the head, lacerated her head. but we had no medical -- the ambula...