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in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroyed this major bridge that connects them to the main land. many of the homes there are in pieces or completely washed away. the coast guard is now going door to door, still trying to rescue people. >> make sure you have a bag for your clothes, with i.d., cell phones, wallets. emergency officials will run barges to sanibel island to...

I have been to your house. you give me the tour. it is beautiful. you built it up a couple years ago up to storm standards. i remember you are saying this impact is good to like 150 miles per hour. this storm is at 140 miles per hour. why are you still there? >> my wife was working at one of the shelters yesterday. we are trying to help some of our neighbors. some of them are going to come and stay with us. we may test the structure turley integrity of this home. it was built to with stand extraordinary force up to cat 5 hurricane. but, a lot of it is that we're going to be on the left side of...

Out in conditions far worse than what we're seeing here where the storm is yet to come. they went out. they made the rescues. the calls had been early and often from people who got caught by this storm. and, remember, it is not a four, six or nine hour event. it will be days of downpour. all right? again, that number 430,000 customers without power. here in south carolina, north myrtle beach, this is where florence is coming. throughout the day conditions will be deteriorating. what are we seeing here? by storm standards, reasonable fair. 30, 40 miles an hour sustained winds. gusts of 50 miles...