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They'll be big so we can deal with the volumes of voters. that's the only option. if you've driven around anywhere here, the devastation, i have people in here working today. they don't have a house. >> and they need the volunteers too, dana. that's the other issue. they need the bodies to staff the 44 polling places and they don't have enough people to do it. >> they only have 19 days until the election. rick, you tagged along with a power crew. where do things stand restoring power? >> it's a complete rebuild of the electrical grid. gulf power has 7,000 utility workers on 16-hour shifts work...

>> when somebody says there's going to be nine-foot, 10-foot, 14 foot storm surge from its deadly. don't look just at the win. maybe it's only category to, but if there's a big storm surge are not going to survive it. >> some 5800 utility workers are on the ground here in the florida panhandle. 17,000 disaster wide. in terms of the time to reestablish power, it depends on how bad the area was hit, how easy it is for these crews to get in and reestablish power. for a place like a county, where mexico beach is located, you're talking about after friday before you can start expecting to have powe...

See, take a look at video that we shot during daylight yesterday showing metal structure with recreational boats crushed like soda cans, governor rick scott has opened governor's mansion to assist and coordinating federal crews to clear debris for utility workers to get in and restore power to more than 373. >> you know, it's woody out there, a lot of trees down, you still see a lot of trees down. what you say morning until i got there, there's been a lot of stuff cleaned up. >> even if the storm moved well inland that caused power outages, what started as florida impact has become a regional ...

Unbelievable. they did rescues during the night for us. we have a massive flow of search and rescue highway patrol, national guard, utility workers pushing their way down to these impacted areas, and they're doing -- we're doing everything we can to get all the resources we need. my biggest concern, of course, would be loss of life. and i want everybody, everybody to think about this. you survive this unbelievable storm, stay safe. don't venture out unless you have to. listen to the locals. we've got downed power lines. we have trees all over the place. this is a very -- a lot of this area has...

Darkness and the unknown last night to begin rescues. there are a lot of other people that went with them. highway patrol, d.o.t. youth, utilities, health care workers. i mean, the bravery of people doing this is unimaginable. pray for each of these individuals. law enforcement and first responders are heroes. leaving their families to help others. we cannot thank them enough. this morning, i will be joining the florida national guard to survey damage in panama city and mexico beach. the florida department of transportation completing a massive effort this morning with thousands of crews to cl...