1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: All right, thanks for being with us forty one days 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: till the midterms. All eyes at this hour though, on 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: the Great State, Free State of Florida, they are getting hammered. 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: I have friends of mine southwest Florida in Naples. They 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: are seeing flooding at a level they've never seen before. 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: I've got images of people. I mean, you cannot believe 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the flooding that has taken place, Linda. I got a 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: videotape from a friend of mine and it lives in 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: a high rise in Fort Myers, and literally I saw 10 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: the beginning of the flooding. Ten minutes later, it's five 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: feet higher and moving fast and record wins coming in 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: at a cat fur and the scariest part of all 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: of this. And by the way, we will check in 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: with Senator Rubia will check in with us. We believe 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: the Governor will join us this hour. Governor DeSantis will 16 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: get an update from him. If anyone knows someone who 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: didn't evacuate or is currently in an evacuation zone. I 18 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: did get this information, Please go to Florida disaster dot org. 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: Slash Info will put it up on Hannity dot com. 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: I know Marco Rubio took down his reelection website and 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: he's using it for recovery, and that's Marco Rubio dot com, 22 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: but it's Florida Disaster one word dot org, slash info 23 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: and put in that person's name, addressed number, whatever they 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: can so rescuers will know exactly where to go. They 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: have mobilized. I gotta give them a lot of credit 26 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: down in Florida. They have mobilized the entire state, and 27 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: they're gonna need it because the amount of landmasks in 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: the state of Florida that's going to be impacted by 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: this is massive. I mean, so you're looking at southwest 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: Florida from Naples all the way up through Fort Myers, 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: all the way up through Sarasota, you know, a little 32 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: south of Tampa. But Tampa's getting hammered too straight. Then 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: it makes it veers a little bit north right across 34 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: the state from west to east and northward, right up 35 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: the I four corridor going right over Orlando, where I 36 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: know a lot of people from Tampa in that area 37 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: have bunker down and hunkered down there. And then it's 38 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: literally gonna just slide up to the northeast portion of 39 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: the state. Jacksonville will be hit very, very hard. According 40 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: to Jobastardi, who will join us at the bottom of 41 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: the half hour, he'll be joining us all afternoon, as 42 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, it's that bad. And then this 43 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: storm is going to head straight through Georgia all the 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: way up the coast. It might it might slow down 45 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: a little bit as it hits the Atlantic, coming out 46 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: of Pontovidra and Jacksonville in that area and going into Georgia, 47 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: going straight into South Carolina. Charleston seems to be a 48 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: target in line for this as well. Our South Carolina 49 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: listeners are Georgia listeners. If you're down in the southern 50 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: areas of like Savannah and surrounding areas Brunswick, places like that, 51 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: you want to pay very close attention this afternoon to 52 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,399 Speaker 1: what you got to do. I know some people, there's 53 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: always a reluctant, some resistance. I understand it. I get it. 54 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: Nobody likes being told what to do. People don't want 55 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: to evacuate. It's inconvenient, it's rough, But there are going 56 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: to be people that didn't evacuate. For those two point 57 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: five million people that did evacuate, you made the right call, 58 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: even if your area didn't particularly get hit as hard 59 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: as they predicted, because this came in a little more 60 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: south than what some of the earlier projections where job 61 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: was starting had picked this up within the last twenty 62 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: four to thirty six hours that it was going to 63 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: be a little more south of Tampa. It was slowly 64 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: beginning to move more towards that model. And that's the 65 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: model that I followed. This is not a precise science, 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: if you will, but again, if you know somebody that 67 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: didn't evacuate and is in an evacuation zone home where 68 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: they're getting hammered, if you know that person, and again, 69 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: don't use this information, don't clog up the website. If 70 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: you don't, if it's not important. This is to save 71 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: lives anyway. Florida disaster dot org slash info. The state 72 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: has mobilized. State of Florida's mobilized every single state agency. 73 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis has done on that end, and Senator Ruby 74 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: has been working with FEMA. Well, they've all have been 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: really working together on all of it and on the 76 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: federal government side. But there's there's gonna be a ton 77 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: of damage here coming into the cat for one hundred 78 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,799 Speaker 1: and fifty plus mile an hour wins gus even higher 79 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: and the storm surging is real. Um, somebody sent me 80 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: videos from Naples, Florida literally just you know, wiped out 81 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: the bottom of an entire building already Fort Myers. I 82 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: could not believe the videos that I was receiving in 83 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: real time, and that difference in terms of water surging 84 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: from you know, one minute, ten minutes later, it's like 85 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: three feet higher, and then ten minutes after that it's 86 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: it's six feet higher. And that's how real this is. 87 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: Some people have informed they're really scared. They're not fully 88 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: not like a New York high rise, but in you know, 89 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: maybe twelve fifteen story buildings, and there's a little shake 90 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: to it. My understanding, especially building codes over the years 91 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: have gotten more strict and and they literally are made 92 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: to sustain the kind of winds that you're currently experiencing, 93 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: and there is a little sway factor to all of 94 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: those buildings. I know it probably is very scary for 95 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: a lot of people. You know, depending when you're building 96 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: was actually put up or if it's it had to 97 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: get up to code that is you know that that's 98 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: factored in. You can check with these super you can 99 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: check with other people's engineers that work in the building, 100 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: people that know a little bit more about your specific situation. 101 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: But that is not unusual. And even if you didn't evacuate, 102 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: you're in the building. It's scary for sure, but anyway, 103 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: Sarasota County, I can tell you. According to the Herald Tribune, 104 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: their emergency services have now have to shut down for 105 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: the duration of the storm for the simple reason emergency 106 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: vehicles can't respond because of flooding and other reasons because 107 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: it just isn't safe to be on the roads at 108 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: this point. They are urging people there to shelter in place. 109 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: And when sheltering in place, you should stay in the 110 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: centermost place in your home. According to the Sarasota County 111 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: Director of Communications, you want to put as many walls 112 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: between you and the exterior of your home as possible. 113 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: That was stated at a midday press conference. It's it's 114 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: so storms of phenomena just you know, they're fascinating studies. 115 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: And I get why Joe Bastardi is just he's a 116 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: weather not like I mean, I love the guys. Is 117 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: a great, great guy who's the official meteorologist of the program. 118 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he's been a storm chaser most of his life. 119 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: His dad was a meteorologist at SUNS been a meteorologist. 120 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean, it just runs in the blood of their family. 121 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: And he's done this forever and he can tell you 122 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: every storm and what happened, what the damage was, how 123 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: bad it was. Anyway in Tampa that they had this 124 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: rare phenomenon today where caused by the hurricane, where all 125 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: the water was sucked away from the shore of Tampa Bay. 126 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: It's called a reverse storm surge, another symptom of the 127 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: impending storm. At eight am this morning, the tide was 128 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: receding from Tampa Bay again. They call it reverse storm 129 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: surge and it's when the storm winds push water out 130 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: of the bay, according to National Weather Service, and water 131 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: near Tampa's Mackay Bay was three feet below expected levels 132 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: during low tide, which was ten thirty am this morning. 133 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: According to preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 134 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,559 Speaker 1: Administration that water from the Gulf beaches have also pulled 135 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,119 Speaker 1: back this morning, but they're starting to rise again. Data 136 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: tracking from Clearwater beaches showing and when we hit to 137 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: high tide, now that's when Tampa's going to have their problems. 138 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: And they said the negative tide will likely continue over 139 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: the next couple of hours, but sometime this afternoon, probably 140 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: during this show, they're going to see water rushing back, 141 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: predicting some forecasters anywhere between six eight feet of a 142 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: storm surge. So you know, don't get complacent thinking, oh, well, 143 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: water to come up here. Florida Highway Patrol is closed 144 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: Tampa's Massive Skyway Bridge. If you've ever visited Tampa, you 145 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: know it. It's you probably have driven over the Massive 146 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: Skyway Bridge. It's the largest bridge in the state. What 147 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: makes it dangerous in these hurricanes can though the miles 148 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: and miles of sea level causeways that they have on 149 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: both sides of the bridge. Those causeways now could soon 150 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: be under water if the prediction of a sixteen foot 151 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: storm surge would have come true in some areas. So 152 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: the Florida Highway Patrol closed the Skyway Bridge in both directions. 153 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: They had to do that early this morning after winds 154 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: in the area associated with the hurricane. We're what clocked 155 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: at fifty sixty miles an hour. The bridge will remain 156 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: closed until the storm passes and the inclement weather subsides. 157 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: That means, you know, it's going to be a while 158 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: till help makes it to you. The only good news 159 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: is they are ready. I have now spoken to enough 160 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: people all around the state of Florida, all the areas 161 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: that are going to be impacted. I mean, they have mobilized. 162 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: And by the way, neighboring states are helping. I got 163 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: to give a lot of credit to all the neighboring 164 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: states of Florida. I mean, they're sending their electric gold teams, 165 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: their power teams out there. They're sending in other rescue 166 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: workers in there, They're sending equipment in there, They're sending 167 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: supplies in there because they you know, it's the right 168 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: thing to do. It's really that's simple. But anyway, the 169 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: Howard Franklin other two bridges connecting Panellis and Hillsborough Counties, 170 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: the Gandry Bridge and the Courtney Campbell Causeway, they're being 171 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: monitored by the Florida Department of Transportation and by law enforcement. 172 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: They're gonna have to close bridges if it approaches a 173 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: point where they're going to get covered by water, but 174 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: they don't know when that might actually be. They just 175 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: have to monitor the storm. Obviously a lot of airport 176 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: closings around the country based on the routing of different airlines. 177 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: You just have to if you get on a if 178 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: you're getting on a plane and the plane was puposed 179 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: to come out of Florida, the odds are you're not 180 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 1: getting on that plane today. The most you know, damaging wins. 181 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: There is a staging area. I couldn't believe this. I 182 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: wish I could show that. I'll show this on TV tonight. 183 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: The AP actually put it out. I was on Drudge 184 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: today too. They have a staging area which with you know, 185 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: all these electric company trucks that is as far as 186 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: the eye can see. It's bigger than like two football fields. 187 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: It's so massive, all full of trucks to go in 188 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: to help the people Farida when this thing passes. It's 189 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: actually amazing. So all of this, you know, we're telling you. 190 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: By the way, the country of Cuba is now without 191 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: all power. The power grid collapsed down in Cuba. The 192 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: damage in Puerto Rico running out of fuel tanks thanks 193 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: to Biden's war on energy. That's a separate deal. It 194 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: was a really I mean, I just couldn't believe what 195 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 1: happened with Biden today. I mean, he had a number 196 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: of moments, you know, he's he's out there during a 197 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: White House conference on Hunger and Nutrition and health today 198 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: and he speaking, and he asked if his representative Jackie 199 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: Larski in attendance. We thank all of you here for 200 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: including bipartisan electrificials like Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, 201 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: Representative Jackie. Are you here? Where's Jackie? I don't think 202 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: here to help make this a reality. Jackie wull Larski 203 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: is dead. She died sadly. Uh what back in August 204 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: in a car accident he'd forgotten. I can't handle it. 205 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: I really can't. Um, But that's your Joe Biden. That's 206 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: that's the American president anyway. UM, we're gonna keep you 207 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: up to speed on all of this. Governor de Santis 208 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: is checking in with us today, uh times or a 209 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: little iffy. We're not sure. Mark Rubio will check in 210 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: with us today. We'll be doing a lot of time 211 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: with Joe Bistarti, the chief meteorologist of this program. If 212 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: you're in other states on the eastern seaboard, you're gonna 213 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: want information because it's head your way, but all through 214 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: Central Florida. This is now going to make its way, 215 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: it's just beginning from Naples all the way up through 216 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: Tampa and even north of that. Then it's going to 217 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: slowly move inward from the west coast to the east 218 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: coast and move up in a northern path right over Orlando, 219 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: straight to Jacksonville and areas, then to Georgia, then to 220 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: South Carolina. Real risks in South Carolina and Georgia. 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Well, it's gonna get some other 246 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: topics today, we'll check in with all things simple Man 247 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: Bill o'reiley, doctor and Senator Ram Paul's going to join us. 248 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: He just did a new campaign ad and it features 249 00:14:54,920 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: Riley Gaines, competitive swimmer University Kentucky supporting Rand and she 250 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: was the girl to pen this op ed for Foxnews 251 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: dot com on the issue of competing against somebody born 252 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: a biological man mail the Leah Thompson case and anyway, 253 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: she did a thirty second TV ad that is extremely powerful, 254 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: and she'll join us as well, so we will do 255 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: other topics, but we expect that we we'll check him 256 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: with the governor of the state of Florida, We'll check 257 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: him with Senator Rubio from Florida. Joe Bastardi is all 258 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: over this. It looks like he nailed this exactly. And 259 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,479 Speaker 1: this is going to be three days now of severe 260 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: weather for a significant portion geographically of the state of 261 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: Florida before it makes its path through Georgia, South Carolina. 262 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: Charleston's likely to get hit. Other portions of South Carolina, 263 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: we'll get hit, and you know, we can't predict, but 264 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: it's landing as a category for hurricane. This is the 265 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: real deal. Flooding, surging, all of that is real as well. 266 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: Is I will say, based on all the images that 267 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: I've seen, I could not believe. Linda, did you see 268 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: the picture from the AP It's like three football fields 269 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: full of trucks, repair trucks from electric companies, not just Florida, 270 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: but from around the country that have gone there and 271 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: stationed there in position there for when this thing leaves, 272 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: Because I would imagine every single place unless you have 273 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: a generator, which I highly recommend for people. Unless you 274 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: have a generator, you're gonna be without power, almost guaranteed. 275 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: And they're gonna come racing in there and get people's 276 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: power back up, which is critical. All Right, we'll take 277 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: a quick break. We'll get to Joe Bastardi on the 278 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: other side. We expect the governor this hour actually to 279 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: be calling in we just were told and much more 280 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: straight ahead. All right, twenty five now to the top 281 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: of the hour. Thanks for being with us, eight hundred 282 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: and nine for one Sean, if you want to be 283 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: a part of the program. In a second, we'll be 284 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: joined by Governor Ronda Santas. I just saw a picture 285 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: from the ap of what looks like at least three 286 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: football fields full of trucks ready stage to go in 287 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: to get power back up. I'm sure from Florida and 288 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: other states as well, but but they're ready to go 289 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: in and restore power when this is done. I've never 290 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: seen a sight like that ever during a hurricane like this. 291 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: This is as bad as we thought, you know, Southwest Florida. 292 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm really worried about Santa Bell and some of these 293 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: other areas. I've gotten images sent to me from Naples Florida. 294 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 1: Fort Myers is getting hammered, I mean really bad. The 295 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: flooding has been out of control all the way up 296 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: through Sarasta, all the way up to Tampa. And what's 297 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 1: what the storm The track of the storm has it 298 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: that it's it is hitting the coast, the west coast 299 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: to Florida, very very hard, and it will slowly make 300 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: its way north, right over Orlando in central Florida, the 301 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: Ifoor Corridor, into the northeastern part of the state by Jacksonville, Pontovidra, 302 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: that area, and then into Georgia and into South Carolina. 303 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: I have been given some information. If you know somebody, 304 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: they evacuated two and a half million people, no easy 305 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: task yesterday. But if you know somebody that didn't evacuate, 306 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: they're currently in an evacuation zone. There is a website 307 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: to go to. It's Florida disaster dot org slash info 308 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: and you can put in that person's name and address 309 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: and when they are able. They've they've mobilized every state 310 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: agency right now and they're coordinating with FEMA, and I 311 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: know Governor DeSantis, Senator Rubio that everybody's working hand in hand. 312 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: Every single state employee it's all hands on deck. And 313 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: by the way, they have a Florida Disaster Fund dot 314 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: org is you know, donations go to a volunteer Florida 315 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 1: five O one seed three tax exempt charity. People are 316 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: going to need help. There's a lot of destruction. As 317 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Governor Rhonda Santis is on our 318 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: Newsmaker line now, Governor, thanks for being with us. I'm 319 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: so sorry. It looks to me like geographically at least half, 320 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: if not two thirds, of your state geographically are going 321 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: to be impacted by this. Well, Sean, you know, when 322 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: you look at storms and you've covered a lot of these, 323 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes you'll have a storm like Hurricane Michael 324 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: that hit the Panhandle as a Category five, but it 325 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: was more like a tornado. It was not necessarily a 326 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: lot of rain, not a lot of storm surge, but 327 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: it just bulldozed everything in its path. Then you have 328 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: some others like Irma, which are bigger and they drop 329 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: a lot of water, cause a lot of flooding. You know, 330 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: this Ean is pretty close to a Cat five a landfall, 331 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: very very powerful, but a massive storm and it's dumping 332 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: a huge amount of water. I mean, you're obviously seeing 333 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: the storm surge that you saw in Naples. It's just 334 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: now really getting into Lee and Charlotte Counties. We're going 335 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: to see more flooding there. But then it's going to 336 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: meander across the state basically diagonally through Orlando and Daytona 337 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: Beach and then exit the Atlantic Ocean. That's going to 338 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: drop a huge amount of water. But then when it 339 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: interacts in the Atlantic, that's going to affect Northeast Florida, 340 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: like Nassau County and Duval Jacksonville. So yeah, you're going 341 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: to see wide impacts, I will tell you. And you 342 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: mentioned the linemen. We've got over forty two thousand alignment 343 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: and associated personnel. Many states have sent people to help 344 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: with the power restoration. It's a massive mobilization. We've got 345 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: massive numbers of aircraft, high water vehicles, Shinook, helicopters, you 346 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: name it, to be able to help rescue people, to 347 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: be able to help deliver supplies and relief. And then obviously, 348 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, we want a resumption of services as the 349 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: store moves through, get people's power back on, make sure 350 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: fuels flowing and communications are restored. We mobilized in my 351 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: first year as Governor for Dorian. You remember decimated the Bahamas. 352 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: It was supposed to hit us in probably Palm Beach 353 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: as a Category five and it turned north and skirted 354 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: our coast, and that was a big mobilization. But this 355 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: is the biggest mobilization anyone could ever remember. And we 356 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: just understand that this is very important. Those communities in 357 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: southwest Florida, you know them well, Sean. These are fantastic communities. 358 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: These are fantastic people. They're very, very resilient. But we're 359 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: facing something that's really, really significant. And I really appreciate 360 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: everybody throughout the country who's offered prayers for the folks 361 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 1: down in southwest Florida. This is a mean storm and 362 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: these next couple of hours are going to be very 363 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: crucial in terms of the overall damage that is ultimately done. 364 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: Governor was watching you are almost begging people to heed 365 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: the warnings and the projections that the storm about the 366 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: storm and a massive mobilization, asking to two and a 367 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: half million Floridians to leave these coastal areas in southwest Florida. 368 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: Many many did, and I want to emphasize here for 369 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: people that maybe didn't evacuate, you have emergency teams standing 370 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,959 Speaker 1: by in the moment that they can go in. If 371 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: you know somebody that didn't evacuate in an evacuation zone, 372 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: you want to register that person's name at Florida disaster 373 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: dot org slash info and and by the way, they 374 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: have a Florida Disaster fund dot org. That's another state 375 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: website that's up there for donations, and believe me that 376 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: people are going to need it. You talk about the 377 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: electric company trucks that are staged, Governor right, they're all 378 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: staged in one big area that looked the size of 379 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: three football fields. I was shocked that they were that 380 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: on the ready today and you had no idea whether 381 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: or not the forecast would be one hundred percent accurate. 382 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: They turned out to be accurate. More well, we have 383 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: them stage all over the state. So that's one big 384 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: landing area, but there's thirty sites overall all throughout the state. 385 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: They're going to have access. Obviously Southwest Florida will be first, 386 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: and then they'll work their way up as the storm passes. 387 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think one of the challenges when you 388 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: have a storm of this magnitude, with the surge we're 389 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: seeing and potentially a lot of wind damages. You know, 390 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: it's one thing to just have a power line go 391 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: down and and hook it back up. It's another thing 392 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: if the entire infrastructure is uprooted in damage because the 393 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: storm is so bad. And if it's the latter, then 394 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: those crews have a duty not only to hook it 395 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: back up, They're really going to have to reconstruct some 396 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: of the infrastructure. And so they know that and they're 397 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: prepared for that. But that obviously adds to the challenges 398 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: in terms of what you're seeing with the infrastructure. But yeah, 399 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: the number of people and when I was I went 400 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: and gave them a pep talk to thank them what 401 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: they're doing. I mean, I saw people from Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, 402 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: you name it. Obviously we've got a lot of people 403 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: in Florida as well, but there are people coming. And 404 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: then we were driving back to Tallahassee from Lake City 405 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: and if you looked at I ten going eastbound, every 406 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: other car was like a utility truck. I mean, so 407 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: there's more resources that are continuing to pour into the 408 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: state of Florida because we just understand how important it 409 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: is that some people, hopefully we don't have a lot 410 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: but some people very well may have injuries, there may 411 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: be fatalities, There may be people that need to be rescued. 412 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: Some people are going to have their homes damage, some 413 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: unfortunately may be even destroyed. But the vast majority of 414 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: people are going to be able to get back in 415 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: their homes, and what they want to do is just 416 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: have the services restored as quickly as possible. So we're 417 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: using all levers at our disposal to help make that happen. 418 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: So I have friends and Fort Myers. I was actually 419 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: able to send some videos over to your team just 420 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: so they can get a look see of what was 421 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: happening there. And Fort Myers is being hit very hard 422 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: right now as we speak. And within a ten minute period, 423 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: I got one video. Ten minutes later, the tide was 424 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: up four to five feet. The surge was up to 425 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: five feet, literally covering an entire tennis court. There was 426 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,959 Speaker 1: a five foot fence, I believe a dog park, and 427 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 1: in the first photo it was, you know, maybe up 428 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: two feet the surge and it was nearly covered ten 429 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: minutes later. That's how dramatically quickly you know this surge 430 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: is coming. And I know in Tampa, for example, they're 431 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: experiencing at low tide this morning what they call a 432 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: reverse storm surge, where it's a phenomenon where the when 433 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: the storm winds push water out of the bay and 434 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: then when it comes back, it comes back with a 435 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: huge storm surge, which they're expecting it. I think high 436 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: tide this afternoon soon of six eight feet, maybe even higher. 437 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: So that's a danger for Tampa. Is that correct? Yeah? 438 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: I think so. I mean I think obviously if we 439 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: were you and I were talking thirty six hours ago, 440 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: the forecast was a direct hit into the Tampa Bay area, 441 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: and that's typically forecasted as the worst case scenario for 442 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: floor just because of how vulnerable that is. Of course, 443 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: the forecasts has shifted dramatically, and so now we're looking 444 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: at southwest Florida. It's going to move up the coast, 445 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: but that will have impacts on the Tampa Bay Area. 446 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: I would say in Fort Myers, if you look at 447 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: how this storm is entering the Florida Peninsula, Fort Myers, 448 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: Cape Coral, some of those areas, they're kind of on 449 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: that northeast quadrant of that storm just turning counterclockwise. So 450 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: that's going to churn up a massive amount of water 451 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: into the coast, into the coastal communities. You also have 452 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: different harbors there, and so you're going to see that. 453 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: And so this is going to be really, really significant, 454 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: and it's happening right now and really the next probably 455 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: two hours are going to be the maximum impacts for 456 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: both Lee and Charlotte Counties. One concern I've heard from 457 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: people that are in some of these condos, smaller condo 458 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: buildings anywhere between eight stories and fifteen stories, is they're 459 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: concerned about the structural engineering my understanding of Florida code 460 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,719 Speaker 1: for many, many years, because their experience a slight sway 461 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: in the building. Isn't that structurally engineered to do that 462 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: in moments like this to withstand the type of winds 463 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: that they're taking on right now. So all if they're 464 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: new built, relatively new buildings, I mean, they have to 465 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: be built a very high building codes. We have the 466 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: strongest in the country, and it's built precisely for these 467 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: types of situations. And so my sense would be, because 468 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of growth in Southwest Florida over 469 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: the last twenty years in particular, that most of those 470 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: structures have likely been built to withstand really, really serious 471 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: wind damage and hurricane force winds. But you know, seanmy 472 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: you're talking about, you know, one hundred fifty miles an hour. 473 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: A lot can happen there, Trees, there's a whole host 474 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: of other things. So nothing's ever full proof. But I 475 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: do believe. I remember going after Hurricane Michael, which is 476 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: a Category five and Panama City, and you could look 477 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: at a building that was built relatively recently and it's 478 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: what stood it. Right next door there could be a 479 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: building from like the nineteen fifties and it was totally 480 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: utterly demolished. And so I do think our building codes 481 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: it cost a little bit more to build as a 482 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: result of that, but you do it for situations like 483 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: this because you want everything to be able to make 484 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: it through. Now, all of these structures on the first 485 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: floor in the beach communities, I mean, there's just so 486 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: much flooding that they're going to have to take care 487 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: of the flooding for sure. And I think that's going 488 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: to be true for a lot of homes, a lot 489 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: of condos, a lot of hotels. I will say, though 490 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: there has been a trend in recent years some of 491 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: the people that are fortunate enough to live on those 492 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: beautiful islands, barrier islands, they will build their homes up 493 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: on kind of almost like pedestals, knowing that there could 494 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: be surge. So it'll be interesting to see in places 495 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: like Santa bell because if you look, some of those 496 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: homes are built up, whether that ended up being effective 497 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: because Santa bell got hit, one of the first to 498 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: really get hit. I mean it was like the whole 499 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: the whole island was basically turned into a river. There 500 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: was so much water. Wow, I've been hearing the same report. 501 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: What do you know about Santa Belle? How bad was it? Well, 502 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: it was, I mean, you know, it's it's one of 503 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: the it's one of the beijor Barrier islands, and it 504 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: was one of the first ones to get really that 505 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: that churn of driving the storm surge and so it 506 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: so it drove it up, totally flooded the streets and 507 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: put most of the island under water. And so you know, 508 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 1: those are folks that live there, you know, most of 509 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: those you know, folks, you know, you know have means. 510 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: I would imagine most of them evacuated and have places 511 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: to stay. So hopefully we don't have much in the 512 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,479 Speaker 1: way of damage to to human beings. But yeah, I mean, 513 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: I think this is going to be the biggest, the 514 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: biggest surge event in the history of Santabelle. The media 515 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: made a big deal over the fact early yesterday that 516 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: President Biden had called mayors all throughout the varying cities. 517 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: We're expected to be impacted by this, but hadn't called you. 518 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: But in fact he did call you and you had 519 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: a conversation with him. How did that conversation go. Well, 520 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: when I was asked about it, my view is like, look, 521 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: my phone is open. I want to work for the 522 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: people of Florida. You know, obviously I've been I've been 523 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: a big critic of Biden's policy since he's been president. 524 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: We fought in Florida against those policies. But at the 525 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: same time, I've got people that are in need. We're 526 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: working with the locals who we work very well with. 527 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: We want to work with FEMA too, and I want 528 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: that to be seamless. And so my phone line's open. 529 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: So he called, you know, he pledged his support for us. 530 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: He has approved a pre landfall declaration of emergency support. 531 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: We just sent him a request for one hundred percent 532 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: reimbursement for the restoration efforts for the first sixty days 533 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: post storm, and we hope that he will he will 534 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: approve that. You know, President Trump approved something similar after 535 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: Hurricane Michael my first year as governor. So hopefully that 536 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: we'll get the support of my view on this. Sean 537 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: is you know I battle damn for my positions. Yeah, exactly. 538 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, at some point, it's like there's 539 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: some people that want to politicize everything, and some of 540 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: these legacy media outlets they can't help themselves. I mean, 541 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: that's all they want to do. They want to use 542 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: the peril and the misery of people in places like 543 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: Southwest Florida to be able to advance their political agenda. 544 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: That's wrong. They don't give a damn about these people 545 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: in Southwest Florida. They just want to try to advance 546 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: their agenda. Governor, We're on seven hundred stations. This is 547 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: the greatest audience in radio. I know people listening want 548 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: to help the people of Florida. What can they do well? 549 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: I think if you go to Florida Disaster dot org, 550 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: we have different options to be able to help. In 551 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: terms of volunteer. You can volunteer time and you can 552 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: send donations. We're going to be doing a lot of 553 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: relief efforts for folks in particularly Southwest Florida and Sean. 554 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of needs that happen. There's 555 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: just going to be some base six subsistence needs. Some 556 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: people may have their homes destroyed, they may need temporary housing. 557 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: Want to be able to help them with that, and 558 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: we want to be able to meet the needs of 559 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: the people there. There. There's government, there's state programs, there's FEMA, 560 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: there's other stuff. But you know, some of the money 561 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: going to private groups can just be deployed very efficiently, 562 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: and so those types of contributions are good. What we 563 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: don't think has been effective is for people to send 564 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: items to us. We've got a lot of supplies. We're good, 565 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: we're prepared. So if you want to help, just send 566 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: the money or volunteer your time. All right, Governor de Santis, 567 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 1: please know that the state of Florida, all the residents 568 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: there are in our prayers. Thank you so much. We're 569 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: wishing you the best, and this is not going to 570 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: be an easy one. Thank you for being with us 571 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: and updating us. Thank you everybody. Eight hundred and nine 572 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: for one Shawn on number. Don't forget these troubled economic 573 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: times we live, and you need to find the biggest 574 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: ways to save money. 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