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The Tampa Bay powerful category four storm is barreling toward the state officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and heavy landfall and unleashed its fury overnight, we are awaiting a Press Conference. At any moment from Florida Governor Ron Desantis. Well bring that to you live in the meantime, we have Team Coverage of Hurricane Milton. We have seen as Randi Kaye and Isabel Rosales Standing by in florida. But first lets go to Cnn Meteorologist derek van dam. Derek, this is still a very powerful monster sure, a storm. Whats the latest yeah, indeed, jim, in fact, were getting hourly updates now and will continue to do so through landfall, which we anticipate sometime late tonight and into the early morning hours of thursday still 155 mile per hour wind, that is a powerful category four. Note that i did not say category five at one has earlier this morning, didnt lose much intensity overnight like we had hoped it would, but lets not split hairs here. The amount of energy that this storm has enacted on the eastern Gulf Of Mexico means that the Storm Surge that will be realized across westcentral coastline of florida in the coming hours and into the overnight period will be consistent with a category We Five hurricane. So lets Talk Specifics in terms of this trajectory, we still have that landfall with a category four. Thats explicitly noted in the national Hurricane Centers Forecast Track again, late tonight or early tomorrow morning, it will zip across the Florida Peninsula and bring its fury along with it, along with Hurricane Force winds so when can you expect the tropical stormforce winds to begin . Well, you can see into tampa this afternoon to this evening, thats when conditions will really start to be felt. And then they go downhill exponentially from their remember, tropical Storm Force winds. They close the bridges in and around tampa and along the Barrier Islands. So if you have not evacuated, i implore you because now is your moment in time to get inland as quick as possible this is the latest radar and you can see the eye is actually visible on the radar for both key West And Tampa Base Radar systems. The winds that are in the outer band impacting the western coastline already gusting over 30 pretty miles per hour. You can see, look at venice, 39 miles per hour currently right now. But it will only get exponentially worse from here catastrophic Wind Damage possible, not just on the coast, but inland. And that Storm Surge potential still there even though its lowered in Tampa Bay, jim, these numbers will eclipse what we experienced in helene two weeks ago yeah, certainly will. All right. Derek van dam. Thank you so much. Randi kaye is In Sarasota, florida, how are things on the ground there . Randi has derek was saying, a few moments ago, i mean, these outer bands are starting to make their way in and then just this afternoon, a few hours from now, youre going to really start to feel the effects yeah, absolutely, jim, we are sort of bracing for a bullseye here In Sarasota along with the rest of the community throughout the morning, we have seen several bands come through, definitely some heavy rains and the winds are certainly starting to pick up. Were on south Shore Drive in an Owners Backyard who gave us permission to be here. He event actuated, but we are here and this is what the concern is because the water has been sort of going up and down all morning and they are expecting as derek was talking about a potentially attend to 15 foot Storm Surge, he left his boat behind. He doesnt know if his boat will still be here when he returns. And then if you look just across the water over there, take you over here. You can see some of the Home Homes theyve been boarded up. They have their hurricane shutters. Most of the people have left this area after they saw what helene did. There is destruction from helene all over the neighborhoods as we were driving around and sarasota pretty much the neighborhoods that weve been in at least is really a Ghost Town. The restaurants are closed, the windows are boarded up in homes. The Hurricane Senators are around. Theres plywood on a lot of the businesses in downtown, but some people still think that they could ride it out some road out helene in fact, i talked to one woman who said that they had a house on Siesta Key. One of those Barrier Islands were now the bridges closed. So you cant get off that island anymore. As derek was talking about, they wrote theyve been there for 25 years. They never never had an inch of rain in their home while her husband wrote out helene there. And this is what he experienced he got no power. He had no phone, and we lost touch with him. And we found out the next day there was a five Foot Surge of water in the house and he was all night in the Pitch Dark and five foot of water. They sat there for hours on the top of a neighbors high house until the water went down a little and went back in the house and laid on a wet bad until light came Siesta Key and i spoke to Sarah Sodas mayor liz alpert, and she said shes not sure if people evacuated from if everyone evacuated from those Barrier Islands. So thats a real concern and thats potentially what they could see possibly even worse if anybodys out there still as Hurricane Milton comes in yeah, randi, we know floridians are experienced in dealing with hurricanes, but this is not one where you write it out. Our Randi Kaye In Sarasota. Thank you so much. Isabel rosales is in tampa where evacuations are coming to a close isabel, how are things looking there hey jim i want to show lets actually move the camera this way. This is a tampa is marine unit here in the last couple of minutes, i saw them talking to this person who lives on this 20 Foot Boat Right here, speaking very bluntly, telling him, please evacuate follow the orders to evacuate here in zone a, right on the hillsborough bay. And they told them, if few im evacuated. We told you this before. If you dont evacuate, youre going to die. So very blunt language is, are trying to persuade with this man as we speak to, to evacuate jim, im going to pass a right back to you. You have desantis my goodness. I hope theyre successful in talking him out of that boat. Isabel. Thank you so much. Break away from Isabel A live shot for a moment. Heres Florida Governor Ron Desantis technical issue there with Florida Governor Ron Desantis standby and were going to see where again, iron that out major. In the meantime officials are telling floridians to get out while they can and were going to go back into Ron Desantis. Lets listen to this Press Conference over two weeks, given both of these storms the state is actively fulfilling over 1,500 missions weve delivered massive amounts of supplies, meals, water bottles sandbags, tarps, generators to be able to help our local communities respond to this storm. Weve also deployed more than 11,000 feet of Flood Protection systems and erected them around critical infrastructure like hospitals, Wastewater Treatment facilities, and electric infrastructure generators have been deployed at shelters and to support sheltering operations. Starlink internet has been deployed across the entire state of florida. We have surged an additional 600 ambulances and they are currently in Operation Helping in the effort the state of florida has considerable Fuel Reserves ahead of milton and its stage, and they will be utilized as needed. Following the storm, weve already dispatched a lot of fuel in the lead up to this, but we still have on hand 1. 6 million gallons of diesel and 1. 1 Million gallons of gasoline. There is no right now fuel shortage, however, demand has been extraordinarily high and some Gas Station have run out to be able to help ameliorate that. The Florida Highway Patrol has facilitated 106 long distant Fuel Tanker escorts with sirens getting through traffic totaling almost 1 Million gallons of gasoline from ports in tampa, jack sen. Bill everglades and manatee, and they are continuing with the fuel escorts. As we speak. Ive been contact with the ports on the West Coast of florida we will see how this storm impacts those clearly theres an opera, theres a chance that you could have a major impact On Port manatee, as well as On Port Tampa Bay that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel shipments. And so were working on contingencies to be able to keep fuel flowing throughout the state of florida. As we saw this new storm develop, it was clear that a lot of the hardest Hit Areas on the West Coast of florida from Hurricane Helene had not had major a robust Debris Removal contracts in place are operations in place. Some of these contractors were good, some of them were not getting the job done so you had a major hazard on Barrier Islands in pinellas, manatee, and sarasota county. So this weekend, i did i authorize mandated 24 7 debris the removal. We took all the Florida Department of transportation and other agency vehicles, brought them from all across the state and they are engaged and other missions as their normal course of business and dedicated it to Debris Removal. So in a little over 48 hours and they were working All Through The Night and the wee hours of the morning and play places like manatee sarasota, pinellas they were able to remove 55,000 Cubic Yards of debris. Thats over 3,000 truckloads of debris and its our estimation that on those Barrier Islands they were able to make a dent then the debris and reduce it by about 50 just from what Jared Perdue and the other agencies were able to get done. So i want to thank everybody. Thats been involved in that. It did not stop since this weekend. Were now in a position where its likely the conditions are going to deteriorate. And so were going to have to wind that down but they did didnt make a difference and there will be less damage from this storm as a result of getting that Debris Out than there otherwise, would have been. The Florida Department of transportation is staging the following assets ahead of the storm. Hundred and 56 bridge inspectors 328 Cut And Toss personnel, and over 1,500 pieces of heavy Equipment Florida national guard, Florida State Guard, Florida Fish and wildlife, and the Florida Highway Patrol have activated additional personnel in advance of this storm. We have hundreds of State Search and rescue personnel on hand, 26 total teams. They are currently imbedded in the potential impact sites along the west Coast Coast to begin immediate rescue operations. As soon as the Storm Passes, the national guard is deploying 6,000 Florida National Guardsman, as well as 3,000 national guardsmen from other states. And so we thank for the support on that we have 34 Search And Rescue states. We have 500 tactical vehicles, including 180 highwater vehicles aerial Water And Ground national guard Search And Rescue teams. This is the largest Florida National Guard Search And Rescue mobilization. And the entire history of the state of florida or Florida State Guard is also deploying almost 200 soldiers, ten maritime crews, three highwater utvs to uh60 blackhawk helicopters for drone teams 15 Cut Toss crews, two amphibious rescue crews. We want to thank them. I mean, this was this was just a dream. A couple of years ago that they would be involved and there was a lot of unfair criticism when we stood it up. But they have made a huge difference in this to continue to do it here we have also worked with the utilities to have the largest staging of Utility Workers in linemen in advance of the storm. Any time in american history, we will have in florida by the time the storm arises, over 50,000 linemen and those linemen are being brought in from in places as far away as california. So as soon as that Storm Passes youre going to see the assessments and the Power Restoration efforts commence immediately. Additionally, the state of florida is assisted with the evacuation of 352 Health Care facilities in the potential path of the storm, 16 hospitals have been evacuated. The State Veteran Nursing homes are currently located that are in the cone are all accepting families. There residents to shelter with them. All of those are Hurricane Proof all of them are outside of flood zones. So if you do have a Family Member thats in one of our State Nursing homes. You can go oh, and you can shelter with them. Thats a safe option. And i know the veterans would appreciate it the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is directing deployment of additional 500 out Of State Law Enforcement officers. These officers will help respond after the storm to maintain Law And Order. And theres going to be a lot of damage from this storm theres going to be for tunity is for people to try to take advantage of that. My message is dont even think about it. We are going to come down hard on you. You are not going to youre going to regret that you tried to do that. So i appreciate all the other folks from outofstate who are coming into supplement this effort. We need to maintain Law And Order fdle is mutual Aid Team is managing more than 70 active Law Enforcement missions, including identifying Post Storm Response squads. And these are really important missions and were happy for that so were preparing for milton, but were also still recovering from Hurricane Helene when Hurricane Helene hit, we reactivated the Florida Disaster Fund. We are now accepting donations and the Florida Disaster Fund for both storms both helene and for milton, this is a private fund. Its affiliated with the state in terms of disaster, but its Tax Deductible donations. We distributed 63 Million after Hurricane Ian to help people largely in Southwest Florida this is something that is really, really important. So ive directed Volunteer Florida to keep the fund activated four Hurricane Milton i want to thank theres already been millions raised for helene. I want to thank lin are wells fargo, walmart, and publics for making really significant donations. And i know theres going to be a lot more that are going to want to do it too. Contribute to the Florida Disaster Fund. You can text disaster to 20 to 22, disaster to 20 to tu22. Or you can visit Florida Disaster Fund. Org so now were bearing down to where the storm is going to arrive within the next 24 hours. You still have time to evacuate. If you are in an evacuation zone, particularly if youre in manatee sarasota, charlotte, those areas, i mean, this Track And Bouncer around, its not guaranteed. Its going to hit there a lot of the solutions have it going there. You have time to do that. Now to end conditions arent going to be great today. I would say that the roads and the interstates, they are flowing, but weve wave tolls. Weve done all that so people can do. But the best option would probably be just to evacuate within your own county the one to the shelters, all those counties have multiple shelters that are open. Theres a lot of space in those shelters right now and certainly it would be safe to do a very short evacuation tens of miles, rather than get on the interstate and go up the roads are still open people can do that, but i just want to warn people that the conditions are likely going to continue to deteriorate throughout the course of the day. We had of course, on monday when the initial evacuations were coming down, particularly in the Tampa Bay area, had a lot of traffic On I4 and on i75, fdot. Did the Emergency Shoulder Plan that help, but it was but it was slow but when those roads can be very slow anyways, by the time we got to The End of the night through the wee hours of the morning, it was going pretty quickly. Yesterday, was not as bad on those roads as it was on monday. But what we did see is Alligator Alley down in Southern Florida was about 150 of its normal capacity and i think thats because as people saw the storm potentially bending a little further south, i think a lot of people in Southwest Florida decided to evacuate across the state and so thats that the roads now are good, but i would just caution the conditions are not great now and theyre likely going to get worse as the day it goes on. We of course, we do have a lot of mandatory evacuations in place if you want to get a hotel, you can go to visit florida. Com backslash price line, expedia. Com, backslash florida. That is the Emergency Accommodation Module that is there im not sure what what availability theres going to be. A lot of these places at this point. But if Thats Something that youre interested in, you can try that. Weve course, weve worked with the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association for Distress Rates for hotels, as well as waving pet fees. And i know a lot of the hotels in the state of florida have responded audit very positively for that. So i just want to thank them for doing that. Weve also partnered with uber for Hurricane Milton to provide free rides to and from shelters and counties with active Evacuation Orders if you want to utilize that, you go to when you when you do the ride, you do the promo code, miltonrelief, just one Word Milton Relief onstar has activated crisis mode, which provides free Crisis Assistance services and in Vehicle Data for shabby buick gmc, and cadillac owners, schools, most of the School Districts in the state are closed today. Obviously, if you get out of the path in the panhandle, not as much, but not Florida Peninsula. Virtually all School Districts are closed. All florida counties and Mika Suki in seminole tribes are assisting the state with Storm Response and i want to thank all those for their great work. We have 149 general population shelters that are open throughout the state the current total Shelter Population is just 31,000 individuals. We have room in those shelters for a total population of almost 200,000 individuals. So there is space available in the shelters i know a lot of people would rather stay in a hotel, stay front, and thats fine. But especially now as the storm is getting closer, you may be able to get in your car and drive ten miles, get to a shelter, ride the storm out, and then be able to go up as you see fit and hopefully youll be able to get back to your place very quickly. But space is available. So there are 36 county own. All right. That is Florida Governor Ron Desantis giving a briefing on the latest preparations for the landfall of Hurricane Milton of the governor, there just a few moments ago, supplement really urging residents to get out while there is still time. And just relaying the message a few moments ago so that there is still room available at local emergency shelters. The governor, local officials there in florida trying to encourage people to get away from those coastal areas because this is going to be a very powerful and dangerous hurricane. Were going to take a quick break more on the other side of the break, be right back week and asked questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing on cnn too much i want donald can you slice that if i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn conclave, the pope is dead, the throne is vacant were about to choose the most famous man in the world same man we want the papacy the memoir dangerous are the ones who do want it calm play this. The false most electrifying entertainment and hence down the best picture of the year you should be careful. Thomas conclave rated pg only in theaters October 25th much more than Sales Data see that predictive analytics. 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Thanks very much. So much for being with as you live in cortez, florida, we understand you and your husband evacuated to Higher Ground just a few miles away, although in florida Higher Ground is kind of a relative term, but how are you prepare for this time around thanks, jim, you know, its a lot. We live in florida were floridians. Were used to writing out hurricanes and this has been a whole different Ball Game in a whole different beast. Helene was terrible, not even two weeks ago, and the town that i live in right on the cusp of cortez along with ami, we all suffered catastrophic damages, has been an i took on three over three feet of water in our home along with Everybody Else and weve lost almost everything and were just picking up the pieces from that, trying to Carry On. And here we are again and im more worst situation. Wow you lost your Home And Helene i did. Yes, we did wow. And how are you going to make do moving forward . Im so sorry. Thank you its not just us. Its its our entire town, our entire community. And im very lucky. Im very blessed. We evacuated with our three dogs and went 6. 5 miles inland where my Mother And Father inlaw are and they are Zone Ii as opposed to our flood zone, a. So thats where weve been for the last its 33 feet above Sea Level and we hunker down and prep the house as best we can and saying all of our prayers and you said that a friend compared what youve been going through two Battle Fatigue, i guess thats thats what it feels like right now, living in florida with these storms coming through that youre in a battle absolutely. Our friend whos a retired veteran, has been observing whats been going on in this town for the last two weeks. And they having to force to continue to work every day to try to pick up the pieces, save what we can, drag, what we cant to our streets. Much of the debris and what weve all lost in early still on the streets as we prepare for milton and so its just all the Battle Fatigue as it as a veteran and counselors, you know, kinda call it acute stress disorder, but its just having to continue to Carry On in circumstances that are way this is not normal. This is this feels very unreal, surreal over here. Yes. I mean, stacey whats it like in some of these neighborhoods youre old neighborhood with the debris because thats i mean, thats what were hearing from a lot of folks across parts of florida that were hit by helene. Is that there are piles of debris still everywhere. We heard the governor saying a few moments ago, theyre doing their best to get rid of it all but it sounds like a lot of its still lying around and is going to be real hazard sure. Absolutely. I mean, theres not been enough time to recover from helene to prepare for milton so theyve been working and trying to get the Debris Out, but its just more its more than what could be managed in such a short period of time all right. Stacy wilkinson, were wishing you the best. Good luck riding out this storm. Thanks so much. Keep us posted on how youre doing, but best of luck, thanks so much. Thank you. All right. Well be right back move make it easy, was open door. Sell your home in any season for any reason . You are it open door. Com Antiisrael Members of congress, Kamala Harris embraces and defends the squad even after Ilhan Omar make disgusting antisemitic comments and harris join us but in sympathizing with antiisrael protesters. I do understand that. I will never violence young people. Kamala harris is no ordinary democrat. 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Lots to talk about just curious what you thought of that answer there from the Vice President me, she did Go On to say shes probably gonna put a republican in her cabinet and so she is trying to say that there will be some differences, but what do you make of that answer . There . Well, jim, also, when you consider her plan going forward to take this country into the future building a Opportunity Economy where everybody has a chance to succeed. Middleclass every day, americans, things on Housing And Child care, and continuing to bring down the cost of Health Care and Prescription Drugs you combine that with what this administration has accomplished on things like Semiconductor Chips and infrastructure and big Down Payment on dealing with the Climate Crisis which youll see some of the effects of in florida with the Hurricane Milton. Today there clearly is a plan and then the contrast between her Plan And Donald trump could not be more clear. Heres a guide. It just wants to drag us back into the past and give more big Tax Cuts to billionaires, take away womens reproductive rights, and do other things that do do not help the american people and senator, i do want to talk about the former president in the campaign in just a moment, but this our President Biden and israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to speak. Apparently, Vice President Kamala Harris will be on that call as well whats your reaction to that and it sounds as though the iraq honeymoons are previewing according to some of our reporting this morning, that they if provoked, may strike targets beyond Israeli Military Sites and iranian official told cnn that this morning, your response to all that well, jim, its good that were continuing to have these discussions with the israelis. We need to come to an agreement especially with the situation in gaza. Theres 101 hostages that need to be released, and that needs to be resolved. I think the iranians should have received the message over the last two Attempt Theyve had its striking at israel. That not only is it not well received, its not very effective that the combination of the Israeli Defense Forces and the united states and our allies can defeat incoming ballistic and cruise missiles. My hope is that the iranian realize that theyre not being effective here and their influence in the region through Hezbollah And Hamas is not in the best interest of the iranian people when they finally come to that conclusion. I think we could see some lasting change and does the president need to urge caution to prime Minister Netanyahu . I mean, their relationship has been frayed. Thats been reported about in recent days and even in the Bob Woodward book, which ill ask you about just a moment, but what, what does the president need to say to the Prime Minister . Well, i think the Prime Minister in his role leading israel, has a responsibility to protect the israeli people and when the iranian strike at israel they certainly have a right to respond to that i think the way you do that does matter. Its ultimately going to be their decision. I imagine Thats Something thats going to be discussed on this call. I did want to ask you about that book that i just referenced from journalist Bob Woodward. He claims that former president Donald Trumps secret at least sent russians. President Vladimir Putin, covid, test back in 2020. He also writes that trump has talked to putin, has been seven times since leaving office in 2021. Trump is saying that this is false, but listen to what he said about putin over the years yesterday, reporters asked me if i thought President Putin was smart i said, of course hes smart. One of the President S of a Big Country stood up, said well, sir, if we dont pay and were attacked by russia, will you protect us . No, i would not protect you. In fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. Id like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal. Senator trumps running mate, senator jd vance, says, theres nothing wrong with engaging in diplomacy. Whats your view on this well, exPresident S shouldnt be calling foreign leaders, especially when there are adversaries. I have Family Members, i havent spoken to in four years mean the fact that hes calling putin. And when you consider the things he is said about the russian president makes me question that relationship. I mean, putin is a guy who illegally attacked our ally, ukraine, whos intentionally committing War Crimes within ukraine and the former president has some sort of special relationship. I think it highlights the risk involved in putting Donald Trump back into the White House as commander in chief. Weve got elections starting here in Arizona Today is the first day of early voting. So i encourage folks to to get their ballots in Polling Places are now open. Thats true. And other states across the country, so its important that we exercise our democratic right to vote and make a decision about who the next president is going to be because things like that its incredibly concerning to me. Donald trump in the White House results in americans being less safe i mean, i just a quick follow up. I mean, when trump was in office, he called for prosecuting former secretary Of State john kerry, who he claimed was violating the Logan Act that criminalizes negotiations for unauthorized persons with foreign governments i mean, is this an issue for the former president here . What do you think . Well, i think the former president doesnt think the rules apply to him. I mean, thats thats been pretty clear and the damage that he continues to do to our country when you consider the folks in North Carolina who are suffering under the effects of Hurricane Helene and his lies about fema. And then encouraging other people with his words to lie about whats going on in fema just day after day its just one thing after a next after the next that puts more americans at risk all right, Senator Mark kelly of arizona, lots of talk about this morning. Wish we had time for it, but well get you back as soon as ryan. Thanks a lot. Thank you, jim appreciate it. Well be right back. Thank you saturday at nine on cnn. This is a future Go Daddy Arrow creates a logo website, even social posts in minutes a. I. A. I like it who wants to come see the viewers, get your business online in minutes with godaddy arrow what is the dumbest thing youve ever wasted money on . I was paying for to netflix accounts over three years. Thats like how did you figure that out . 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Com close captioning is brought to you by my q and all in one Home Access and monitoring system. Mikey was the only smart Home Security Solution that provides video monitoring realtime notifications and let you decide who comes in. Who stays out alright, lets get back to the weather center. Derek van dam, is there. Derek . Were hearing about tornadoes. What can you tell us yeah, jim. So we are focusing in on this Tornado Threat that is ongoing across Southern Florida. Weve seen these spinup tornadoes that are so all too common with landfall in and approaching hurricanes. And here is one example of that. We have seen here in Alligator Alley. This isnt paul, youre county. So were talking about southwestern portions of florida and again, this is i75 and this is actually the picture of the Tornado Crossing I75 captured just moments ago. So were starting to see these tornado spinups occur as Hurricane Milton approaches southwestern florida. So get into a little bit more detail that Tornado Warning is in effect until 11 00 a. M. For hendry, as well as collier county. These storms move quickly. These are part of the outer bands, the outer rain bands of Hurricane Milton. And they cause friction with the ground and it causes them to spin and create these tornadoes. They have warned of wedge tornadoes that could be destructive, strong tornadoes as well. So that is a threat that we are monitoring very closely amongst the whole host of other threats with hurricane deri, if youre trying to cross over the everglades, be very careful at this moment. It sounds like based on what youre picking up on jim, i apologize. I cant hear you at the moment, but assuming youre talking about the risk through the course of the day today. Yeah, this is the area that were going to focus on central portions of florida all the way down to to key west. Whereas our greatest risk of strong tornadoes, one or two of them are possible. Weve already seen the larger tornadoes crossing some of the highways, interstates there as milton makes his final approach into Southwest Florida. All right. Derek, thank you very much. Lets go to floridas Anna Maria Island that was hit by Hurricane Helene helene, the massive amount of debris can see it all over the place on the sides of these roadways. Cnn took a tour of the islands, Littered Streets with Police Chief William tokajer. He had a dire message for those choosing to stay in the path of Hurricane Milton and if you have not evacuated, bug out, if you dont take heed, youre on your own. You might as well take a sharpie and write your name and social Security Number on your leg. So that when we find you, we have a contact because it is not going to be good for you and Chief William Tokajer joins us now, chief, how are things going or our people heeding those warnings . I mean, you cant put it any you know, any tougher than that it was a Ghost Town when we just left the island. The island has been secured. Nobodys allowed back out there until after the Storm Passes we did a final pass through and i didnt see anybody that was still there so you dont think Theres Anybody foolish enough to try to ride it out. I suppose there might be one or two, but thats good news. It sounds like from what youre saying yeah its great news because we will not be there to rescue them were going to were offisland until the Storm Passes. So therell be no fire, no police, no ems know first responders, nobody to answer the 911 calls for service that come out there. Weve locked down the island and well return after the Storm Passes. The check for safety before we let people out and chief, i mean, paint the picture for us when were looking at these piles of debris along the size of the roadways that crisscross that area. I mean, it sounds as though the Storm Surge comes in as predicted by the forecasters. Its just going to turn everything into a Washing Machine and youre going to have all that brie just sloshing around, slamming into houses and cars. I mean, its just going to be its going to be pretty horrific over there thats correct. Are was devastated by Hurricane Helene and now were getting a Gut Punch with milton. Its not going to be good. We do have a lot of debris. We worked the last you know, 34 days to get as much debris up as we could especially on our major roadways so that when we try to get back out our major roadways are at least passable but depending on how much surge we get in the wind, those Debris Piles could definitely become dangerous and just very just finally, very quickly i mean, did you did you hear from anybody who did write their names on there on their arms and legs and that kind of thing, or do you think your warning was enough there . No, we did not. I think the warning was clear. And you did not hear from anybody and im very happy to see that good all right. Good. Good deal. Our Chief William Tokajer. Thanks very much. Best of luck in all your Recovery Efforts in response efforts. Really appreciate the time thank you alright. Much more Breaking News on Hurricane Milton. When we come back she and then are world changed. Tv on the edge sunday at nine on cnn grandma, i played Baseball Today its what position did you play first base thats my grandpa used to play. When are hearing wouldnt allow us to use a regular phone it made us feel isolated. It became difficult to communicate with our friends and family. Clear captions was an easy solution for us. Clear captions provides captions on a phone like captioning on your tv. So you can see what the color is saying live as they say making it easy to understand and respond immediately. There is no Insurance Or Medicare required clear Caption Services provided at no cost to you through a federally funded program . 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Lets bring in the former Fema Administrator administrator craig fugate. Craig, good to see as always i guess, one of the reasons why we wanted to have you on craig is all of this Misinformation And Disinformation that has good accurate information. So you guys to increasing and its something that Emergency Managers are having to factor in trying to get the message out and craig, i mean, what does that do in terms of Disaster Response . I mean, we saw what fema has been doing in recent days. Theyve set up a website to sort of fight these rumors off is there is there anything more that Government Officials can do . I mean at a certain point, people at home just have to trust when theyre getting Emergency Information that that it is legitimate yeah. Challenge. I think we just need to continue to reinforce. You need to get your information from your official sources, your local officials, the national weather service, national Hurricane Center but i think the most critical thing, and i think thats one of the roles that broadcasters play. Is getting that information from the local officials in the area that are telling people what is happening, what they needed to repair this is not something that we can depend upon social media. We really need to hear from those local officials i mean im one of the things and its almost crazy to ask about this. We have a sitting member of commerce congress, excuse me, claiming that people can actually control the weather. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been tweeting. I mean, how do you respond to that kind of thing when when you have members of congress putting that stuff out there we just need to keep Teaching Science in High School that would certainly help our eye, correct. You gave were out of time. 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