Transcripts For CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront 20170911

Leaving roads across the state under several feet of water and in florida tonight, historic flooding. The storm surge in jacksonville worse than anyone expected, in fact, shattering the previous flooding record which was sent back in 1964. The wall of water inundating homes and businesses, moments ago tal la haassy issuing a storm surge warning as well. As we look at these pictures acoming in from across the street, you can see the grim extent of Hurricane Irma. Thousands are homeless. Waiting right now for the okay to try to go home to see what is left of home. In the florida keys, waterfront homes were ripped apart by irmas winds. The search is under way for those who didnt make it out. And further north in naples, entire neighborhoods are uninhabitable at this hour. Numbers are tough to grasp. More than are 6 Million People without power, that means food, fuel, also water right now scarce as they desperately try to get the power on and stores reopened. The power, we understand in parts of florida could be out for weeks. Also tonight the situation growing more dire in cuba. The sun is now setting. Look at those images there of people in the water. Rescuers are desperately trying to locate the missing, some are crushed by buildings which have collapsed. We dont know a death toll right now. At least ten at this hour as far as we know and that number could go up. We have our team of report rds, of course, across florida and the rest of the country. We begin with bill weir who is out front in the florida keys. This is going to be the heart of it all as theyre even able to get into the deep areas of the keys. What is the situation there . Reporter thats it, theres so much uncertainty erin, the search and rescue mission under way. People dont know if their loved once got swept away or without communication because theres no power, but no cell service south of 85 so 85 miles of dead zone and the keys are closed. I never thought id say that and i thought youd never think look how calm the Atlantic Ocean today that it could do this kind of destruction. Spin around and see what happens to homes built without foundations. This just struck me as a couple symbols, eat, sleep, fish, that is the creedo of the conchs who live in this part of the world. Now sadly this is the new symbol, this is the search and rescue sign on 9 11, an infamous date, found zeros bodies inside. Hopefully all these people got out. You think they would giving how tenuous these places are. As i mentioned before, the search and rescue operation is the main thing. You can here the helicopter. Theres one going over ahead now. We just saw a caravan of First Responders including an engine from the los angeles, the calvary is coming from all over including the u. S. Navy sending an Aircraft Carrier with humanitarian aid. Theyre trying to inspect the bridges as fast as they can. Half of those were depletedly 4 00 today. Thats a big job. Trying to get the road open and trying to get the power back on. Intense things but this storm will be measured in billions and billions of dollars, erin, but theres so much that you cant measure. The lives scattered, the family photos, the childrens books ive seen here. It is just staggering when you try to take in the scope and we havent even gotten south yet which we will do tomorrow morning getting on a boat to go see the hardest hit areas. Thank you very much. I think you brought it home there and you see those xs on the doors. No one was found inside. But to imagine to see those numbers, 9 11 on the doors, the day that we are starting to assess this damage being this day in american history. I want to go to ed lavendera now. We go, of course, ed from the keys and bill to you where marco island, where Hurricane Irma then made the next landfall and what do you see there, ed . Reporter were on the eastern edge of marco island. This is goodland, florida. A spec of a fishing village if you look on the map, sits between the everglades and the gulf of mexico and as you mentioned, Hurricane Irma made its second landfall here as a category 3 storm, 130milesperhour winds, gusts at times reaching up to 140 and officials tell us that some 40 people rode that storm out here in this town. Gary stringer, lives in this red house you see here behind me, talked to him a little while ago, he was in one of those front rooms as the worst of the storm was coming just sawing its way through this community. He says the house was rattling, he could hear this crackling sound and when he looked out of his side door, he realized that it was this giant tree and because it was the north side of the storm, the wind was blowing east to west. Had it been the other direction this entire tree would have landed on top of his home and gary tells us that he probably wouldnt have been doing that interview with us if that had happened to him. He said he actually joked around and said, this is a town called goodland. Its called gonnaland, i was gonna evacuate but i didnt get around to it. He said he will never do this again. This category 3 storm was enough for him as we have driven around this community, several hundred people call this area home. Its definitely one of the hardest hit areas that weve seen here in southwest florida. Trees and power lines down everywhere. A number of homes destroyed. The scene actually raerng catastrophic here in this small town. Weve seen people throughout the day coming back to try to assess the damage, people who evacuated and now trying to get back in here tonight, erin. Thank you very much. As we said the storm is still continuing. Weve got these deadly storm surges in jacksonville, historic flooding. Caley is there. This has people scrambling throughout the day. Reporter it did. It was one of the biggest surprises that Hurricane Irma brought to florida when the waters of the st. Johns river started rolling up right here down into the streets of downtown jacksonville. Record levels were being broken at every point in the day. At the waters peak today, waters were 5 1 2 feet above what they typically are. I wouldnt have dared hours ago to be standing where i am now. This is one of the many entry points where you can see the water of this river lapping up and heading into downtown. Since that high tide peaks, the waters have receded some. You can see the visual of the damage here. This floating dock that normally would be rising and falling with the height of the water, that storm surge came up so strong it broke those floating docks to the point where they are pushed up against that wall unable to bob with the water as you would expect it to. These waters have begun to recede, speaking with the mayor just a short while ago, dont be fooled by that. You may see pockets where the streets will dry out but when you think about how far back this water was at one point, three blocks into downtown, three blocks that way and the other direction to me, you just dont know where this water can go and governor rick scott has said in the coming days the floodwaters from these storm surges in northern florida will be of the biggest concern, erin, the folks in jacksonville believe that. Theyre not saying that its safe and as the tide goes out the storm is passed, thats the bottom line, right caley . Reporter that is the bottom line. Even when the floodwaters were nearly up to my waist, officials here saying go up not out. These floodwaters are still dangerous, erin. Thank you very much from jacksonville. Out front now, the administrator, that includes the florida keys. Roman, at the beginning of our program we were talking about the florida keys and obviously the bridges arent all inspected, theres no power or cell service. We just dont know what happened there and we dont know whether the people that did choose to stay are okay. What are you hearing right now . Well, its exactly right. Thank you for having me. Were getting down to the keys and were having a recovery effort and the sheriffs folks are out, the various Police Departments are out. The streets are starting to get cleared and were starting our Recovery Process and thats where were at. Were also concerned about folks wanting to come down, luckily we have a way to control that. We have a control point up at the top of that northern part of the florida keys and were controlling access. We only want essential folks to come down that can help us in the recovery, its creating a lot of frustration because people want to get home and see their homes and boats and stuff. But i think some time tomorrow well let them in. We havent established that yet, especially in the upper keys, well do it by zones and let them in in the upper keys where things are better off and then in the next day or two well allow everybody to go in the Florida Department of transportation has looked at the bridges and theyre looking pretty good. Thats a good thing that the bridges are looking good. Some of the images weve seen at least to the northern part where things werent hit as hard are pretty devastating. Its pretty overwhelming. It everyone accounted for in the southern parts of the keys or you must still not know . There have to be a lot of questions, right . Still a lot of questions. Were getting a lot of emails and a lot of facts and things, people saying their loved ones havent checked in. Most of the keys are in the dark. Its just black, you know, so its very frustrating, no Internet Service or Cell Phone Service, the people that have the good Old Fashioned landlines those are the people were able to talk to. That says something right there. Highway 1 is the only water that runs to key west, is the road going to be okay . It is. Its not that bad of shape. Theres a couple spots that are pretty bad but the crews have already put some sand and things over it and compacted it and made it passable. Thats the key. Right now i think we can report that its passable. Its not perfect but its passable and its 120 miles roads with connected by 43 bridges, so its a lot of work and i think well get there. Theres no doubt that we will bounce back. Thats a pretty incredible feat that that would be okay, and i know as we said half those bridges are checked. Theyre doing okay so far. Thats miraculous as well. Our reporters in the keys at various places are reporting obviously shortage of gas but also other supplies. Are you getting what you need . If there are people in there that are trapped, are they getting food, water . Yes. Things are running low. Theres no doubt about that but we have a couple c 130s coming in today. Theyve been great. The militarys been great. The state departments have been great. Well get the supplies needed down here no doubt. Roman, i appreciate your time. Good luck tomorrow. I know its going to be a crucial day and our thoughts are with those who are right now in the dark zone that well hear from them and theyre safe, thanks. Thank you. And next, this florida couple was actually in the keys when irma hit. You see them there but no one has heard from them. Ill speak with a relatively who is dress operately trying to find her sister and brotherinlaw. Thousands of americans are still trapped on caribbean island. Little food and water there. It can be very dangerous. Im going to talk to one boston made how he finally made it out and the florida keys, that island chain, completely cut off by irma. Bill nelson just back from a military flight over that area. 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Miguel marquez is out front and how are people there trying to cope of how to get the first sense of how awful this was. Reporter they were fairly lucky here because that storm was headed straight for punta gorda and it turned off to the right or east and the brunt of it didnt get through here but still, look at this sort of damage. This tree probably 100 years old or so, the house right next to it, amazingly it fell and only brushed the house. This town is trying to clean up and recover while irma is still churning. Hurricane irma slamming florida, heavy rain, strong winds and it is still on the move making its way up the southeastern edge of the u. S. Now weakened to a tropical storm, the danger not yet over. Streets flooded from the florida keys to south carolina. Tonight more than 6 1 2 Million People are without power in florida alone. Jacksonville hit with a record irma generated surge, turning its streets into rivers. Storm surge warnings in effect for much of the western florida coast and the entire georgia coast, charleston now feeling irmas wrath as waves crash on to its shores. Ripping through the middle of florida late sunday, irma battered the entire state with sustained winds and massive wind gusts. Rescue efforts continue for those who stayed to wait out the storm. In martin county, floridas Treasure Coast a marine unit dispatched after two people tried to ride out the storm on their sail boat. They survived. A scuba diver, his life dangling by a rope skrud near west palm beach. Coral springs emergency crews were called out to help deliver a baby in the height of the storm using their Armored Vehicle to navigate through strong winds and high water. When we got there, she was pretty much all almost all the way out. The mother of the person in labor was actually pretty much delivering the baby her own granddaughter in the bathroom on the floor and ive never met or seen a more calm scene in the chaos that was going on outside. Reporter miami streets flooded and left with huge sink holes leaving hazardus conditions as cars try to steer through the murky water. The cost of the damage yet to be assessed. One estimate it will top Hurricane Katrina even before it hit florida. Now one of the biggest issues here in punta gorda and across the county of charlotte is electricity like much of the state. 40 of the people still dont have electricity. 65 didnt have electricity this morning. Trees came down everywhere. Wires, electrical lines came down in neighborhood after neighborhood so you go from one place to another and theres no neighborhood street to street. Its going to be a long time before theyre fully recovered. Thank you. And of course right now, when you talk about recovery, it is also about just finding people with the power out, the Cell Phone Service out it is impossible in some cases. One woman trying to find her sister and brotherinlaw. Sherry perez and carlos perez were last heard from saturday night. They were staying in a house on pine key. Amy, thank you. We know theres a lot of power issues and cell phone issues. I know you were in touch with your sister throughout the day on saturday as the storm was coming. When was the last time you heard from her and what did she tell you at that time . The last time i spoke with her was shortly after 7 00 p. M. Saturday night. They were the last thing she said they were getting ready to go into a small closet underneath the stairs. They knew this was going to be scary. I know they had gone to a place Higher Elevation as much as one could say that in the keys. Epa, i know so many people are without power and Cell Phone Service. No ones able to get in there. Hopefully theyre fine and not able to communicate. This wait must be agonizing. Its very stressful. Im praying its just a cell phone issue, you know. I need my sister and i just want some contact. We had a short video call on the 9th also and there was a moment where her and i just looked at each other and kind of stared at each other for a minute and, you know, we have a really strong bond and we just stared at each other and kind of, you know we knew it was going to be bad but i just kept going back to that moment, you know. I know youre seeing her face, of course. I know obviously shes wherever she is and we all are hoping of course that she is safe and its just a cell phone issue, a power issue right now in terms of your communication, so shes probably not seeing this, obviously, but if you could get a message to her right now, amy, what would it be . I would tell her that, you know, i love you and dont stop. Im going to find you and bring you home. I know you talked about how they had gone in that utility closet, they were doing everything they could to stay safe, i know they didnt feel safe in their own home which was in cudjoe key. They left there and tried to go to someone elses home. They did try to evacuate. Yes. I personally begged her, just leave, just leave and it got so close and it became a gas issue. The house they went to in big pine key was a little more sturdy, they felt, more secure. She mentioned they had i guess metal shutters or, you know thats just what it boiled down to. They just felt theyd be more safe there. And of course we heard all about those gas shortages. Amy, im thinking of you in that moment when you looked in your sisters eyes and hopefully youll have another day like that when cell Service Comes back and hopefully youll find her and well be thinking of you as you wait. Thank you. Thank you so much. That is the human toll here as people are waiting and wondering and not knowing. People like amy looking for her sister. Thousands of americans are also still stranded in the caribbean and they are on islands with little food, little water, little power and in some cases lawlessness and violence. Ill talk to one man who did not think he would get out alive and across florida more than 6 Million People without power tonight across the country right now as the storm moves into georgia and the carolinas. Youre now looking at numbers closer to 9 million americans. Could it really take weeks before that power comes back . Fitting into my skinny jeans again . Thats cool. Feeling good in slim fit . Thats cool. Looking fabulous in my little black dress . Thats cool. Getting the body you want without surgery, needles, or downtime . Thats coolsculpting. Coolsculpting is the only fdacleared noninvasive treatment that targets and freezes away stubborn fat cells. Visit coolsculpting. Com today and register for a chance to win a free treatment. 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All of them have been making this 45 minute flight to puerto rico thanks to the folks at the puerto rican National Guard. Many of the people that ive had a chance to speak to the last in the last few hours are trying to make their way back to the actual mainland but i tell you when they arrive here there is a sense of relief and they all appear exhausted. Many of them have been hunkered down in st. Martin scrapping for food, anything they can find. Many of the people are overcome with the sense of the relief the moment they set foot here in puerto rico. The last thing i should mention is this tremendous outpouring of support from the people on this island. Ive seen people come in with supplies, food, water for these individuals that have had not had any of that for the last several days. The way one Police Officer put it to me, had it been there island, they would want the same support. Irma devastated many islands, but st. Martin among them and you got a flight there, there could be 5,000 more Americans Still trapped on that island. There is food issue. Theres a water issue. Theres a power issue. There are reports of armed gangs and lawlessness. How bad is the situation . Reporter there was one gentleman who i spoke to, hes originally from boston but he was vacationing there in st. Martin. He was hunkered down in a hotel and at one point there were these individuals that were going door to door breaking doors down trying to get their hands on anything they can particularly food so some of the hotel staff essentially recruit willing some of these abled body men to double as security to try to protect what little they have, so that i think gives you an idea of what is really happening about 45 minutes away from here but certainly something that the situation could get even worse by the day. All right. Thank you very much. Outfront, one very lucky american who went to the storm on st. Martin. Brian po was celebrating his anniversary on the island and brian thank you for being with me tonight. Youre here and safe and sound as is your wife. Tell me what happened. It was a wild little vacation. We were very lucky to be in the hands of some really good people as the storm came through. I think the weirdest part for any was to look at it as we all do as new englanders, were strong, we can handle a snowstorm and a hurricane, no big deal, as it started to become real the first two days before, we tried to book flights out and they were saying we cant get you out. The airlines couldnt. As it came closer to the storm, they called a meeting, the general manager pulled everybody in for a meeting in the room, the ballroom and said were going to have a really bad storm tonight. This is a very serious storm. Its coming in at category 5. We need you all to listen, go your rooms, get pillows and blankets, were going to ride the storm down in the ballroom. We hear glass shatter out side the area we were resting and security comes in and says everybody move and as we moved away from there, we went into the Center Ballroom and the ceiling started to collapse there and alex said everybody get against the wall. The hotel staff and security and alex pulled us down into a kitchen in the basement which i knew my way around the kitchen i thought and we got down there and that started to flood and heres what were going to do. Were going to run through the eye of the storm but you have to go fast, you have to listen to me, you have to follow what i say. Well get in the corridor of the hotels. As the kitchen started to flood there, we looked around it was the weirdest sort of calm with one wave splashing and all of a sudden we got through it and it just all broke loose and we got fourth floor, then we moved up because that started to flood. We got on to the fifth floor and it was shattering and flooding and waves and crashing and all sorts of insanitity. Insulation blowing everywhere. We rode that out huddled as a group swaying with the wind. He kept running up and down the stairs checking on everyone in that corridor. As we got through that piece, it was the most amazing unbelievable thing to see what was destroyed and what had happened there but to look up and see my wife and know that we made it. You must have been afraid at that moment that you were not going to make it . Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. So i think the bizarre part as we looked up and had that leadership in front of us and as it ended there was a point some where where the winds started to die a little bit but we were still praying for the wind to stop that we all started to look around and think that we mightve made it and it became very the aftermath. You cant even imagine i couldnt even imagine before or in the middle of it that what we would see next as far as the destruction and all the things that were destroyed and the resort itself being gone and the roof being taken off and not knowing where any of our belongings were and people with children and there were the children were back home and there was a couple next to us from michigan that had a 1yearold, the fear in their eyes, the ragsing of the food and sharing, the things that were less savory that came next and the fear of i never actually saw the looting but the rumor that we had to get out of there to a shelter before that became a problem became a very real situation. When you finally found you could get out and you were in whatever way to make your way to the airport and whatever that drive was like, what did you see . What happened was they had sent us once to the tarmac with the entire group in the hotel saying that we would be able to get off because a planes coming from miami with supplies. As we got to the airport they found that they couldnt get the plane in there was nothing to see except a massive there were cars moved out of parking lots. I thought it was homes. It was just all boats piled up in a big pile from the storm. All these homes. People on the road. There was police and everything going and as we get as we get there to the first time, we got to go back to the shelter but at least we have a shelter to go back too and the shelter, the beds were like the lawn chairs that you would lay on the beach on and we had we head back, we still have each other, were all together and then we were word that came through that they would let 24 americans on a military plane. We all ran quickly and lucked out and got on that bus and there was 24 of us. We were only allowed one bag to carry. We had already given our stuff away to the islanders because they had nothing left. We didnt eat, well let these guys eat. Theyre going to be here. Lets get to the airport. And they got there and said were so sorry, theres been a misunderstanding. They load us back up on the bus. They drive three quarters of a mile, seems about that far down the road where all of a sudden someone in the back, theres a car chasing us and waving us down and they everybody was in tears and they had us turn back around and as fast as you could blink, they said hold your passport next to your face and we were walking on the back of a military airplane. We had the best Airline Service i ever had in my entire life. I believe it was the military rescue that got us autoa cross. They came down to help a lady with diabetes, they realized there was more waiting and they were kind enough to let us on and go. Brian, it is an incredible story and and as you say, what incredible people there were there who are not able to leave, who are helping you and saving you and i know you are so grateful to them and wow, thanks so much for telling us the whole thing and happy anniversary. Thank you. Next, millions without power and some of them might be without it for weeks. Theyre worried about not having any power. Honestly, probably within two days, you know. New video, we are just getting. This is the first time that youre seeing all the way across the florida keys. What does it look like tonight . . Is that whole thing still draggin on . No, i took some pics with the app and filed a claim, but, you know how they send you money to cover repairs and they took forever to pay you, right . No, i got paid right away, but, at the very end of it all, my agent wouldnt even call you back, right . No, she called to see if i was happy, but, if i wasnt happy with my claim experience, for any reason. 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And alex, this is where things go from being tough and difficult and a long road ahead to possibly chaotic and terrifying. Power is the crucial thing. What are you seeing in terms of progress there . Reporter they are making some steady progress but this is a monumental task. This is a crew from floridas biggest Power Company, Florida Power and light. Weve seen crews like this all around the area today. That man up in the basket up there, he is repowering that line that had been struck by tree limbs and that will be reestablishing electricity to around 500 businesses and homes. The ceo says that his crews are working 24 7. He has called this the most widespread damage in the companys history. They have so far restored electricity to a million customers but as we saw today, theres a lot more work to be done. Steve and laura brady got back to their house today bracing for the worst. I was really worried that we were going to have the big pine up front there, you can see it, i was afraid it was going to go through the bedrooms. Reporter we met them on a sunday at a shelter. We board up our home. It was a very long friday, boarded up the whole house on friday. And got here 7 30 yesterday morning. Reporter theyre now back but like more than 6 1 2 million others in florida without power. Are you hunting around for a generator . You worried thats what it might come to. We have friends with generators right now. Were not hunting around at the moment. We just got back here so a few days from now it might be a different story. Reporter powers out for the whole street including the home of phillip and beverly. Hes a korean war vet and needs electricity for his oxygen. I have enough bottled oxygen to last for several days and we have enough gasoline that i could get out of the car to run the generator for several days but without power wed be in real trouble. Reporter the states biggest Power Company Florida Power and light is frantically working on restoring service. For some it will be hours, for others weeks. It could take weeks because not only do we have to repair parts of our system in some cases, well have to do a complete rebuild. Reporter the white house says it is mobilizing the largest ever number of power workers to help. We will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country but also from canada, coming to florida to help restore the lines. Reporter in the wake of irma, cities and towns today are getting back on their feet. These are whats known as the tactical first teams, the tip of the sphere if you will out here on sarasotas Barrier Islands assessing the damage and clearing these roads so residents can get back as soon as possible. Reporter most like the bradys are grateful they can even get home even if it takes weeks to get back to normal, everyone knows this could have been far worse. We are so lucky compared to what just happened in texas. Its a big deal. It is a big deal and it stressed me out pretty bad and but i can breathe a sigh of relief tonight once i get to sit down. Reporter as you can hear there are people still very understanding. The frustration has not yet set in. That could change very quickly. Theres a big difference between days and weeks. As you mentioned off the top, this problem is not just limited to florida as the storm moves north so to have the power outages. Theres 900,000 people in georgia without power, 167,000 in south carolina, some 13,000 in North Carolina all with some difficult days ahead. Erin . Thank you very much, alex, and as we say, power, power is what it all comes down too. That is what houston did so amazingly. New video coming in on the florida keys. 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Ken we have been talking with people in the keys. They dont know whether people are okay, missing or have perished. What did you see . Reporter well, we saw a lot. There was a lot of destruction throughout all the way from miami down to key west. The most most of the deaf station was around big fine key near marathon. It was we saw a lot of boats that were sunken, we saw a lot of trailer homes were all piled up and some were blown into the nearby water. And it was really sad. We didnt see many people out on the streets, so that was good. Hopefully most of the people were evacuated or got out of the keys. From yes. I was going to say when you say marathon where you saw it looked some of the worst. When you look at the keys map marathon right in the middle, on key west end and to the other, what did it look like there that made that feel to you that was sort of the worst hit area . Well, you could you you could clearly see a lot of the roofs were blown off, houses missing shingles and that were all over the keys. Really, you could see the plywood underneath and some of that was even removed on a lot of the houses. You could see lines where tornadoes had ripped through. You could see the boats just blown completely up on land. Lake sale boats that were not trailered or anything or have no other reason to be up on land. They were lifted and carried up off the land. So, it was it was that area was definitely, you could tell that it was the most heavily impacted by the hurricane. And kent, you said you didnt see a lot of people on the streets. A moment ago i dont know if you heard, they think its ten thousands of people who were in the keys and theyre trying to evacuate them right now. Did you see any evidence of 10,000 people or how many people did you see or . I didnt. What we saw was we saw we heard on the radio a search and rescue helicopters that were out there, we saw three or four. They seemed to be either navy or coast guard. Our initial intention for going down there was to bring relief supplies and we brought repacked our plane full of water and other supplies but we were not able to land down there. The run ways were not in the condition for us to be able to land. Hopefully itll be cleared tomorrow and well be able to go back down there. We saw just a few cars out on the road and they seemed to be emergency operations. All right well, thank you very much for coming on for telling us and hope you have better luck tomorrow. Thank you. Of course. Good night. And tonight it is september 11th. And we all remember, if you were old enough to remember anything on that day you remember where we were and tonight the beams are lighting up over new york. Listen up, heart disease. You too, unnecessary er visits. 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The American Flag was on the exact spot of the pent gone where the jet struck 16 years ago today. And a reading of the names of the incident who died in the attack. Theres such great pan and 16 years later there is still Unanswered Questions about how the attack was orchestrated. We remember the victims and our hearts are with those families. Thanks for joining us. Good evening were broadcasting tonight from braiding ton, florida which is south of tampa north of sarasota. The community dodged a bullet. You can see not everybody was quite so lucky in this area. Were on the west coast but its hard to find a area that wasnt affected by Hurricane Irma. Over the next two hours were going to take you all over the state to florida keys. Up in jacksonville we saw storm surge and flooding