this but there s even concern about folks at home who may not have considered coming to a hospital who need power for things like a cpap or oxygen machine, dialysis, refrigerating insulin. you re also trying to work for the community to give them access whether it s power or refrigeration. how is that rolling out? yeah. so for us at the hospital, we have 60,000 gallons of fuel stored. that s three days of use. we refuel on an every two-day basis so we stay ahead of that. initially when this came, the power outage came on saturday, we really act quickly to make rounds in our hospital and then also the next day we opened up our command center and are triaging the needs of our community. so for us as a health care provider, we focused on getting people access to medical devices, charging their medical
generator. i know you told my colleagues yesterday you could essentially operate indefinitely on that backup generator power. so based on that, what is your biggest concern? what are your biggest needs this morning? our biggest concerns and needs are really around communication. you recognize the internet is out and it really is kind of the mainstay of communication. so that s been a challenge for us, communication, cell phone, et cetera. so we practice for these as health care providers across the country and first health of the carolinas is prepared always to manage these situations, whether it s inclimate weather, covid. we had two years, two nand a haf years of practice with our safety huddles and command centers up and running all throughout that event, so we are prepared. all of that work is certainly paying off. the communications are understandably a massive part of
devices. and the hillcrest rec center which can hold up to 250 people has overnight stays and then also helps people with power, charging their devices as well. so i do i think the longer this goes on, the more challenging it is to certainly stay in your home without power, so we are really focused on the public health and the safety needs of our community. people come here for a bit of respite to get food, et cetera. we re a city in and of ourselves, so we re meeting all those needs. in the fbi bulletin, hopefully you could hear the reporting from my colleague whitney wild there. but this bulletin that went out a couple of weeks ago, concern for infrastructure. do you have any concerns at all for hospitals overall infrastructure? i have no concerns on the hospital side. i think that we are always focused on being self-sufficient with our backup fuel. we are a health system of four
does that make a difference? i think it makes a difference for walker to some extent. as john was just showing on that map of those three counties, governor kemp had coat tails on the regular election day. governor kemp is not on the ballot now and so walker is going to have to make up some of that difference where you had republican voters coming out to vote for kemp who may or may not come out now just to support walker against warnock. kevin riley, david swerdlick, thanks so much. cnn s special live coverage of the georgia runoff starts later today at 4:00 eastern time right here on cnn. still to come this hour, the north carolina governor says the suspect who attacked that power substation knew what they were doing to disable the power for tens of thousands. we ll speak with the head of a hospital there about the challenges they re facing now as this investigation into that power outage rolls on. plus, health officials issuing a warning about holiday gatherings and how th
good tuesday morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. it is election day in georgia. right now polls are open across the state as the republican senate candidate herschel walker looks to unseat the democratic senator, raphael warnock, in a runoff. ahead we ll take you outside one polling site in atlanta. plus, more than 36,000 customers remain without power in moore county, north carolina, this morning. as officials are still searching for the person who damaged moore county s power infrastructure. we have new details on the fbi s warning in the week leading up to the attack. plus the highest honor congress can bestow, the congressal gold medal, set to be awarded t several law enforcement members as congress honors who protected the capitol during the january 6th riots. we are live on capitol hill. we do begin this morning in georgia with that senate runoff. yes, the day is finally here. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher outside a polling sight in fulton county, geo