that is indeed what we in the department of homeland security would our federal partners will ensure. that we are here for the long haul. how did these folks get federal assistance? no electricity. when donald block had to move to her sister s place. how does she even know what to do where, to go, had to get that help? we dress that at different levels. the local level, the state level, and the federal level. we have a website. they re gonna go on to fema. fema.gov website. and look for the particular page that has the assistance. we also have an 800 number that is on that website as well. if people did not have connectivity. if people did not have cell phone coverage. we understand that look around us. it is no surprise. we have mobile assistance themes on site. who are already here and we ll be speaking with members of the community and their loved ones.
a lot of times after these supercells move through on the back side of the outbreaks, you have crystal clear skies like this. it s very dry. sometimes it s cold as well afterwards. so, definitely the conditions are good for the recovery effort, but it s just beginning right now. you see people that are just sitting in the rubble, not really sure what to do, checking on loved ones. cell phone coverage is down there. i m actuallyjust south of the damage path near the vicksburg area, and about to head back and survey that damage path to see if it was one continuous tornado, a super cell that s moving at 60 miles an hour like that doesn t really have time to cycle through tornadoes. so, you get these really long track classic dixie alley tornado outbreaks, fast moving tornadoes. they continue through the night, and there s a lot of mobile homes as well out here in the mid south. and so it s just the worst case scenario. and yesterday, there were people in their vehicles in town. there were
outbreak where kentucky sustained serious devastation. serious devastation. i understand ou serious devastation. i understand you helped serious devastation. i understand you helped get serious devastation. i understand you helped get some serious devastation. i understand you helped get some people - serious devastation. i understand you helped get some people to l you helped get some people to hospital who had sustained quite serious injuries how is the search and rescue operation going now? i can see it s light and even sunny where are now. is it calm down, is it helping that? the where are now. is it calm down, is it helping that? where are now. is it calm down, is it helping that? the weather is calm toda . a it helping that? the weather is calm today- a little it helping that? the weather is calm today. a little bit it helping that? the weather is calm today. a little bit windy. it helping that? the weather is calm today. a little bit windy. just - it helping that?
there s a blackout. it s not there s no electricity. we don t have cell phone coverage. we don t have internet. we have a truck that comes into kharkiv. we can t get in touch with people in the warehouse. we have to bring generator for the place of heating where we went and couldn t bring the generator. we just have to get used to it. it s a mess. reporter: you know, when you spend time out talking to people, you quickly realize that a key line of defense for ukrainians this winter will be their neighbors, their friends, people who they don t know but maybe have seen passing before in the street. before the war, she was a biologist. she worked at a university well-established, esteemed in her field in russia. she came home to kharkiv where
there s still a lot of frustration one month after. and there are people who don t see any end to it. and looking at the reminders of the debris everywhere, it is symbolic of this monolithic, gigantic, gargantuan task. how do you allay the concerns of those who don t see the light at the end of the tunnel for them? well, i hope that they re and we understand and a big effort of ours is right now is housing and all the ways it can be brought to bear. hang in there with us. we re on the journey with them is the best way to put it. kevin guthrie, the emergency management director, we are all focused on the same thing. if you get good cell phone coverage.