Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the health authority has done a stellar job in stemming the tide of the outbreak. For over two years, medical personnel worked around the clock and as a result, we were largely spared from most severe of devastations, compared to other countries. However, we have […]
debris is out there in the ocean no. so i want to say, so everyone knows, this is a private pr. not a big win that the public has been visiting for years. but that damages there, and it s continuing to look north and south side garden city, myrtle beach all the way up to cherry grove, damage is there. assessments across florida, john, they show entire neighborhood submerged. others reduced to just terrible. let s take a listen to get there to what some residents said about eons. impact it s like a war zone right now. the devastations unbelievable. i ve never experienced anything like it again. my mom had two feet in her apartment. her house. but grandma s house were destroyed. these are houses of lived in my whole life. war zone, devastation, and mean, pretty powerful words there. how does even compare to the hurricanes that you have covered, john? is this the most devastating storm you ve seen? you know i was in mexico
is a harbor area, a lot of boats. this is the before and after picture. no chance, everything goes inland and with the wind. this is fort myers beach on what you would consider to be an idyllic southwestern florida day, pre-storm ian and this is what you have at the moment. you have structures still standing. all of the debris goes for miles. that s what the florida governor was talking about. you need the federal money to help clear out the debris. a lot of counties have it already. a good sign from washington, d.c. and the level of cooperation we re seeing. ian is out there. you hear about charleston today and myrtle beach and little islands like sunset beach across the border in north carolina. i know very well. i have been going there since i ve been that big. we hope the best for the folks here still in the path of a category 1 storm. dana: such a pretty part of the country. devastating for them to have to deal with it. as florida comes to grips with record devastations groups a
of this summer, we were so much shocked in the first place, seeing all those images and devastations. in fact, i m holding a piece of shrapnel in my hand now. this is a piece that i found in one of my windows, broken windows, and this is something tangible for me. i keep it in my hand just to remind myself that the war is still going on. so we tried to accommodate ourselves in this devastations, but every time we would go out in the streets, we would be shocked again and again. yeah, back in the spring, people were afraid to come out of their homes. there were no markets open. are people out on the streets now? are markets available? how much does it look like pre-invasion bucha now? well, let s be honest, it will never look like
pre-invasion. the devastations are every wr where. you can see some houses roofless, lots of broken windows. houses are completely destroyed, just nothing. completely up out of the ground, but, you know, this is the new norm. people are in the streets, in the parks, the children are playing in the fountains. there is cafes, restaurants stores opened. lots of tours coming to see. this is like military tourism, but when we see all of this, we remember that russians stayed here just for one month, and we cannot even imagine what it looks like in those occupied regions that are still under russian rule. yeah. listen, before i run out of time, i don t want to miss this question. we have the video of you with artie who s now six months old, he was just a couple of days old when we first spoke with you. how is he doing?