and they ll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it s ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on her feet and where we all want her to be. thank you. when fdl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is just critical because, you know, it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. to see that was able to withstand is encouraging.
with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. we re tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. this hour ian s brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scene for us in naples, florida. brian, we re just beginning to understand the scope of the damage from ian. reporter: absolutely, wolf. people in this town just beginning to come to grips with this devastation. we are on a gulf shore boulevard here in naples, within 150 feet of the beach. a 12 foot storm surge pushed the water up underneath these apartments. now people are tossing their biggest positions on to the street like this. debris hazards are all over the place. and this comes as rescue
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on steve harper s walk with rosie was the rain, but on november 4th, it was fireworks. they d come to herfavourite park, there was a series of loud bangs and rosie ran off. after a frantic search, steve s wife rang to say rosie had handed herself in at the nearby police station. she was calm once she d gone in. once she was inside, she wasn t frightened of the bangs, so she just sat down calmly. i ve seen that on the cctv clip. she just sat down waiting? that s right, just sat down waiting. why did she go to the police station, i wonder? well, probably because it was somewhere safe, really. on duty that night was fiona lacey, happily reunited with rosie this morning. hi! you get all kinds wandering into a police station. no! and she s become very famous. the whole thing has gone crazy, hasn t it? it has, and what a lovely dog she is as well. rosie is happy, and her story has
they d come to herfavourite park, there was a series of loud bangs and rosie ran off. after a frantic search, steve s wife rang to say rosie had handed herself in at the nearby police station. she was calm once she d gone in. once she was inside, she wasn t frightened of the bangs, so she just sat down calmly. i ve seen that on the cctv clip. she just sat down waiting? that s right, just sat down waiting. why did she go to the police station, i wonder? well, probably because it was somewhere safe, really. on duty that night was fiona lacey, happily reunited with rosie this morning. hi! you get all kinds wandering into a police station. no! and she s become very famous. the whole thing has gone crazy, hasn t it? it has, and what a lovely dog she is as well. rosie is happy, and her story has had a paw fect ending. phil mackie, bbc news, loughborough.