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stranded on the icy interstate on the roads there. do you have enough personnel, enough equipment to rescue these people? because, clearly, their engines no longer can operate. no more gasoline so the heat isn t working. most definitely. we have over 8,500 guardsmen on standby. we have activated the units that are in those areas in both western kentucky outside of paducah and, obviously in the e town area to make sure they are the first to respond. we have a lot of other folks that are ready and willing to go down and help render aid. but right now that s what we are doing. do you have a count yet on how many people have been stranded? well, not yet. we do have we do know the numbers are flooding in from the emergency management area. managers from both paducah and the e-town areas but we don t have an exact count yet, wolf. give us a perspective.
where such mistakes can be made easily? reporter: there were people there manning the area 24 hours a day. we had conversations with several of the people who work in that emergency management area. their whole job is to pay attention to all potential threats, everything from hurricanes for the potential of an in bound missile. there is definitely serious worry and serious mistakes that have been made especially since this went out, not only on cell phones but also to television stations and radio stations where people were immediately terrifying after hearing that this was not a false alarm, this was not a drill and it took quite some time about 38 minutes before they got another text to say hold on a second, this is a false alarm. so there were a lag in time there. that s what they are looking into. authorities i spoke with the