of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are swimming in their living rooms. by the way authorities say it s a very bad idea. who knows what s in that water. and first responders rescue services can t escape the flooding either. this fire department in naples is completely under water. leaving the city s residents on their own. and things are even worse in the air where hurricane hunters are flying into the heart of the storm. watch. oh [bleep] jesse: more than 2 million people in the state were told to evacuate, with thousands more h
first light in the morning, so long as the window cooperate with us. the first aircraft into the area will be the coast guard s aircraft because they have lower minimums than what the regular dod military and national guard have. so that s how we are going to attack it. we are prepared. there is a lot of people that doesn t leave we are founding out. hundreds of people calling into # 121 call centers asking for assistance that we can t get in there and help out. jesse: if floridians are flooding the 911, are there other ways to contact your emergency rescue teams? how do floridians do that? right now, if it truly is an emergency, then we want them to call 911. if they are just trying to tell us that they are okay but they want us to know where they are at. they can go to our website at florida disaster.org/info and fill in a survey that actually gives their address and demographic information where they re at and they need help. we can actually do that if they have internet and wif
if you go to florida disaster.org, there will be a donate cash type button there. and it will pass you through to the volunteer florida where we have opened up that donor portal. so, the easiest way to do it right now, jesse. just go to florida disaster.org and go to our website. click on that and it will pass you through. please don t send us your leftover stuff. that is not the way to go. we know you want to clean out your closets and donate all your materials. that is not the way to go. right now, what people are going to be needing more than anything else is cash donations. that can be converted by agencies into some type of debit card if you will so people can start rebuilding their lives. jesse: all right. kevin, thanks for joining us. i think everybody i speak for the country is very proud of what you guys have done to prepare for this. thank you. thank you, jesse. appreciate it. jesse: jonathan serrie is live in atlantic beach, florida. jonathan, whoa, that looks a little
had a lot of people answer that, give us that information. that helps us provide critical information to first responders about the demographics of your household. so that they can aid your family as soon as possible. please keep in mind that first responders may not be able to immediately enter impacted areas to assist you due to the safety hazards. we will say we are planning a three-prong handle that specific issue. we have personnel staged to come in via vehicles. we have personnel staged to come in via air with aerial deployed search and rescue assets. we also have the coast guard and florida fish and wildlife commission ready to come in by sea for those barrier islands and beachfront properties. we will have a response mechanism that involves all three of those arms. shelter in place survey again i just reiterated florida
1100 resource requests have been we received 1100 resource requests. we have fulfilled 900 of those. again, the difference of the # hundred is stuff that we cannot just can t get out on the road right now. we are working as quickly as possible to address those needs. we have well over 200 shelters open. we have 42,000 restoration personnel. we literally have with first responders across the state and additional ones coming in, there is well over 10,000 responders statewide ready to do stuff. as the storm makes its way across florida. i remind floridians to stay indoors if you are in the path of the storm. if you are sheltering in place and the path of the storm and you still have power and wifi, please visit florida disaster.org/info to fill out our shelter in place survey. we have had a really we have