the lives that are broken. people on the margins whose homes, whose jobs, even their own bodies and their health are now precarious. people who don t have the insurance or the resources to rebuild. my team down here and i went for a drive here not far from where we discovered dozens of people at a shrimping dock for whom that is the situation tonight. no one has reached them and it is not clear if anyone has tried but i saw them. and you can see them too. take a look. [inaudible] it went into the rafters, we were away up in it. it started pushing on us and, long story short, it [inaudible] took over serious water. the bone next to me, they got me going [inaudible] i didn t know if the building was gonna hold up or not. i went in hard, just seven [inaudible] my seventh hurricane. this is mature seventh? hurricane yes. [inaudible] now ian. and this is by far the worst. why? what was the worst of it? the wind, the tide. the tide surge! harvey, we had a tight surge, but
broken things, the houses, the buildings, the bridges, the boats, destroyed. but these images don t show you the lives that are broken. people on the margins whose homes, whose jobs, even their own bodies and their health are now precarious. people who don t have the insurance or the resources to rebuild. my team down here and i went for a drive here not far from where we discovered dozens of people at a shrimping dock for whom that is the situation tonight. no one has reached them and it is not clear if anyone has tried, but i saw them. and you can see them too. take a look. [inaudible] we swung around, we were right up. and they started pushing us, and shoved us, long story short, shop this all the way in, leaned over the taken out of us serious water. they got me off with the airboat. i didn t know that building was going to hold up or not. this was my seventh one. this is your seven? hurricane yes, andrew, charlie, harvey, and now in. yes, by far the worst! wh
also there is a shelter need for folks who are being displaced. our utility companies, they re doing the best they can. i know in one county 60% of folks have their lights on, but really, as a reference earlier, this is an all hands on deck. to your point, ali, this is gonna be the government, but it s also gonna be community organizations. organizations i work with our giving other community organizations small dollar grants to buy generators, food, and to take care of their community. as we are looking at the government and government officials to be able to do the things that we need to do and be able to meet needs, we also need to empower those in our community who have the ability to keep care of the folks in their community and making sure that they have what they need. so this is really going to be an all hands on deck type of approach. that is how i think we get to that in intentionality. let me bring another hand into this conversation,
contact with people all throughout this state, not just in tampa bay but in charlotte county and lee county and sarasota county. making sure that we can divert rise horses to anyone that needs them. this is really going to be an all hands on deck type situation. you know, i ve spoken to so many people. when i was at this shippers yard, i asked people who lost their votes, really ensured? and they said, no they re uninsured. i spoke to somebody enables yesterday who said they lived in a trailer park. they lost two of their cars. one is insured, the other one just isn t. they couldn t afford the insurance. you can t live in southwestern florida, in western florida, without a car, for most people. these are the stories that people who don t live through this stuff don t necessarily know. some people don t evacuate because of their health, or because they can t afford the extra tank of gas. what does equity look like in these situations?
county and lee county and sarasota county. making sure that we can divert rise horses to anyone that needs them. this is really going to be an all hands on deck type situation. you know, i ve spoken to so many people. when i was at this shippers yard, i asked people who lost their votes, really ensured? and they said, no they re uninsured. i spoke to somebody enables yesterday who said they lived in a trailer park. they lost two of their cars. one is insured, the other one just isn t. they couldn t afford the insurance. you can t live in southwestern florida, in western florida, without a car, for most people. these are the stories that people who don t live through this stuff don t necessarily know. some people don t evacuate because of their health, or because they can t afford the extra tank of gas. what does equity look like in these situations? the commissioner from collier county was saying sometimes youo