got clobbered with all of the furniture and stuff that was floating. that is how i got this. i got shoved into a wall. when i got the front door open and there was a surge, it took me to the middle of the yard and i fought to get back on the porch. the shear force of the monster storm. we are standing in the middle of some of the destruction. i am john berman in fort myers, florida. in hurricane ian, it is a hurricane again. it has intensified to a category 1 storm and after tearing a destructive path through florida it is headed at south carolina with 85 miles per hour winds and it is expected to make landfall around midday near myrtle beach and could bring life threatening flooding there after what it did here. parts of the state just decimated. south carolina s governor says that we know what is coming. thursday was the first chance to assess some of the damage. cnn is reporting at least 19 storm related deaths. that number will almost certainly rise. here in fort myer
responders. after this moment is passed you will be with people making the toughest decisions going back to your houses. how do you know whether you can rebuild? that is a great question. i am from saint pete florida. the family spent the last week preparing our own home. bagging sand. doing everything that we could to prepare. i really feel for my neighbors and friends. they didn t have as much of a heads up as we had. the biggest mission now and the most important thing is to save lives. it will be really complicated rebuilding and cleaning efforts that are going to happen. companies like mine stands ready to serve. i just got off of a phone call with someone that heli vacced