counties. that s along the gulf of mexico, southwest corner we pointed out a moment ago. you have 40,000 linemen on the ground. they will need them in order to restore power. dana: they have restored power to a significant portion already. it is impressive the work they ve done. there is a long way to go. 14,000 people in shelters. also a call for everybody to make sure they are being very smart in using their generators in order to protect people from any problems there and from electrocution and also from carbon monoxide. follow those instructions very, very carefully. bill: we are tracking ian and get back to that in a moment. we listened to governor desantis. pine island, sanibel, those are going to be rebuild efforts. the sanibel bridge had breaks in multiple parts of it. it was not where the water and pylons were. those held up well. it is where you had it on the sandbar and it got washed out. dana: the scale of the wreckage is southwest florida is staggering. m
bill: more stunning scenes destruction across florida this morning. hurricane ian s first landfall. this new video showing how hard that storm surge hit fort myers. we talked about it being eight feet or ten feet. maybe it was taller at times. you see the palm trees get buried. water rising in some cases 15 feet high. you can see that structure right there is giving way and going very soon. this is from yesterday now as it shows on the screen from fort myers. entire home off its foundation. the force of the water ripping the home apart. when the water finally goes down almost nothing has been left behind. we have seen some helicopter images from earlier today. some of the foundations of these homes are the only thing that s left and the sand that sits beneath it. dana: we keep getting new