all of this. i m going to get to it. i ll see you tomorrow night. thanks. this is don lemon tonight, and i m in orlando florida, and being here, what s really amazing is the amount of water. as i said last night, this has been a water storm. it s all about the water. it s not about the wind. this hurricane dumped so much water on the state of florida. what you see behind me, these trees are usually under water behind me, so people would normally be walking behind me on this path. but now, if you go there, you re at your own risk. the destruction it s caused here is amazing inland, and it didn t even see the worst of hurricane ian. their whole neighbors, homes, everything people had in the world under water right now. also, it s important to talk about the bravery of the first responders risking their own lives, rescuing strangers, some of them people who stayed in their homes that were at risk. i went out on a small boat with orange county fire and rescue today. we talked wit
state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn s chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you ve ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man made disaster in so many ways, same with maria in puerto rico. you think about those comedians. michael which took apart the panhandle. but i will always remember, i will equate even with what i saw today in st. james city. that s on pine island. and this is a tight little community, a lot of manufactured homes, mobile homes, people whose vote might be worth more than their home, and all of it complet
and they ll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it s ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on her feet and where we all want her to be. thank you. when fdl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is just critical because, you know, it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. to see that was able to withstand is encouraging.
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completely devastated. completely underwater. if you look right here, this is a basketball 8:10 feet tall, and just poking out of the water here. you see the jungle gyms and swings, whatever, that just gives you an indication of how high the water is. what our folks are saying? i understand, lieutenant, that the pumps went out. they said that they had electricity, but the punishments at even before the electricity? i believe that s what it was. they failed. they may have. at this time, yeah pumped as i believe so. how much water do you think they ve gotten in here so far? oh no we are looking from just looking right, now we are looking eight feet of water, 6 to 8 feet of water. at a minimum. the neighborhood that we were at this morning single family dwelling we re halfway underwater. and look at this, this is usually a straight. i mean this looks like a river that you are usually navigating