what we re trying to do is marshall the resources where they are needed. it s a prioritization effort. we are worried about flooding, housing, debris, and power restoration. well will have to clear debris from roadways so people can gain reentry. right now we re not rushing reentry there are still dangerous conditions, downed electric lines, flood conditions, problems that would be compounded by your reentry. listen to your local officials not about evacuation, but when and how to stagger your reentry. well, mainland florida largely spared the worst, the same cannot be said for the florida keys where irma made landfall yesterday morning as a category 4 hurricane. and where today residents remained largely cut off from help. we have no water, no power, no electricity, no internet. and i have land lines especially for this. and the land lines went down. damage reports are still coming in from across the caribbean where irma had the strongest impact.
florida, where we are, the damage thankfully fell short of the worst forecasts, but it s still expected to take months, if not years for the area to recover fully. up in washington, white house homeland security adviser tom bossert lloyd out the relief efforts. what we have now is a large scale area of operations. what we re trying to do is marshall the resources where they are needed. it s a prioritization effort. we are worried about flooding, housing, debris, and power restoration. well will have to clear debris from roadways so people can gain reentry. right now we re not rushing reentry there are still dangerous conditions, downed electric lines, flood conditions, problems that would be compounded by your reentry. listen to your local officials not about evacuation, but when and how to stagger your reentry. well, mainland florida largely spared the worst, the same cannot be said for the florida keys where irma made landfall yesterday morning as a