so a lot of things still moving. we spoke to the governor yesterday, who was on a tour with andrew cuomo to try to get advice and pointers about how to recover from a superstorm like this, a the category 5 storm. so they want to tell people to manage your expectations. there s a lot of help on the ground here, national guard and other federal agencies. states have sent troops down here as well to help things out. it s going to be a long, long recovery here on st. thomas, and it begins day by day, starting today. dara, back to you. ron, how are the lines of communication down there? are cell phone towers up? how are people communicating? reporter: very little cell phone communication. this is one of the best spots on the island to get communication. that s been a source of frustration and worry for a lot of families who have been having difficulty getting in touch with their loved ones here. you have to find little pockets on these mountains where you might be able to pick up a fain
to happen right away. i believe they re one superstorm away from being wiped off the face of the earth. their life and lifestyle is changing because you believe of climate chamg. it s obvious to them and you. that this is causing great upheaval in their lives. no question. regardless how you feel. these impacts are not a policy debate. it s a hiealth issue. what makes you think that your reassignment was actually retaliation? there have been other moves that have clued us in that this work was not in favor. president trump rescind the the north bearing sea executive order a month in a of or so before we received these letters. you just wrote an op ed in the column in the washington post. i want a read a rgs po.
deal, not only snow, severe weather across the southern states and freezing rain and ice. so delays at the airports, cancellations it s going to be happening. so just pay attention to your local weather forecast. can i ask you a quick question? is polar vortex a legitimate meteorological term? it is. it s been there since the beginning of the atmosphere. polar vortex has always been there. it got popular in 2014 when one of our fellow meteorologists brought it up. i think it was misused a little bit because it was like the polar vortex is coming to eat the u.s. and it s always been there, so that s, you know, we use it i like to use it but properly. it s a little bit of the polar vortex that s always been there since the beginning of the atmosphere. it s real unlike superstorm. that s another segment. so i know from working with you for many years you were not
presidential campaign. that superstorm in the 2012 race might have helped barack obama a little here and there, and i think this helped donald trump in the end. i think, no question, hillary clinton won those debates. but, you know, donald trump was able to get in the final stretch and essentially have fate bail him out. let s look at the comey letter after it came out. the system is rigged. but with what i ve just announced previously, it might not be as rigged as i thought. right? right? the fbi i think they re going to right the ship, folks. i think they re going to right the ship. going back to the debates. the debates in the primary season had a big impact on the rise of donald trump. do you think these three debates mattered?
be moral. the only way we re going to keep our promise to seniors, is start by following the first rule we should follow. treat them like adults and tell them the truth. there it isn t their money any more, it got stolen from them. stocks today, were down. the dow lost 24, the s&p 500 was off one. nasdaq fell 21. u.s. economic growth slowed sharply in the summer. increase in the gross domestic product fell from 3.9% in the second quarter to just 1.5% from the july through september period. and three years ago today, superstorm and judgie made landfall along the east coast. the storm affected 24 states from florida to maine and west to michigan and wisconsin, hardest hit, new york and new jersey. the storm caused about $70 billion in damage there. since then, millions of dollars have been invested in repairs in the city of long beach, more than 3700 buildings permits have been issued in the past three