the water was pressing on the car. we were able to jam it open and get him out. bill: the cowboys carried the man through waist deep water to dry land and he is now safe and sound. good work done. dana: i love that jesse had them on last night. bill: good looking hats. dana: great looking cowboys. i would want to be rescued by them. call them up. put their number in my phone. a mission of mercy for some of the most vulnerable victims of hurricane ian. a group based in columbus, georgia are stepping up taking animals from several shelters in florida. josh mcqueen is with the paws humane society. who do you have there, josh? good morning. this is actually buc, we named him after the tampa bay buccaneers. dana: he is six days old with a bow tie on. he has manners like a southern gentleman. tell me about your organization. what were you trying to do before the storm got to shore?
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
helping to prepare for what s to come. general scott spelman from the army core of engineers joins us now. they are trying to get the figure out what s going on with the water in some of those counties. what can you tell us this morning. first i want to say thanks for having us on the program this morning and i would start out by saying on behalf of the 37,000 men and women of the army corps of engineers our hearts go out to the people of puerto rico, florida and now north carolina and south carolina who have been impacted by this extreme weather. we will be working around the clock with federal partners, certainly our great state partners to help these families and communities get on their feet again. you have been reporting on the extensive coastal damages. we are focused on coastal but inland flooding will remain with us for the next several days. the st. john s river by jacksonville will reach a crest this weekend and remain in major
of 100 nursing home. first responders at the facility was prepared but the water came into fast. none of the residents suffered injuries in the rescue operation and finally, this video of a man rescuing a cat has gone viral. at 29-year-old mark ross saw a kitty perched on an air conditioner trying to avoid the rising floodwaters he decided to wade into the knee-deep water to reach the orange and white cat. the plan with is to keep the kitty if he cannot find the owners. the city of orlando now dealing with the aftermath of hurricane ian and officials saying lighting was historic. more than 14 inches in most areas, the message for residents stay home. correspondent nate foy s and downtown atlanta with how the recovery effort is shaping up. good evening.
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