an extended period of time. we re also prioritizing getting power and running potable water to the rest of the area s health care facilities. there have been 117 facilities ha had lost power that now have power restored. the ports, tampa bay, miami, everglades, they are reopened for fueling, and i think between today and tomorrow, all the ports in the state of florida up and down both coasts will be operational. food and water, massive amounts, and where kevin is sensitive to the water situation in lee, so i d say this is an extraordinary amount of water that has been staged and is continuing to be brought into the area. so, fema has activated their individual assistance program, so if you re in need of help of recovering in those affected counties, you can go to
suppression. so as a result, we have done a lot of gerry rigging and been able to pull water out of lakes and ponds to be able to drive the coolers. we have been working with our agency for healthcare administration to begin the evacuation process. until we know we have a stable water supply to our hospitals we cannot operate them safely. dana: we had the army corps of engineers on last hour and he said their number one priority is trying to figure out the water situation in lee county. a question about the staff you have. i imagine they have been working for several days straight with very little sleep and no running water as you said. the staff challenges are very real. in an incident like this we usually have two teams. team a and b. team a works 12 hour shifts each until conditions are safe for team b to come in.
complex recovery and make sure we have the right resources. i appreciate the opportunity to join you today so i can see firsthand what some of the needs are. i brought recovery and response personnel with me to make sure we are bringing the right resources to support the governor s needs and what his concerns are. thank you very much. any questions? i have two quick ones. first of all do we have an update and casualties and you meet with the administrator today. what does the state of florida need? i think the number one thing that we need that they provided, the army corps to support lee county and their water situation. critical to get that infray structure back up and running. you look at the storm. there was significant damage but you have a lot of folks who had minimal or maybe no damage and getting them back, make sure they are in their homes and have running water, electrical, all of that is going to make all the other efforts so much better. so we appreciate that but i
they do have some equipment, but they re traveling lighter just to be able to go and get to people as quickly as possible. there have been six health care facilities evacuated in southwest florida, they were not they were having problems with water or problems with power for an extended period of time. we re also prioritizing getting power and running potable water to the rest of the area s health care facilities. there have been 117 facilities that had lost power that now have power restored. the ports, tampa bay, miami, everglades, they are reopened for fueling and i think between today and tomorrow all the ports in the state of florida up and down both coasts will be operational. food and water, massive amounts and kevin is sensitive to the water situation in lee, so i d say this is an extraordinary amount of water that has been staged and is continuing to be brought into the area.
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