Insurance crisis that is crushing on people who live off the water, live near the water. explain all that. we got to see the destruction hurricane ian did down in fort myers. we took a crew, a team down to fort myers last year. we took a big barge down and craned boats out of people s yards, on top of people s houses. and we ve seen stuff that i didn t know a storm could do. and so it was a real big eye-opener to my whole family. i think my dad is worryied wors case scenario he doesn t want to be like what happened in fort myers. with insurance stuff going on, we re all worried. that s why we re staying here to see if there is anything that we can do to protect what we have. chase, hurricane hermine which was a hurricane 1 storm, it did pass through here. it had a 6-foot storm surge. now we re standing down by the water. there is a bar area up here in
Hurricane ian left behind in fort myers last year. it cannot be said enough, hide from wind and run from water. the thing that we saw and learned from fort myers that people were okay with the wind and rain, but it is the storm surge that took their lives. keep you and your family safe. cnn is tracking the storm from all angles. meteorologist derek van dam is live in clearwater for us. he leads off the coverage. derek, what are you seeing? yeah, boris. it is the calm before the storm, right. but the latest information that we can pass on to the viewers is that idalia is strengthening with 85-mile-an-hour sustained winds and lashing the southern portions of florida already. you saw the live view, and we will take et again from key west, and this is the indication of 50 miles per hour winds look like. that the outer band, and
Office i m running for oversees the florida forest service. we have hundreds of foresters and firefighters standing by at the ready. they are experts and clearing debris, cutting trees and vegetation blocking roads. once that phase is done getting to work with help with the response. passing out water and food and coordinating with relief agencies. we went through it in fort myers last year and ultimately very well coordinated and i think we re ready to address it head on. sandra: the time for evacuating along the coast has come and gone according to your governor. first responders won t be able to come out in the middle of the storm. if you choose to stay in an evacuation zone you must seek refuge immediately. certainly a sense of urgency coming out of your state right now. matt caldwell, thank you for your time this morning. jon: as we ve been mentioning we re awaiting an