rescue there. you can see these people absolutely devastated and so fearful that they weren t going to survive this. so grateful to the people that are helping them. you have a baby there wrapped in a blanket. a family that is just trying to get to some dry land. winds and flooding. they ripped up asphalt. look at this highway. look at that. that is sanibel, florida. lee county is devastated in a way that we have not seen in a very, very long time. the sheriff there fears he said this earlier today and it got a lot of attention and we hope the numbers don t come to true whigs. he fears there could be hundreds that lost their lives here. the house burst into flame in sanibel isle area. and now we have georgia and south carolina. what they re preparing to get ready where they are. we have fox team coverage across this devastating situation. first to steve harrigan who joins us. we watched him get blown hard around there in placada, florida. good afternoon to you one day lat
Senior executive advisor and former fema associate administrator and director of disaster operations. you are no stranger to this sort of situation. what is your assessment of the preparations in florida head of hurricane idalia making windfall? can you ever be too cautious in giving the storm is like this one? you might know, you had that the right direction there. you can never be too cautious. the state has never be too cautious. the state has a never be too cautious. the state has a lot never be too cautious. the state has a lot of - never be too cautious. tie: state has a lot of experience as we know, many decades of hurricane experience. in the preparations that they are taking eye those that do should be. looking at the part of the hurricane and looking at what evacuations need to be done by the residents and those in florida and away from the coastline, as you ve noticed, as you have noted the storm surge is going to be real. and thatis surge is going to be real. and that
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