Helping the storm survivors get assistance, find places to stay, and do that kind of work. fema did move search and rescue teams and, they are joined up in the states. so, it will be pretty much search and rescue parties, power restoration, damage assessments, and getting people into, gano, assistance as fast as they can. craig fugate, think you. we will continue to rely on your expertise in this area. thank you so much. thank you. everybody, stay with us because there is much more live coverage of hurricane adalja. it is ahead, including the very latest forecast. reports from the ground and local residents who are now choosing to ride out the storm. that is all right after this. with up to 13 camera views. and the z71 off-road package.
At our 45 fire stations throat hillsborough county. we are ready to respond, hopefully you are safe until we can get to you. rob heron, thank you so much for your message tonight, i appreciate it. thank you. fema is sending hundreds of personnel and to the storm. the former head of fema tells us what he thinks they need to be focused on. we will talk about it after this. business however you see fit. rosie used part of her refund to build an outdoooor patio. clink!k! dr. marshall used part of his refefund to give his prpractice a facelift. emily used part of her refund to buy. i run a wax museum. let innovation refunds help you get started on your erc tax refund. stop waiting. go to innovationrefunds.com you really got the brows. it could be a sign that your digestive system isn t at its best. metamucil gummies make it easy to get the fiber you need.
Fema spoke today about preparations and the efforts and the state. we have prepositioned different types of resources across all three states to include several instant management assistant teams, our urban search and rescue teams, our disaster survivor assistant teams, and they are already to pivot to the most impacted areas immediately after the storm passes. we also have warehouses filled with commodities like food, water, blankets and medical supplies that are ready to rapidly move into the impacted area at the states request. i want to now bring in former fema administrator greg. craig, thank you for being here tonight. we are watching this storm very, very closely. i m wondering, what our emergency officials up against with hurricane idalia which is now forecasted to make landfall as a category four. craig? well, this was pointed out earlier. these areas along the coast
There is not a whole lot of holiday populations and trying to get to a dispersed population. you are actually and gainesville tonight where there is a lot of concern about the possibility of downed trees taking out powerlines, blocking roads, even in these more concentrated areas. so, how does something like that really hampered rescue and recovery, knowing fema must be accustomed to a planning for that. but the landscape of what might be is really, at this time, indeterminate. well, you basically again, we don t focus on the we focus on the forecast of impacts. you have got tornado watches up now along much of the west coast. so, fema s approach is working with the state. governor desantis and his team really focused on what florida has a lot of resources. i think the initial rescues, the response, will be led by florida. i think fema, as you saw from administrator chriswell talking about a lot of the immediate me needs in the aftermath of