anything you can think of, you can find here. there were about 100 trailers in this trailer park. i would say according to the people who have visited the damage and destruction of what their lives used to be, they say only possibly 20 trailers are salvageable. even those 20 trailers are covered in muck from the storm surge. it s a enormous rebuilding effort. you think about having a day dedicated to doing yard work. this is weeks and weeks and weeks if not months. it s really, really overwhelming. the people who came in today for the first time, 7:00 they opened the gate in florida city, they have come to see their properties. for many of them, it was just far beyond what they expected, worst, just worse. they question to themselves, what do we do? what do we where do we go from here? one guy just paid off his house and his house is seriously two
sides of cores during the restoration. the west side, we expect to have the vast majority of customers essentially all restored by friday the 22nd. we are seeing some encouraging things. i will tell you straight up that much of our investments in the system seems to be paying benefits on behalf of customers. we are not seeing a lot of poles down, not saying the transmission structures down. these are wood structures we changed to concrete and steel. they are standing strong. we are seeing a lot of damage that s not in place. that s a good sign for us. it s encouraging, but we are not letting our guard down. we have a long way to go on we are going to keep at it with an army of about 20,000 restoration workers. shepard: thanks very much. certainly appreciate it. robert gould from florida power & light live this afternoon. i want to get to rick leventhal in jacksonville where the damage
the bathroom in the hallways. for two days, it was hell. you didn t know if you are going to make it or not. and you look at damage to homes and rvs pushed on their side, you would think it was the wind but neighbors say it was the storm surge. they say the ocean rose up to their necks. it came in fast and it went out fast. neighbors say they are stranded with little food, water, and zero ways to communicate with the outside world. this man put a sign on his driveway. it says sos. we hear. need water. in case a helicopter anybody. no one has shown up. no one has come. not yet. no one. i am on my own. hurricane irma s wrath was the worst in the lower key is that there was plenty of damage
its way through the region. a man in east naples said this house wasn t waterproof, wasn t waterfront property but it is now. county officials say it might take days to survey the damage. mike tobin is onyx. how are people doing with supplies? it s been a unique phenomenon. you can see the tape is up at this gas station. earlier today people walked up with gas cans, pushing and shoving in line. the line of cars stretched a quarter mile. we can show you video. this guy is coming up to see if there s any gas. this phenomenon of a gas station that has gas, the line forms. people do all they can to get supplies. not really uncivil. for the most part, people are still kind to each other. i ve only seen them get a little foul when it came to ice. they are going to have to be patient because it s going to be until the 22nd according to florida power & light that the powers going to turn back on. they can have ice and it will be
like tonight, having this conversation and moving the ball forward, working bipartisan support. mark short said that president may need democrat support to get above 50. they would like to see if they can get 60 votes so they don t need to do this in the reconciliation process. it makes it more difficult what they can and cannot do. they would like to get a filibuster proof majority. the president, looks like he s going to war hurricane damage in florida on thursday. the white house is firming up the plants that i am told he will likely go to tampa, fort myers. shepard: thank you. lawmakers on capitol hill talking about approving more emergency spending packages to help with recovery from both hurricanes. harvey in texas and beyond, irma