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Unfortunately it’s going to be a fatal storm.”
Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said We’re focused on just recovering, you know, getting the help to people that need it. Again, this community was hit. From what the dopplers are showing, we got hit the hardest, the quickest.”
When asked for the number of fatalities, so far, Pearson said You'll have bipartisan support for that, and it will all happen in due time, and we'll get that job done,
the speaker said on Fox News Sunday this past weekend Our communities cannot wait, and we must act swiftly to provide them with the assurance that their government will stand by them,
We only had three the first time, but probably, I expect because of this surge in the way it’s coming in to be higher,
The trash has been lined up in our streets for over 11 days now. There's so much storm debris from last time, I haven't really seen any efforts to clean that up. So I don't know, [we are] kind of on our own here,
If at any time I feel threatened, I do have a life jacket I'll be wearing and I'm hoping to just kind of swim out. I've moved all my vehicles the past couple of days to higher, high-and-dry locations. So hopefully I can just kind of swim over to one of those and hang tight while the water recedes,
I've been recovering all week, removing drywall, and then the entire downstairs, my house was decimated. That's all sitting at the curb now. The city of Tampa told us to leave it on bag. So I have all this loose construction debris. My big concern is that debris clogging any kind of drainage systems and causing more problems or becoming missiles and or projectiles and damaging other property and things,
I wanted to fill up my tank. I had about half a tank and just want to top it off…it took 10 stations. They all have plastic over the pumps, and once I found an open station…folks [were] not lining up properly in queue people screaming, honking the horn. And the storm hasn't even got here yet. So terrifying,
Some of my neighbors have smaller children. For me, it's just me. My house is my livelihood, so I plan on hunkering down. But I have seen other folks leave,
My wife's happy. We're not in that tin can,
It's literally a matter of life and death,
We know that as human beings increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely by burning fossil fuels, we are increasing that temperature all around the planet,
I want people to hear from me directly, FEMA is ready,
They know how to help people access resources for mobility, transportation, housing, and basic necessities during this crisis. It's important to reach out and understand that there are people available, willing, and able to assist, including those who need help with medical care or have physical disabilities and require extra assistance,
It really is life changing in so many tragic ways,
I don't believe people are waiting for the last moment today,
said Henry, as rain hammered the shuttle's roof I am nervous. This is something we just went through with the other storm – ground saturated, still recovering from that,
Sarasota resident Randy Prior, who owns a pool business, told AFP Winds will begin to increase along the west coast of Florida by this afternoon,
We are a few hours away from an epic catastrophe,
Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor told CNN