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I really want to thank the residents of the barrier islands for listening to us this time,
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said These things punch you in the gut, but you just pick yourself up,
It’s going to be a long haul for everybody,
said Mayor John Chappie, a seventh-generation resident of Bradenton Beach It’s heart-wrenching to have to keep going through this,
My sense is we will be able to release a lot of the search and rescue resources that we’ve had on hand very soon,
DeSantis said, without providing a specific timeline One of the most profound things I’m seeing is the flooding. We have flooding in places and to levels that I’ve never seen, and I’ve lived in this community for my entire life,
City Manager Bill McDaniel said in a video posted online Thursday morning My ask is please don’t rush home right now, we’re still trying to assess what’s going on,
We do have power outages across about 75% of the county, but we are doing the best we can to assess,
He understands ... it will take a lot from the federal government to help us recover in Sarasota,
This is extraordinary to see this type of flooding, especially in this type of area. The University of South Florida area is normally a dry area,
Chronister said in the video Our immediate concern is getting the road open so we can get water restored, get power back on and so we can get our residents back,
We just wanted to stretch our legs and get out of the hotel,
The police and the fire departments have their hands full. we’re bringing out crews to clean up the tree debris and get our roadways clear.”
The city must do something about this flooding, 100%,
Get a life, man.”
President Joe Biden is again criticizing his predecessor, Donald Trump, for spreading misinformation about the federal government’s hurricane response efforts, declaring So far, knock on wood, we’ve had no injuries and no deaths in our community,
from Hurricane Milton ... he said We don’t have confirmed reports of other fatalities throughout the rest of the state, but we may as the day goes on,
There was no other reason to be here than for that,
We will better understand the extent of the damage as the day progresses,
They don’t like to pay out and this place always gets ruined in hurricanes,