Ron DeSantis on Hurricane Ian

Governor Ron DeSantis: "This is a major, major storm.It hit at 155 miles an hour as one tick below a category five.But unlike some of the category five storms we've had,this is a huge storm in terms of its size.It brought record storm surge in Collier Lee County, and it's continuing to churn throughout the state.And so you're going to end up with many more people without power.

Obviously, in southwest Florida, as soon as the storm passes, we have emergency responders at the local level.The state has marshaled hundreds of aircraft.We have high water vehicles.We have the capacity to go by air, by land,or by sea to help people, and we will do that, and that's going to need to take place.But then you're going to have a major effort to restore power.We have 100 cell towers that we can help stand up to, help do communications.We have over 42,000 linemen and other personnel associated with restoring power.If you're driving anywhere in Florida, I ten,I 95, you see these trucks coming into the state, and it's been ongoing.

So that's going to be the biggest, probably logistical effort in the history of the state.As soon as it's safe to go in, they're going to go in, try to get, of course,rescue people first, then tried to stabilize the situation,restore power, get fuel in there and make sure people can communicate the storm came."