In resources ?
The Coast Guard and the Army helicopetrs are STILL picking up people…
Whole islands and other arae’s are cut off from the main land….
58 people are listed as dead…There will be more….
In money?
Replacement and rebuilding costs could be as high as a Billion dollar or more….
Florida Republican Governor DeSantis is maybe thinking about migrant stunts, book banning, anti-gay lessons in the schools ,a nd election cops….
But those things aren’t important anymore….
Putting people’s lives and property ARE now….
Days after Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, state and local officials were rushing to provide relief to battered residents even as signs of frustration started to mount.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis spent part of Sunday handing out supplies to residents seeking help struggling with basic needs in the aftermath of the deadly storm that is responsible for killing at least 58 people — with the official toll still likely to rise significantly in the days ahead.
It’s also clear that hard-hit areas like Lee and Charlotte counties will be recovering for months if not years, with some school districts saying that they would remain closed indefinitely. Insurers have already reported at least $1.44 billion in preliminary claims that have been filed.
Days after Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida, state and local officials were rushing to provide relief to battered residents even as signs of frustration started to mount.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis spent part of Sunday handing out supplies to residents seeking help struggling with basic needs in the aftermath of the deadly storm that is responsible for killing at least 58 people — with the official toll still likely to rise significantly in the days ahead.
More than 794,000 home and businesses remained without power by mid-Sunday afternoon — most of them located in the hard-hit counties of southwest Florida, where a wall of water left some communities in complete devastation.
Florida Power & Light — the state’s largest utility has restored power to 1.6 million customers — but in a timeline released this weekend suggested it could take up to another week to restore power to 95 percent of those customers living in the area that took the brunt of the impact from Hurricane Ian.
DeSantis, who spoke in Arcadia, a small town located in an interior Southwest Florida county, acknowledged there were places that would require a complete rebuild of electric utility infrastructure….
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Both the Miami Herald and Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported on Sunday that some residents in places such as Pine Island and Cape Coral were pleading for help on social media.
Note…
Remember …DeSantis IS on the ballot for another term come November….
Florida US Senator Rubio is out saying he has conditions for Federal aid to his state?