![]() Marco Rubio, speaking on CNN’s "State of the Union" Sunday morning, praised the federal government’s response. So these people that need our help the most are going to be able to access the help that we offer.” “And one of our focus areas, since I’ve been in office is to make sure that we’re removing those barriers. There’s barriers to our program,” she said. “There are people that often have a hard time accessing our programs. “We’ve brought in support from the Army Corps of Engineers to work with the state to work with the county officials to assess the extent of that damage, and then what is it going to take to help repair it or at least put some temporary measures in place.”Ĭriswell also made a commitment to make FEMA’s programs more accessible to all Florida residents, including lower-income residents who are among the most vulnerable. “But those hardest hit areas, they’re going to take some more time and we know that there’s a water issue right now in Lee County. “We saw well over 2 million customers without power immediately following the storm and the power companies have done an amazing job of getting things restored as quickly as possible,” she said. Combining tallies from the MEC with other deaths reported by sheriff offices on Saturday, Hurricane Ian has killed 71 people.įEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, speaking on CBS’ "Face the Nation" Sunday morning, praised power companies for their work thus far, but said restoring electricity in the hardest hit areas will be a lengthy process. The Florida District Medical Examiners, which reports hurricane deaths to the Medical Examiners Commission (MEC) following autopsy to confirm the death is storm-related, reported 44 deaths attributed to Hurricane Ian as of Saturday night. We’re already getting lights back in some areas, but people are scared.” People think this isn’t going to end, they’re going to be without lights for months. “I’m thinking, 'What are you doing? Try to save some for the rest of the people.' That’s where you see the panic. “People are pulling up into gas stations, the ones that have power to pump, they’re filling up their cars and also filling not just a carrying container but giant containers that fit in the back of their trucks and they’re filling those up with 200 gallons of gas,” Jankowski said. He said cars lined up for more than two miles along Veterans Way to get into a Home Depot. The man in front of him ordered 3 pounds of each meat. Jankowski, whose house is still without electricity, said he had just returned from Publix, where he got a quarter-pound of four different deli meats. Here, you have so many people that this is so new to them that they’re in a panic mode.” I drove up to Fort Lauderdale to go get stuff and then drove back to Miami. “Remember Andrew, we couldn’t get anything or get to stores for two or three weeks. He said the mobile home park next to the marina was completely leveled, some of the trailers landed in the marina, and most of the residents there were retirees on fixed incomes. Miami native Tony Jankowski, who moved to Port Charlotte in 2015, works at the Gasparilla Marina in the town of Placida, where they lost 60 of 800 boats in the hurricane and suffered considerable damage. Any advice? We are very worried and live in NY.” Last we heard she was evacuating on Wednesday but haven’t heard from her. She was living in Sunshine Mobile Village. We are not sure why government agencies are not providing supplies even if it’s temporary until residents can wrap their head around what happened and what they need to do next.”Ī woman on the Fort Myers Beach Island Life Facebook page wrote: “I’m looking for my 96-year-old grandmother, Julia Rodriguez. Gaby Gutman Hall’s post on that same Facebook group said: “The devastation is horrific, however as I learned with Hurricane Andrew the first few weeks after the storm is when people need the most help. Something needs to be done today or more people will die. All of the people on the island need food, water, gas, propane, they do not even have a roll of toilet paper. “As of this morning, nobody has brought in supplies besides the people trying to get to the island themselves to check on loved ones or if they still have a home. James City, there are so many people here that have completely lost everything like elsewhere,” Denise Martinez posted on a Facebook group called The Pine Island Prospect. Some took to social media to vent and plead for help. While most Floridians woke up to a normal Sunday with plans for church, family gatherings and watching football, many people on the Southwest Florida coast, the areas most ravaged by Hurricane Ian, spent the day growing weary, frustrated and angry as they waited for electricity, gas, water, food and other basic needs. ![]()
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