In interviews broadcast on Sunday morning talk shows, local, state, and federal officials painted a dismal picture of Hurricane Ian’s effects and pleaded for further federal aid.
The storm caused widespread flooding and property damage across the state, and hundreds of thousands of people are still without power, according to Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Mayor Kevin Anderson of Fort Myers, Florida.
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Rep. Marco Rubio told ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor, Jonathan Karl, “I don’t think it has a comparison, not for Florida.”
The town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, for example, “no longer exists,” as Rubio put it. “Well, I guess it’ll have to be rebuilt. I guarantee you, it won’t be what you expect. It was like going back in time to a piece of Florida history that will never be the same. It looks like Sanibel has been levelled.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ian made landfall in Fort Myers as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing with it devastating winds and an extraordinary storm surge that may have reached a height of 18 feet.
The death toll from Hurricane Irma rises to at least 47 in Florida and counting. The office of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, reported Saturday afternoon that rescue workers had made more than 1,100 saves.
Shannon Bream of “Fox News Sunday” interviewed Criswell, who said, “I know we worry a lot about the direct consequences from the storm itself if it’s making landfall, but we see so many more injuries and sometimes more fatalities following the storm because there are so many dangers out there.”
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Criswell stated, “What I can tell is people need to stay watchful right now.” “There are several risks involved when you’re standing in water.”
As officials continue to survey the damage, Florida’s two senators have expressed their support for congressional funding to assist with the recovery effort. This funding would be in addition to the emergency and major disaster declarations that President Biden approved for Florida, freeing up federal resources.
After Hurricane Sandy damaged areas of New York and New Jersey in early 2013, CNN’s “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash questioned Rubio on why he didn’t vote for a relief bill.
Rubio stated that the law included many clauses that would pay for projects unrelated to the hurricane, but Bash refuted some of Rubio’s specific instances.
The Florida Republican continued by saying that he doesn’t think other members should be able to include “pet projects” in an Ian relief bill.
Rubio has stated, “I will fight against it having pork in it.” That’s the secret!” We shouldn’t include it because it would make it harder to accomplish this again in the future.
Even if the funds for the plan were not offset to have a net-zero effect on the federal budget, both Rubio and Scott were willing to support it.
Scott claimed on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he would like to be compensated for his efforts. “But we need to do our duty as federal government; we’ve made commitments to aid our families and companies and our state and local governments.”
Due to climate change and frequent hurricanes, news anchors questioned whether it was prudent to rebuild low-lying neighbourhoods near water.
Many government officials, however, seemed hesitant to completely abandon the villages, instead promoting tighter building codes and other initiatives to lessen the severity of future disasters.
North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper told Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that his state would have to “make tough decisions when we recover” after Hurricane Ian.
Within a span of 23 months, the area experienced “two 500-year floods,” Cooper explained. And we all know that isn’t the case any longer. We are very aware of the precariousness of these spots. Therefore, we are making use of techniques such as elevation and even buyouts.
FEMA administrator Criswell said people should make their own decisions about whether or not to rebuild, and she advised people to educate themselves about the dangers of flooding and invest in flood insurance.
While appearing on the show “Face the Nation,” she told host Margaret Brennan, “We need to make sure that we have good building rules because we have risked all everywhere.”
We need building rules to ensure that our properties can endure the impacts that we’re witnessing from these severe weather occurrences, Criswell said, noting that damage had been witnessed “inland in the state.”
At a later point in the programme, Brennan asked Anderson, the mayor of Fort Myers, if he thought the city should slow down its construction along the waterfront. Anderson’s county had some of the heaviest human and property losses as the hurricane made landfall near the city.
“No, we have good building codes,” Anderson said in response. As I mentioned before, the newer houses survived the hurricane. As a result, stricter regulations will apply to the new constructions as people demolish the old ones. They should be better prepared for future storms.
In interviews broadcast on Sunday morning talk shows, local, state, and federal officials painted a dismal picture of Hurricane Ian’s effects and pleaded for further federal aid.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R) of Florida, as well as FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and the mayor of Fort Myers, Florida, Kevin Anderson, surveyed the damage from Hurricane Ian and reported to hosts that the storm caused widespread flooding and property damage across the state and left hundreds of thousands without power.
Rep. Marco Rubio told ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor, Jonathan Karl, “I don’t think it has a comparison, not for Florida.”
The town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, for example, “no longer exists,” as Rubio put it. “Well, I guess it’ll have to be rebuilt. I guarantee you, it won’t be what you expect. It was like going back in time to a piece of Florida history that will never be the same. It looks like Sanibel has been levelled.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Ian made landfall in Fort Myers as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing with it devastating winds and an extraordinary storm surge that may have reached a height of 18 feet.
The death toll from Hurricane Irma rises to at least 47 in Florida and counting. The office of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, reported Saturday afternoon that rescue workers had made more than 1,100 saves.
Shannon Bream of “Fox News Sunday” interviewed Criswell, who said, “I know we worry a lot about the direct consequences from the storm itself if it’s making landfall, but we see so many more injuries and sometimes more fatalities following the storm because there are so many dangers out there.”
Criswell stated, “What I can tell is people need to stay watchful right now.” “There are several risks involved when you’re standing in water.”
As officials continue to survey the damage, Florida’s two senators have expressed their support for congressional funding to assist with the recovery effort. This funding would be in addition to the emergency and major disaster declarations that President Biden approved for Florida, freeing up federal resources.
After Hurricane Sandy damaged areas of New York and New Jersey in early 2013, CNN’s “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash questioned Rubio on why he didn’t vote for a relief bill.
Rubio stated that the law included many clauses that would pay for projects unrelated to the hurricane, but Bash refuted some of Rubio’s specific instances.
The Florida Republican continued by saying that he doesn’t think other members should be able to include “pet projects” in an Ian relief bill.
Rubio has stated, “I will fight against it having pork in it.” That’s the secret!” We shouldn’t include it because it would make it harder to accomplish this again in the future.
Even if the funds for the plan were not offset to have a net-zero effect on the federal budget, both Rubio and Scott were willing to support it.
Scott claimed on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he would like to be compensated for his efforts. “But we need to do our duty as federal government; we’ve made commitments to aid our families and companies and our state and local governments.”
Due to climate change and frequent hurricanes, news anchors questioned whether it was prudent to rebuild low-lying neighbourhoods near water.
Many government officials, however, seemed hesitant to completely abandon the villages, instead promoting tighter building codes and other initiatives to lessen the severity of future disasters.
North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper told Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that his state would have to “make tough decisions when we recover” after Hurricane Ian.
Within a span of 23 months, the area experienced “two 500-year floods,” Cooper explained. And we all know that isn’t the case any longer. We are very aware of the precariousness of these spots. Therefore, we are making use of techniques such as elevation and even buyouts.
FEMA administrator Criswell said people should make their own decisions about whether or not to rebuild, and she advised people to educate themselves about the dangers of flooding and invest in flood insurance.
She said to “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan, “We need to make sure that we have good building codes because we have risked all throughout.”
We need building rules to ensure that our properties can endure the impacts that we’re witnessing from these severe weather occurrences, Criswell said, noting that damage had been witnessed “inland in the state.”
At a later point in the programme, Brennan asked Anderson, the mayor of Fort Myers, if he thought the city should slow down its construction along the waterfront. Anderson’s county had some of the heaviest human and property losses as the hurricane made landfall near the city.
“No, we have good building codes,” Anderson said in response. As I mentioned before, the newer houses survived the hurricane. As a result, stricter regulations will apply to the new constructions as people demolish the old ones. They should be better prepared for future storms.
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