EVEN MADE LANDFALL YET, AND IT HAS BEEN A DEVASTATING DAY FOR US HERE IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. AND FOR AN UPDATE ON HOW THIS DAY HAS BEEN GOING, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SPANISH, IT’S GOING TO TALK TO THE SHERIFF HERE, GOING TO TALK TO COMMISSIONER HERE, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. SHERIFF, TELL US, WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT’S HAPPENING? SO WE’RE IN SPANISH LAKES COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH IS IN NORTHERN FORT PIERCE, JUST TO THE EAST OF LAKEWOOD PARK. COMMUNITY. WE FELT THE EFFECTS HERE AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN HERE IN THE SPANISH LAKES COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE LOST SOME LIFE. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE ON THEIR WAY. OUR DEPUTIES ARE OUT HERE, THE FIRE DISTRICT IS OUT HERE. WE’RE GOING THROUGH THE RUBBLE. WE’RE TRYING TO PROVIDE ANY RECOVER ANYBODY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WHATEVER HELP THAT WE CAN. GOVERNOR DESANTIS OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL, NATIONAL GUARD SENDING SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS AS WELL. SOME OF THEM JUST GOT HERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM. TAKE WHATEVER PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN. THIS IS THIS IS A UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S GOING TO BE A FATAL STORM. DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THE FATALITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE’RE FOCUSING ON JUST RECOVERING, YOU KNOW, GETTING HELP TO PEOPLE THAT THAT NEED IT. AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY WAS WAS HIT FROM WHAT THE DOPPLERS ARE SHOWING. WE GOT HIT THE HARDEST, THE QUICKEST. AGAIN WE SAY THIS WASN’T EXPECTED. WE PREPARE FOR THINGS BUT YOU CAN’T EXPECT OR DO ANYTHING WHEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT’S JUST IT’S DEVASTATING. IT’S THERE’S NO WORDS. COULD DESCRIBE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. WHAT CAN WE SAY TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS TONIGHT? I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE WAITING FOR A HURRICANE, AND WE HAVE THIS. WELL, I THINK THAT’S THE POINT. YOU KNOW, A HURRICANE COMES IN TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE. YOU HAVE NOTICE. YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE EYEWALL IS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WINDSTORM IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WINDS ARE AT, AT YOUR LOCATION WITH A TORNADO. YOU DON’T KNOW THAT. IT’S ALMOST LIKE HAVING A BOMB DROP IN ANY PLACE IN THE COUNTY. AND THE FACT IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME. YOU DON’T NEED TO BE OUT LOOKING AROUND. WE’RE NOT EVEN INTO THE INTO THE HURRICANE YET, AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE BANDS AND MORE TORNADOES. AND AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WALK AROUND, WE HAVE FATALITIES. WE NEED TO FIND WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WE WANT TO RESCUE. AND SO THAT’S THE IMPORTANT PART HERE. BUT IF YOU’RE AT HOME, STAY AT HOME, DON’T MAKE US COME OUT FOR YOU IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE OUT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GEORGE. WE’RE STILL YOU’RE STILL WORKING. YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE FOR A WHILE. WE ARE. WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE OUT HERE FOR A LONG TIME DEALING WITH THIS, AND WE’RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE AS LONG AS WE CAN. BUT REMEMBER, THERE IS A HURRICANE LOOMING AND IT’S COMING OUR WAY WITHIN A 90 MINUTE WINDOW. WE WERE WE HAD REPORTS OF BETWEEN 6 AND 12 TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAD REPORTS COMING ALL OVER THE COUNTY FROM MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE RIGHT NOW, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HAS THE MOST DAMAGE, BUT THERE ARE STILL OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE HAVING ALL THE SAME RESOURCES AT DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. SO WE JUST ASK PEOPLE, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR HOUSE, STAY BY THE TV, KEEP OFF THE ROADS, DO EVERYTHING BECAUSE OUR RESOURCES ARE RUNNING THIN AND WE’RE HAVING TO BRING IN EVERYBODY AND WE DON’T NEED ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T NEED TO HAPPEN, HAPPEN TO PULL THOSE RESOURCES OFF. THIS SERIOUS INCIDENT RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE JUST BE PATIENT, STAY HOME AND LET US GET THROUGH THIS STORM. I WANT TO ALSO REMIND EVERYONE, LIKE I SAID, IT’S GETTING DARK. WE’VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND. THERE ARE DOWNED POWER LINES, TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE OUT. SO STA