Gov. DeSantis news conference ahead of storm

[@MacD1432]

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst. Be safe, everyone!!!

[@Ominousheat]

It's always been 'Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst." Why go and change the wording? Prayers and hope are completely different things. But once again some wannabe trend-setting evangelical not only coins a term but changes it to suit their own ideology ( appropriation is apparently your only ability ). That's not what analogies and terminology are for. Say the proper phrase or don't say it at all. JFC!

[@CFLsurfr]

@@Ominousheat Evangelicals have a penchant for turning American culture into Jesus.

[@j.b.9836]

Thank you for your prayers. Florida will need them.

[@jimmybarnes2753]

What kind of analogical bs are you spitting if you didn't get the drift you sir are as sharp as a marble.​@@Ominousheat

[@francismarion6400]

@@Ominousheat So only evangelicals pray?

[@SOG187]

Please pray for Florida.

[@SR71GIRL]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sibylbrown1185]

God, please take care of all in Florida. Amen.

[@flskywarn]

god is not real

[@daleWilson-qy7yq]

Thank you

[@valeriejohnson5283]

Thank you!

[@gospelmusic989]

Amen

[@davewilson1965]

🤣

[@nidialuccioni4476]

Take Care Everyone In Florida And Stay Safe From This Hurricane 🌀

[@ndean1687]

Love and prayers from West Virginia! ❤

[@daleWilson-qy7yq]

Thank you

[@j.b.9836]

Florida appreciates your Love and prayers. Thank you !!

[@sonampalmo3578]

Thanks, West Virginia! I'm in Florida, born in Fairmont, WVa.

[@jtatar80]

Originally from Morgantown, hello up there from Florida!!

[@janicestewart8291]

Prayers from Ohio to everyone in Florida and in the path of this monster storm. 🙏💔 🫶

[@LTB528]

God Bless Gov DeSantis and all in Florida

[@jodollman8136]

We're living the Florida homeowners insurance nightmare.

[@Themoonwalker530]

If you are not a millionaire, we don't need you here. If you can't handle repairs without insurance, you won't get your damages fixed. It's simple.

[@dizzlethe7346]

@@Themoonwalker530 If that the case the state should force banks to not mandate insurance, that alone would be the money to fix the home. Plus how is it ok to pay for a service and not expect to get that service? lol

[@barockhill]

And he and his constituents made it worse

[@barockhill]

@@dizzlethe7346he’s obviously some privileged bloke who doesn’t understand his millionaire life wouldn’t work without the working man doing everything for him. Does he expect them to drive to Florida to help him? Insurance companies are corrupt. You have to fight them to get them to pay what they promise to pay. It’s ridiculous

[@barockhill]

@@Themoonwalker530so you don’t want cops, nurses, teachers, food workers, city workers, first responders, firefighters, linemen, plumbers or anyone else here? Only millionaires?

[@romelleabdulaleem283]

Thank you for being proactive!!

[@williamwest9204]

DeSantis did a phenomenal job last storm. Had a literal ARMY of utility, power company, construction vehicles, bulldozers, medical, food supply lined up on the highway waiting for the worse of the storm to pass and then flooded in and helped it was a great job on his part.

[@MrMustangrick]

Great governor. We love Ron here in Florida.

[@stevefisher2553]

HAHAHAHA BOT

[@CFLsurfr]

He sure the hell loves to get big daddy Joe's money declaring his emergencies so, so well ahead of time. He's such a great guy. Spending Federal money like it's nobody's business.

[@BlueforReason]

Too bad he doesnt believe in climate change. Going to turn florida into a ghost town in 50 years

[@MRPOOKIESGRAMMY]

​@@CFLsurfrYou Do Better! 😂

[@ibissuau9800]

Thank You Governor

[@andystreet1479]

stay safe and be prepared

[@melissamullins3564]

God protect your people in Florida through this storm in Jesus name Amen

[@pinschrunner]

IF YOU EVACUATE, TAKE ALL OF YOUR ANIMALS WITH YOU !!!

[@Laura-xy7td]

Praying for our brothers and sisters in harms way

[@roccosophie6498]

The greatest governor Florida has ever had. Governor Ron DeSantis.

[@WhyKnot-lr1kk]

What are you smoking dude?

[@poppajretired410]

If you really want to assist then assist us Floridians with lower insurance rates.

[@KD-nk3ht]

Iffin you caint afode Fladda move yo broke seff to East Saint Luris. My baldhedit Auntee Lizzy Bell stay out yonder.

[@poppajretired410]

@@KD-nk3ht This is why trump loves the poorly educated

[@gsp49]

Heck no! If you get government involved the cost will go even higher.

[@annnguyen2400]

President Trump would send check over

[@vtyndall1929]

If you want the lower prices and actual assistance, vote a real leader in for president, vote Trump. As everything goes up in price so does the cost of everything else like home insurance especially in a place that is prone to hurricanes every year. The state can only do so much and right now it's having to fill the void of what the federal government is supposed to do on top of what the state is doing. Remember when Ian passed by and Fema was taking forever to give help so Desantis wife stepped on to provide charity. By the way, it's about to get worse with this port strike so get ready.

[@angelagarcia8145]

Thank you Mr Governor 🙏

[@patevans4741]

🙏🙏🙏ing for Florida love you sis🫂

[@ibissuau9800]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@RuaWaterwalker]

I love you !!De Santis!

[@Betty-o7w]

Best Governor ever ❤

[@ticotechhouston4917]

hahahahahahajaha

[@NancyMiget]

😱😱No he isn’t he gerrymandered to win his second term, he lied, there’s more don’t get me started,,when Hurricane Ian hit, the next morning he was doing a photo op flipping pancakes in a Waffle House in San Augustine then he went outside and did more photo ops in the white rubber boots and picked up sticks while they were recovering dead bodies in the beach in Ft Myers. This was a Monday. He did go down on Weds to meet with President Biden who was surveying some of the damage. He’s been doing project 2025 ever since he was re-elected. Do you know if you were a democrat and on the school board he just took you out and put in his own Republican person. Meh fired someone in Tampa because he didn’t like him. That’s what PROJECT 2025 tells you that’s ok. Over 30,000 people trained right now to take over the country just like that if Trump gets re-elected, God help us😱 Lots more but that’s enough for now.😡READ PROJECT 2025 only 922 pages.🤷🏼‍♀️

[@J.J.GKMLSnext-u7y]

Love our Governor ❤May Lord protect our beautiful Florida 🙏🏻

[@gregmkay]

This declaration also acts to reduce crime. Theft in a declared disaster zone, even before the disaster hits, can be charged as looting in Florida, which carries enhanced penalties as I understand it. Also homeowners here are allowed to defend their property and themselves with deadly force if need be. The disgusting aftermath of a Hurricane Katrina-type situation that played out in New Orleans will not be allowed to happen here.

[@uberfu]

Yawn (1) FL has been hit with Hurricanes Michael - Andrew - Ivan and plenty of others that stack up to what NO got from Katrina - not to mention FL got hit w/ plenty of fringte damage from Katrina. Your comments comes across like you've been living under a rock (1a) Katrina was more devastating to NO because the city was built below sea level and resides in a BOWL - the City founders were idiots !! (2) *"Also homeowners here are allowed to defend their property and themselves with deadly force if need be"* (2a) REGARDLESS of an emergency situation - FL already has an existing Stand Your Ground set of Laws that have been Court tested. And there is not heightened or elevated homeowner protections regarding self defense during a state of emergency; even during a SOE the Stand Your Ground Laws apply (2b) DO NOT rely on a random comment from a random internet screenname commenting on legal sitautions (mine OR GregMKay) without consutling an actual lawyer or legal representative because telling a judge that a law is valid because you read it on a YT comment will not stand up in court as a legal defense.

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@uberfuyou're not listening to anything he's saying and your arguments don't refute his points. Truly a master class in irrelevance

[@pinschrunner]

Declaring a state of emergency gives any governmental authority tyrannical powers. We Floridians always have the right to defend ourselves

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@pinschrunner that's a good point too

[@kennithandirsen7184]

Excellent officials! Thank you! Florida rocks!

[@vernalwilliams1166]

Tell the Gov to stop this storm because we think he has the power to.

[@pinschrunner]

Yup weather warfare

[@helengill4785]

Watching from BARBADOS may God help u all

[@Williespub-XL]

DeSantis is the best.

[@WhyKnot-lr1kk]

Best bullshitter?

[@AdrianVega33]

Pray for the people at Walmart.!

[@KmN3838]

😂😂😂

[@visnuexe]

I've got to work on Sat. Likely my area will be too flooded to drive out. Even if I park the car at the highest point at the end of my road, I have to walk the flooded road to get to it. It's a tight call when to evacuate.

[@denniselber9195]

A great communicator and Governor!

[@commonsense6967]

@@cpr1200rA lot less than Que Mala is!

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@cpr1200r he didn't waste it, the Iowa boomers that refused to make the right choice wasted it.

[@dianegarner2590]

Think all shelters should be pet friendly cause there are part of your family

[@judigrumm7190]

They're* Yes. And most hotels relax rules for evacuations. Check ahead though. Not all shelters take pets. But most do. Don't wait till the day you need it. I would NEVER leave my fur babies behind!

[@pinschrunner]

Where are the "resources" in Polk county please?

[@atasteoftherealitytalktv3191]

Here in Tallahassee 🌀

[@visnuexe]

Thanks for you and Emergency Preparedness' effort to increase our safety proactively. This is gonna be a big storm. Storm surge is killer.

[@givaratsass]

God Bless Our Gov. Ron DeSantis.

[@thruthefirepubl]

Thank you Governor DeSantis. Competent leadership is priceless.

[@stevefisher2553]

Fascism is alive and well, retake history

[@SnoopingCommentGoblin]

Remember when he banned local government from protecting workers from the heat

[@CFLsurfr]

The man bans books. About as Un-American as it gets.

[@thomas1942]

DeSantis is bought and paid for by the Insurance Industry. He voted against Hurricane help. It voted against Funding to fix some of the Flooding areas. If there is damage, the insurance companies will get away with paying out pennies on the dollar of the rebuilt costs.

[@uberfu]

@@SnoopingCommentGoblin On the upside - as the hurricane is approaching and hitting FL the ambient temperature will be much lower so no heat deaths should be recorded.

[@tomh4680]

Best Governor ever! DeSantis 2028! Keep up the great work!

[@stevefisher2553]

Traitor

[@mmmargentina]

Joke😂, he's just another Republican who has political ambitions.

[@tomh4680]

@@stevefisher2553oh, sorry China.. I didn’t realize you had joined the conversation.

[@stevefisher2553]

@@tomh4680 Texas here!! KAMALA 2024

[@stevefisher2553]

@tomh4680 you chose cult over country and YOU LOST TRAITOR

[@radish848]

CAT 4 don't take chances prepared to evacuate, please stay safe and prepared 🕯️🙏💝 Please don't forget your pets 🙏💔.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

Thank you, Governor DeSantis!!😊

[@alwslate]

Ah the voice of truth.. calm and common source.. yall need to pick up the trees here in perry from the last one. They are sitting road side. Not good

[@gsp49]

Tallahassee too.

[@judigrumm7190]

We have to call for that service. Only after storms for a couple days, do they come without a call.

[@tamitatangoto5134]

Governor DeSantis said over the next couple of days. BUT from what I heard from "In2 Thin Air" utube, it will be Thursday night Friday early morning, like as in the middle of the night.😮

[@GARY-fromOntario]

My 💲 is on Brian from In2thinair💯

[@seekingthetruth2748]

Are you talking about when it should make landfall or when you start feeling the effects of the storm

[@TerryButterfield]

Its dynamic, like every hurricane I have been in has been.

[@pinschrunner]

NOA AND NASA always steer these storms through in the middle of the night

[@judigrumm7190]

Landfall Thursday late. Storm winds and rain much earlier.

[@PeggySchwerer]

PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE

[@airadaimagery692]

I was out of power for 30 days after Katrina.

[@judigrumm7190]

Hope you're doing better, now. I'm praying you do well this time.

[@jbwentworthe6082]

Thank you.

[@jxstified7558]

Here I am in Suwanee country and my house is likely to disappear good thing I have another home in Tampa area...

[@mr.majestic3851]

Yeah just think , It could get both

[@jxstified7558]

@@mr.majestic3851 Im not worried about the wind at the Tampa home but the surge is estimated 5-8 ft so that isnt great.

[@thomas1942]

Well, thanks to "Bought and Paid for by the Insurance Industry DeSantis", if both your homes get swept away, and the insurance offers you 50% of the rebuild cost you have to pay for your lawyers out of pocket. Good luck fighting the insurance companies.

[@sess122]

@@thomas1942 Screw the blood sucking lawyers...use an independent appraiser to represent you. Yeah, they typically take 15% but ONLY when they get the insurance co. to pay up.

[@commonsense6967]

@@thomas1942So LEAVE FL already, (and don't let the door hit you!)

[@muoima6621]

thank for update

[@sandraburke1258]

DeSantis have NEVER spent a Day without POWER, listen to the pro!

[@knaudi86]

FL is truly lucky to have DeSantis.

[@best_show_on_surf_watcher]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion....I guess.

[@khillvids3849]

@@best_show_on_surf_watcherunfortunately

[@justjoshinya5908]

Ah yes. The governor that during Irma was on a golf course in Mexico with his phone off, even though he knew a hurricane was coming forcing the mayor of Tampa to call the state of emergency. The same governor that ran out of resources for victims of hurricane Ian. The same governor that gave protections to insurance companies allowing them to be protected while they raised premiums beyond what locals could afford. Sooooooooooo lucky.

[@uberfu]

FL will be more lucky when DeSantis leaves Office.

[@uberfu]

@@justjoshinya5908 The Governor that forces law changes when it suits him ... kind of like a Dictator. (changed FL election laws to allow himself to remain Governor while running for US President Primaries instead of stepping down like FL called for). Who else does that remind you of ... oh that's right > Putin and Jinping !! So lucky.

[@divinestarseed3695]

I hope you deliver too my shelter ❤

[@judigrumm7190]

Not during the storm! Bring snacks! Prefreeze some drinks so they stay cold longer.

[@OldesouthFarm]

Your Governor is on the ball!!

[@futuretechnology7679]

Storm gonna get very very UGLY.

[@KD-nk3ht]

Thess yo opinion but you aint gots no education to speak of.

[@MRPOOKIESGRAMMY]

​@@KD-nk3ht😂😂😂😂

[@j.b.9836]

​@KD-nk3ht and you can't spell....Lol 😂😂😂

[@futuretechnology7679]

@@j.b.9836 wow,

[@ronaldwidtmann7196]

Sorry doesn’t sound like nearly enough emergency services

[@AnthonySeguinot-i7l]

Pray for me I'm in Orlando Florida

[@pinschrunner]

Orlando is always fine.

[@judigrumm7190]

​@@pinschrunnerYeah, it's got a little buffer land, but it has gotten too much water before and now that they've built so much more of the crappy apartments absorption will be an issue. Covering wetlands with parking lots is stupid.

[@pinschrunner]

@@judigrumm7190 I want a moratorium on building everywhere but these dumb people lick the boots of the politicians ruining life for natives here

[@sleazykilla360]

hope yall ok.

[@joeychik]

Here's why government is so useless. Tropical weather forecasters have been talking about this system for 2 weeks. They've all been pointing to this potential the whole time. Local weather has only been passively mentioning it since Sunday. And now, only 2 days before it's supposed to hit the government decides to start chirping.

[@judigrumm7190]

And what exactly could they have done sooner for a storm that's barely formed. They have set up sand bag locations all over the state. And emergency services are in place when needed. It's your job to prepare. It's their job to help with safe locations and evacuations and assist in clean up and power restoration after.🤔

[@farmerjohn2262]

If 2 days isn't enough time for you to prepare, you're not a long-time resident. This ain't our first rodeo.

[@ritaplantamura6027]

Thank you President DeSantis.

[@CFLsurfr]

LOL That didn't end well, did it?

[@sess122]

@@CFLsurfr He's the "President" of Florida and most of us Floridians are glad about it.

[@uberfu]

@@sess122 No. Let's be clear - MOST OF FL VOTERS are glad for it. NOT most Floridians. Big difference.

[@Distress.]

@@uberfu Nope, if there was as much discontent as you said he wouldn't have won by a landslide.

[@TerryButterfield]

@@uberfu Go cry in your beer.

[@sween1432]

Good update from the Governor. Thanks Fox.

Love my Governor ❤️🙏

[@Churchofthelostsheep]

I rebuked it Ron…

[@annnguyen2400]

Thanks for caring I recalled Bush boy looking at ppls during evacuation in the Katrina hurricane with cold face . No emotion !! Before and after the event I can not wash that image out of my mind ever since

[@esmysyield2023]

Mr DeSantis. Can you please teach Landry how to handle a cat 2?

[@NazaireDragonash]

Praying for you. I went thru Ida.

[@earlenel.9191]

I have family in panhandle, please be safe.

[@MartaRomano-u3h]

God Bless everyone !!! God Bless you Governor!!!

[@Bill-yo6kw]

How did the Panthers win ? No ice in Florida 😮

[@Nursfaith]

You are such a good GOVERNOR, thank you!

[@lesliebreitsprecher1962]

The storm hasn't formed but you know where it's going? Ok Praise God Praying for all of you

[@pinschrunner]

Weather warfare is planned and steered, not random. haarp

[@ericthiemann]

Someone let DeSantis know that web addresses do not have backslashes; they have slashes (forward slashes).

[@AllMyKittys]

Stay Safe

[@Rider.WhiteHorse]

STAY SAFE, WEAR YOUR MASK, KEEP 6 FEET, INJECT POISON, THEN DO IT AGAIN, AND AGAIN, STAY SAFE!

[@user-gc6sb7ie6n]

God Bless you all

[@lillylynn9076]

EVERY shelter should be pet friendly!

[@judigrumm7190]

I see the need, but my elderly mother is VERY allergic to both cats and dogs. So there needs to be a few that don't, for people like her. Usually they crate the animals in a separate room, and that works pretty well.

[@alwslate]

Michael was 80 mph in the gulf.. dew on the base

[@leftfinned]

💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯

[@leftfinned]

I didn’t evacuate for Michael and it’s my biggest regret. However, watching the storm roll in and destroyed my town- I noticed how different it was from other hurricanes. It was all coming from high in the atmosphere and was truly weird.

[@armandadieguez7080]

I love ❤❤

[@johnyates5061]

Prayer has never impacted a single national disaster.... God could keep it in open water right? Right?

[@ninachumnanvech5212]

WE LOVE YOU GOV. RON DE SANTIS...........THANK YOU.

[@Sacredlovewon]

Gordon Wayne Jones Sr is our beloved elder Marine and Supervisor of the Union for 55 years

[@originalShea550]

it has no sound...

[@GeorgeJohnson-j2e]

State Emergency Center,in Tallahassee,our state needs some good ole Boy ,from the Big Bend area,to head up the Emergency Center,because the Big bend in Florida is the center of the universe!

[@patrickmasi4851]

How much sewage are they dumping right now in preparation

[@johnyates5061]

DeSantis is NOT an idiot a miracle in today's politics!

[@darlenebradley6756]

DeSantis is on it!

[@debbieoregon7813]

Gas went up from 3.07 yesterday to 3.19 this morning Lee county Florida.

[@birdienellis1677]

Gas went up here in northwestern Pa yesterday also.up ten cents a gallon.😢.prayers for all in line of this storm.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@debbieoregon7813]

@@birdienellis1677 Amen

[@terriberrens2144]

As one of Jehovah's witnesses this is how we feel about the great tribulation. Being prepared not scared.

[@PioneerPeralta]

That’s right sis/bro ❤

[@cosmictreason2242]

You know what it means if you're left, right..?

[@Rider.WhiteHorse]

Interesting, you put trust in a false religious cult.

[@shereeross4049]

Activate them pebt cards for the students

[@CFLsurfr]

More federal handouts that the Republicans say they're against? Interesting

[@martikagarcia6948]

STAY SAFE DONT FORGET ANIMALS

[@Rider.WhiteHorse]

YES STAY SAFE, WEAR YOUR MASKS, KEEP 6 FEET, GET A POKE, AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER BOOSTER, STAY SAFE!!!!!

[@stevestipek3885]

He's Such A Dope! We Need A Better Governor. We Can Not Trust Him. We May Need A Real Take Charge Person.

[@larrymosher5045]

Is DeSantis wearing his white Go-Go boots.Then we know it is serious..

[@commonsense6967]

You haven't returned them yet.

[@lauramolecavage]

How you get star link in emergency. Is it costs?

[@muoima6621]

can Governor Ron DeSantis stay long term in Florida..! He always take care peoples of Florida. He also makes it safer in community

[@farmerjohn2262]

In every major storm, DeSantis has been right on top of things for us. He takes action to get people the help they need without delay. God bless him. ❤

[@anaibarangan4908]

On another issue where he's the best governor of Florida

[@docfender1119]

America's governor. I'm proud of you, Sir.

[@gjuern79]

Beer, pretzels, water, generator, gas, I’m good.

[@funtimeswheatha6552]

omg I watched my friends Apartment flood and she had no time when that ocean rushed in on ft Myers in Ian ,she had no minutes to spare with her life boat ... Stay safe evacuate

[@davewilson1965]

His boots should stop the storm surge

[@rachelmaier1057]

Please people, leave the areas. When lan hit us we left and glad we did. Don't forget your pets. 😮

[@Rider.WhiteHorse]

Weather modification, you're welcome...

[@debrabock6475]

You should be a roofer. How dare you. Your all about development, but nothing about county solutions

[@CynthiaBartlone]

Thats how ya clean the swamp.

[@Igotstaknowit]

"Can't we just use giant fans and blow the storms away?" - DonOLD

[@tempchaser9880]

audio is bad

[@KD-nk3ht]

Its jest yo hyen. You deef.