Isaias SLAMS deadly destruction across Gulf Coast

R. WORK. MAX GORDON LIVE IN FORT WALTON. BEACH. THANK YOU. LET'S BRING IN STEPHEN WHO IS. THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY. DISASTER SERVICES FOR THE. SALVATION ARMY FLORIDA DIVISION. STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING. SOME TIME DURING THE RESPONSE TO. SPEAK TO US. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW. YOU ARE AT RESPONDENT RIGHT NOW. ON THE GROUND AND WHERE YOU ARE. RESPONDING? THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS. AFTERNOON. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. SHARE.

WE ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE HAVE. WITHSALVATION ARMY UNITS AND. COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT ALLOWS US TO BE BOOTS ON. THE GROUND PRIOR TO MAKING. LANDFALL WE WERE PREPARING DAYS. AHEAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD MEALS. AND WATER AND PERSONNEL AND OUR. MOBILE FEEDING UNITS READILY. AVAILABLE TO DEPLOY INTO THE. IMPACTED AREA AND MEET HUMAN.

NEEDS. THAT IS THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE. SALVATION ARMY. WE ARE THERE BEFORE THE STORM. WE ARE THERE DURING AND WILL BE. THERE AFTER THE STORM. AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN THE. PATH TO RECOVERY. CUTS WILL KIND OF NEEDS ARE. HEARING ON THE GROUND IN THESE. HOURS AFTER THE STORM HIT? >> EXACTLY AS MAX WAS JUST. TALKING ABOUT IS THE POWER. OUTAGES THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT. POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE.

PANHANDLE APPROXIMATE 500,000. CUCUSTOMERS IN THE PANHANDLE. CURRENTLY WITHOUT POWER. AS HE SHOWED IN THAT SEGMENT. THAT TREES AND THE POWER POLES. AND POWER LINES IT'S GOING TO. TAKE TIME FOR ALL OF THAT TO BE. RESTORED THAT'S WERE HEARING IN. THE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION. WITH THEIR LOCAL SALVATION ARMY. REPRESENTATIVES PART OF ALSO. BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE. WHO HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED IN THE. AREA. AN EXACTLY THAT.

IT IS THE POWER RESTORATION AND. THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT'S. GOING TO TAKE FOR THAT OCCUR. WHERE OUR MOBILE FEEDING UNITS. PROVIDING MEALS AND HYDRATION. AND EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE. TO THE SURVIVORS OF THIS EVENT. THOSE ARE THE NEEDS WE ARE. HEARING AND SEEING AT THIS. MOMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES. BRYAN: I HAVE A RED YOU'VE BEEN. SERVING MEALS AT THE SALVATION. ARMY'S AND SHORT EIGHT YEARS. OLD. I BELIEVE YOUR PARENTS WERE.

INVOLVED WITH THE SALVATION ARMY. PURCHASE QUICKLY WHAT IS IT. LIKE? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR SOMEONE. WHO GOES THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE. THIS TO GET A WARM MEAL TO GET. THE BOTTLED WATER THE BASIC. NECESSITIES RIGHT AFTER STORM. GOES THROUGH? >> YES, YOU KNOW WHEN THAT FIRST. HOT MEAL AFTER A DAY OR SO OF. REALLY CLEANING OUT YOUR PANTRY. AND EATING EVERY SNACK IN THE. HOUSE, THAT FIRST HOT MEAL. REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO. PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SUCH A. PASSION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO.

INTO THE COMMUNITIES WITH MOBILE. FEEDING UNITS AND PROVIDE THE. RESOURCE TO THEM AND THAT. NOURISHMENT TO THEM. AS YOU SAID YES, I'M DOING THIS. FOR A LONG TIME FOR IT AS A. CHILD I WAS HELPING MY PARENTS. TO RESPOND TO ANSWERS. I AMAM IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO. HELP LEAD AND CREW COORDINATE. THE RESPONSE IN THE DIVISION. IT'S A BLESSING FOR US TO BUILD. TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES. AND TO PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES. TO THOSE AFFECTED. A HOT MEAL JUST MEANS.

EVEVERYTHING. BRYAN: QUICKLY FOR PEOPLE TO. WANT TO FIND YOUR WORK AND THEY. GO TO FIND WHERE THE SERVICES. ARE AVAILABLE? >> HELPED SALVATION ARMY.ORG. PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HELP US. WITH OUR WORK AND FIND OUT WHERE. WE ARE OUT AND WHERE ASSISTANCE. CAN BE PROVIDED HELPED SALVATION. ARMY.ORG IS THE BEST PLACE FOR. PEOPLE.