Ron DeSantis: “And one of the reasons why this was a sensible spot is because you have this runway that’s right here.”

Fortunately, they weren’t needed for a lot of rescue missions, ’cause that demand wasn’t there, but they’ve already cleared 1,700 miles of roadway.

Right now, 93% of traffic signals are operational in storm impacted areas, including 320 that are operating on temporary general generator power.

Look, you got to jump through bureaucratic hoops with this process. It’s just is what it is. And our folks did that very, very well. And so, that was submitted last night. They have it and we expect a decision on that very, very quickly.

I think people did take precautions, and I think the local officials did a really good job of helping spread the word.