Ron DeSantis: “I think you recommended between 8,000 and 12,000.”

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.

“So, somebody, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have spent money by bringing the guard or doing this. You didn’t need them.’ Well, you don’t know that.”

At the same time, I mean, we’ve had some [storms] where there’ve been a lot more [deaths].

“Normally, you would think right there on the coast would be the worst. Here, you see that go inland,”