LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. FROM THE ISLANDS TO THE COASTLINE,
TWO CITIES FURTHER INLAND. IAN’S
IMPACT IS CATASTROPHIC. IT’S
JUST GONE FROM TROPICAL STORM TO
HURRICANE AGAIN AFTER LEAVING A
TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS
FLORIDA. THE NUMBER OF LIVES
LOST ISN’T KNOWN AND PROBABLY
WON’T BE FOR A WHILE. BUT
PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY SAID IAN
COULD BE THE DEADLIEST HURRICANE
IN FLORIDA’S HISTORY MORE THAN
2.5 MILLION HOMES AND
BUSINESSES. THERE ARE WITHOUT
POWER RIGHT NOW. THE SATELLITE
IMAGES SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF
LIGHT ON MONDAY. COMPARED TO
TODAY, THE GOVERNOR SAYS THERE’S
NO TIMETABLE FOR RESTORING
ELECTRICITY. NOW AMONG THE MORE
STARTLING IMAGES OF IAN’S DAMAGE
THIS CAUSEWAY LEADING TO SANIBEL
ISLAND, A CHUNK OF IT SIMPLY
COLLAPSED INTO THE GULF IN
SECTIONS OF THE ROAD LEADING TO
THE CAUSEWAY LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF A POST
APOCALYPTIC MOVIE WITH JUST
CHUNKS OF PAYMENT, TORN APART
AND THEN SCATTERED. FURTHER
INLAND. THE ORLANDO AREA HAS
SEVERE FLOODING THERE MORE THAN
100, RESIDENTS OF THE AVANTI
NURSING HOME HAD TO BE RESCUED
WHEN FLOODWATERS STARTED TO RISE
IN THE POWER HAD TO BE TURNED
OFF BEFORE WATER REACHED THE
ELECTRICAL SOCKETS IN ANOTHER
PART OF ORLANDO, RESCUERS ON
INFLATABLE BOATS HAVE BEEN GOING
DOOR TO DOOR, RESCUING PEOPLE
AND PETS. OTHERS BELIEVE IT’S
SAFE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AS
LONG AS THAT WATER LEVEL STAYS
AS IT IS NOW. HAS IT REACHED
YOUR FLOOR? NO IT’S NOT INSIDE.
YET ALL OF OUR AGAIN. THERE’S
OTHER PEOPLE AROUND. WE’VE ALL
BEEN WAVING AND CHECKING IN ON
EACH OTHER. WE’RE ALL MAINLY
CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CARS BECAUSE
OUR CARS ARE SHOT. AND FOR MYERS
BOATS WERE FLUNG AROUND LIKE
TOYS. JUST LOOK AT THAT, AS SEEN
IN THIS DRONE FOOTAGE OVER
LEGACY HARBOR MARINA. DOZENS OF
BOATS THAT WERE IN THE WATER
ENDED UP ON LAND AND IN SOME
CASES, AS YOU SEE THERE ON TOP
OF EACH OTHER. THAT’S JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF
DEVASTATION ARE KIM ADAMS HAS A
SCENE IN AN AREA THAT’S SO
IMPORTANT TO SO MANY METRO
DETROITERS. KIM IS LIVE IN FORT
MYERS. KIM. YOU HAD THE CHANCE
TO DO WE’LL CALL IT A LITTLE BIT
OF A WELFARE CHECK ON BEHALF OF
ONE OF OUR VIEWERS. THIS IS PART
OF THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TO
HELP THOSE PEOPLE BACK AT HOME
THAT HAVE LOVED ONES HERE DO
WELLNESS CHECKS RIGHT NOW THEY
ARE STILL DOING ACTIVE SEARCH
AND RESCUE EFFORTS HERE IN FORT
MYERS, AS MANY AS 1000 PEOPLE OR
MORE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THEIR
HOMES. THEY HAD A 12 FT STORM
SURGE HERE. RESIDENTS CONTINUE
TO PUT BLANKETS AND RUGS
OUTSIDE. THEY HAD ABOUT FOUR FT.
OF WATER IN THIS HOME BEHIND ME.
AND BECAUSE 911 IS SO
OVERWHELMED WITH ACTIVE SEARCH
AND RESCUE, THEY DON’T HAVE TIME
TO DO WELLNESS CHECKS SO WHEN
ONE LOCAL 4 VIEWER REACHED OUT,
BEGGING US TO GO CHECK ON HER
MOM, WE KNEW WE HAD TO GO. GEN.
BAFFI OF PLYMOUTH KNEW HER MOM
WAS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF
HURRICANE IAN WHEN SHE HADN’T
HEARD FROM MARY AND DAYS SHE
MESSAGED ME ON FACEBOOK MESSAGE.
CAN YOU MESS THIS BACK SO
QUICKLY? IT WAS SO GREAT. AND
THEN YOU SAID ALRIGHT, WE’RE
GONNA GO FIND HER AFTER DRIVING
AROUND EARLIER TODAY WE KNEW
GETTING TO MARRY WOULDN’T BE
EASY. THE CITY SHE LIVES IN
ROTUNDA SITS NEAR CHARLOTTE
HARBOR. RIGHT WHERE THE EYE OF
HURRICANE IAN CAME ASHORE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS
OF 100 MPH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
12 TO 18 FT STORM SURGE. THERE
WAS GOOD REASON FOR MARY’S
DAUGHTER AND TWO SONS TO BE
WORRIED AS WE GOT CLOSER TO
PORTS, CHARLOTTE, THE DAMAGE GOT
MUCH WORSE. STREET FLOODING MADE
IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO
MARY’S HOME. BUT FINALLY WE
SPOTTED HER. YOU MARRY I AM KIM
ADAMS. YES, I AM. ARE YOU
MARRIED? OH YOUR DAUGHTER JEN IS
SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU, MARY AND
HER BELOVED DOG. SUNNY GIRL RODE
OUT THE STORM ALONE AND DESPITE
SOME DAMAGE TO HER POOL SCREEN
AND A FEW SHINGLES SHE’S DOING
JUST FINE. JEREMY JONATHAN,
MAMA’S DOING WELSH. YOU MADE HER
A TOUGH MAMA WITHOUT CELL
SERVICE. MARY HASN’T BEEN ABLE
TO CALL HER DAUGHTER OR HER
SONS. SO WE HAD TO RECORD A
MESSAGE AND THEN WENT TO A
LOCATION WHERE WE COULD FACE
TIME, JEN WITH THE GOOD NEWS, WE
FOUND HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YOU’RE WELCOME. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
JEN, SHE’S SAFE. SHE’S SAFE.
SHE’S TOTALLY FINE. SHE WAS OUT
IN HER FRONT YARD. JUST SWEEPING
AROUND PICKING STUFF UP. SHE HAD
SUNNY GIRL WITH HER. OH GOOD.
YEAH, SHE’S CUTE. MARY IS WHY WE
CAME DOWN HERE WHEN WE FIRST GOT
HERE. A LOT OF LOT OF FOLKS WERE
LIKE, WHY IS IT TRICK CREW HERE?
THIS THIS IS WHY JUST TO SHOW
YOU HOW FORTUNATE MARY IS.
THERE’S A 12 TO 18 FT STORM
SURGE WHERE SHE LIVES STRONG
ENOUGH TO PUT THIS BOAT IN AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR FORT
MYERS BEACH. THAT’S THE KIND OF
DAMAGE THAT WE ARE SEEING ALL
OVER LEE COUNTY AGAIN ACTIVE
SEARCH AND RESCUES UNDERWAY AS
OF TWO O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON,
THE LATEST UPDATE WE GOT WAS
THAT MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN RESCUED INLAY AND CHARLOTTE
COUNTY ALONE. THAT’S WHERE
THAT’S WHERE MARY LIVES. WE
WANTED TO GET TO MORE LOCAL 4
VIEWERS THAT REACHED OUT TO US
ASKING TO GO DO WELLNESS CHECKS.
THE ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. EVEN
THE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS EVEN
E. M S CANNOT GET THROUGH TO
PEOPLE’S HOMES TONIGHT. OH MY
HEART BREAKS. IT WAS SO GOOD FOR
YOU TO BE ABLE TO FIND MARY. SO
GOOD, GOOD JOB ON THAT, KIM. I
COULD HEAR YOUR VOICE CRACKING A
LITTLE BIT THAT HAD TO BE PRETTY
EMOTIONAL FOR YOU AS WELL. YEAH
YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO MAKE IT
THROUGH ALL OF THIS WITHOUT
CRYING. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ME
CRY ON TV ANYMORE, BUT IT’S HARD
. THE REALITY OF IT IS SETTING
IN. PEOPLE ARE IN SHOCK RIGHT
NOW. IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF
DAYS FOR THEM TO REALIZE THE
MAGNITUDE OF WHAT’S GOING ON.
RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE JUST IN
SURVIVAL MODE, BUT ONCE IT
BECOMES DAYS AND WEEKS WITHOUT
GAS, FOOD, ELECTRICITY, NO CELL
SERVICE YOU FEEL COMPLETELY CUT
OFF HERE. THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE
CELL SERVICE IS WHEN WE POWER UP
TO DO THESE LIVE SHOTS. UH, THAT
WILL BECOME WEARING AND DAUNTING
ON THE PEOPLE HERE, AND THAT’S
WHEN THEY’RE REALLY GOING TO
NEED OUR SUPPORT. I WISH I COULD
HAVE GOTTEN TO MORE OF OUR LOCAL
4 VIEWERS. UM WE’RE GOING TO DO
OUR BEST WE TRIED TO GET TO AS
MANY AS WE COULD. WE APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR
PHOTOGRAPHER NORM HAVE BEEN
DOING SO THANK YOU SO MUCH CAN
WE APPRECIATE IT? ALRIGHT WELL,
THERE IS A JAW DROPPING AMOUNT
OF DEBRIS ON FORT MYERS BEACH,
ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS AND
STRUCTURES ALONG THE BEACH JUST
SIMPLY FLATTENED BY IAN’S HIGH
WINDS ARE JACQUELINE FRANCIS
CONNECTED YESTERDAY WITH A LOCAL
COUPLE STAYING AT THEIR CONDO IN
FORT MYERS, AND THEY’VE NOW HAD
A CHANCE TO KIND OF GET OUT AND
SURVEY THE DAMAGE. JACQUELINE
AFTER SHELTERING IN PLACE ALL
YESTERDAY, THE COUPLE WAS
FINALLY ABLE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF
THEIR APARTMENT THIS MORNING.
THE DESTRUCTION OVERWHELMING YET
THEY STILL CONSIDER THEMSELVES
AMONG THE LUCKY ONES. THERE’S A
CAR SITTING RIGHT HERE. YOU SEE
THE BRAKES ON THE CAR? MICHIGAN
SNOWBIRD HAS SURVIVED THE STORM
AND IS READY TO SHOW US THE
AFTERMATH. GOLF CART. I’M GONNA
TAKE YOU AROUND. YOU REALLY GET
TO SEE SOME DAMAGE. DAVID
PELLETIER FROM TRENTON RODE OUT
THE STORM WITH HIS WIFE AND
THEREFORE MYERS CONDO BUILDING
HELD UP FINE, BUT THE
NEIGHBORING STRUCTURES DIDN’T
FARE SO WELL. ROAMING AROUND
THEIR COMPLEX YOU CAN SEE CARS
SMASHED AND ROOFS IN PARKING
LOTS BLOWING RIGHT THROUGH IT.
IT’S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
STUDS. WAS ANYBODY HURT? AND
THERE’S BEEN NO, NOBODY HURT.
THERE’S BEEN FIVE PART ATTACKS.
FIVE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
OKAY. BUT HE CAN’T HELP BUT
THINK ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND
DEVASTATION OUTSIDE OF THEIR
COMPLEX. EVERYONE IS SHOCKED AT
THOSE BRIDGES. HEARD THAT WAY.
HIS MESSAGE FOR FELLOW MR GANDER
IS WATCHING FROM AFAR. YOU
WEREN’T IN IT. I MEAN IT. AND I,
IT WAS HORRIFYING. I DIDN’T
THINK IT WOULD BE THAT BAD.
WELL, HIS SPIRITS ARE HIGH. THEY
ARE STILL WITHOUT ANY WATER OR
POWER. AND AS WE JUST HEARD, KIM
SAY, MOMENTS AGO, THERE’S REALLY
NO SAYING WHEN THAT WILL BE BACK
ON OUR LIVE TONIGHT. I’M
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4 THE
BEGINNING, JACQUELINE, WE
APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. AND RIGHT
NOW, IAN IS A CATEGORY ONE
HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
EXACT TRACK FOUR D TO SHOW US
HIS PATH. AND PROBABLY EVEN IF
IAN IS DOWNGRADED AGAIN SOON IS
STILL GOING TO BRING A LOT OF
RAIN TO OTHER STATES. ABSOLUTELY
YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT HEAVY RAIN
HERE AND THEN WE’RE ALSO
WATCHING THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE. SO AGAIN, REMEMBER, YOU
HAVE COUNTERCLOCKWISE
CIRCULATION AROUND THESE BIG
LOWS HERE, THESE BIG HURRICANES
AND SO IT’S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THIS LOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT WIND
. WHOA NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED
THERE. LET’S TRY THAT AGAIN
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
ERASE AND REDRAW. YOU HAVE AND
NOW THE MAPS. WE’RE GOING TO TRY
THAT ONE MORE TIME HERE. ALL
RIGHT. YOU HAVE THAT WINDOW
DRIVING RIGHT INTO SHORE HERE
AND SO ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE
NORTH SIDE OF THIS HURRICANE,
THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE GONNA BE
SEEING THAT STORM SURGE, PUSHING
IT, AND THERE IS REAL CONCERN
FOR IN SOME CASES, 3 TO 6 INCH
STORM SURGE NOW THE PATH THAT’S
GOING TO TAKE IT INITIALLY
MOVING NORTH, BUT IT’S GOING TO
CURL BACK NOT FAR FROM
CHARLESTON, A LITTLE NORTH EAST
OF CHARLESTON, AND IT’S STILL
GOING TO BE AN 80 MILE AN HOUR
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE TOMORROW
WHEN IT HITS AND THEN
DIMINISHING TO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION, BUT WITH A LOT OF
RAIN INLAND, WE’LL TALK MORE
ABOUT ABOUT THIS AND WE’LL HAVE
OUR LOCAL FORECAST IN JUST FEW
MINUTES, GUYS. PAUL THANK YOU SO
MUCH, AND FOR MORE ON HURRICANE
IAN’S DAMAGE TO THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE EFFORTS, AND WHAT’S NEXT
STAY TUNED TO NBC NIGHTLY NEWS’
LESTER HOLT, ANCHORS FROM FORT
MYERS BEACH THAT STARTS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS BROADCAST
AT 6 30. EARLIER AT FIVE. WE
SHOWED YOU HOW ONE DETROIT WOMAN
WAS MOVED BY THE CITY FROM HER
RENTAL TO A HOTEL BECAUSE THE
CONDITIONS INSIDE THE HOME WILL
NOW HELP ME HANK DEMANDING
ANSWERS FROM THE MANAGEMENT
COMPANY. HE JOINS US LIVE
TONIGHT AND HANK, I UNDERSTAND
THE CITY INSPECTOR HAD A LOT OF
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
KAREN. ABSOLUTELY AND I’LL TELL
YOU WHAT I DID TO WE WENT INSIDE
. I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT I WAS
SEEING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS YOU NEED
TO KNOW IS TONIGHT. THIS WOMAN
IS IN A SAFE LOCATION, BUT WE
WANTED ANSWERS FROM THE
LANDLORD. WHY WOULD YOU LET
SOMEBODY LIVE IN THAT HOME? WE
WOULDN’T. WE WOULDN’T LET
ANYONE. WELL, YOU DID, AND THE
CITY WENT BACK, AND THEY HIT YOU
WITH A LOT OF TICKETS. SO WHAT
HAPPENED? THIS IS CATINA FOR
BURGER. SHE’S WITH LANDMARK
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN DETROIT,
WHICH IS IN CHARGE OF THIS
PROPERTY AND OUTER DRIVE, THE
ONE THIS TENANT AND HER FOUR
CHILDREN MOVED INTO THE ONE CITY
INSPECTORS LOOKED AT A SHORT
TIME AFTER SHE MOVED IN AND CAME
UP WITH A LONG LIST OF
VIOLATIONS AND FINES. THE TENANT
WAS IMMEDIATELY MOVED BY THE
CITY TO A HOTEL. THEY’RE NOT
GONNA GET AWAY WITH THIS. WE’RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP
WITH THEM. I WAS INSIDE THE HOME
WITH INSPECTORS AND WHAT WE SAW
WAS CONCERNING TO SAY THE LEAST
. THERE’S AN OBVIOUS DRAIN
ISSUE. WE’VE GOT TO
CONTAMINATION ISSUE. WE HAVE A
FURNACE. THAT’S UH. INOPERABLE
SHE MADE US AWARE. AND AS SOON
AS SHE MADE US A WEIRD WE
IMMEDIATELY SEND PEOPLE OUT. THE
PROBLEM WASN’T FIXED, AND SHE
WAS LIVING IN A HOME THAT HAD
MOLD IN THE BASEMENT. THE CITY
CAME IN. THEY GOT HURT, AND
THINGS WERE SO BAD. THE CITY GOT
HER OUT OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU
MANAGED AND INTO A HOTEL RIGHT
AWAY. IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN
ABOUT IT, THEN WE WOULDN’T HAVE
NEVER MOVED. ANYONE YOUR HOUSE.
HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT IT?
BECAUSE WHEN WE SEND PEOPLE OUT
TO DO REPAIRS, AND THEY ASSURE
US THAT THE REPAIRS ARE DONE GO
OFF OF THAT ASSURANCE INSPECTORS
SAY THE PROBLEMS IN THIS HOUSE
DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. LISTEN
TO WHAT THE INSPECTOR SAYS ABOUT
THE CONDITIONS IN THE BASEMENT.
WE’VE HAD THIS SITTING HERE FOR
QUITE SOME TIME WE GOT TO
CONTAMINATION ISSUE. UM, A LOT
OF AREAS WHERE YOU COULD TELL
THAT’S BEEN HERE FOR A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME WITH
THE RIGHT DEFINITELY UNSANITARY
. THESE PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE
TENANT HELP EXPOSE MORE OF THE
BIG ISSUES INSIDE █THE HOME
ACTUALLY HAD A CONTRACT TO GO
THROUGH BEFORE SHE MOVED IN, AND
THEY ASSURED US EVERYTHING WAS
DONE. CONTRACTOR TURNED THE
WATER ON THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THERE WAS A LEAK. WE ADDRESSED
THE LEAK IN THAT BASEMENT AND I
CAN TELL YOU IT WAS MORE THAN
JUST A LITTLE WATER LEAGUE
TENANT MOVED OUT OF THAT
PROPERTY IN THE CITY SAYS WORK
STARTED TO GET UNDERWAY TO
REPAIR THE BIG ISSUES. THE
MANAGEMENT COMPANY. HIT WITH
$1500, PLUS COURT FEES AND
FINES. BUT AS OF TODAY, THE
VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE HOME WE’RE
TOLD HAVE NOW BEEN CORRECTED.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE AND AGAIN,
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
TENANT AND HER FOUR CHILDREN NOW
SAFE IN A LOCAL HOTEL AGAIN, THE
CITY OF DETROIT, WORKING WITH
THE TENANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE
IS SAFE HOUSING UNTIL SHE CAN
FIND A PERMANENT HOME. NOW WHAT
WE’VE DONE FOR YOU IS WE PUT
TOGETHER A GREAT RESOURCE GUIDE
RIGHT ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM
HEADED TO HELP ME HANK PAGE. IF
YOU’RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE
LANDLORD, AND YOU NEED HELP LOTS
OF INFORMATION THERE TO HELP
GUIDE YOU DURING WHAT CAN BE A
VERY CHALLENGING PROCESS. WE’RE
LIVE HERE TONIGHT IN DETROIT.
HANK WINCHESTER. HELP ME, HANK.
THANKS SO NOT COOL THAT SHE WAS
TRYING TO BLAME THE CONTRACTOR.
IT’S OBVIOUSLY THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY. YEAH KAREN, YOU
KNOW IT WAS REALLY DISTURBING ON
SO MANY LEVELS OF PEOPLE SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
WHICH IS WHY WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HELP IS
AVAILABLE. THE CITY WILL HELP.
WE WILL HELP. YOU JUST HAVE TO
REACH OUT. ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, HANK. AND THIS STORY,
BY THE WAY, DID COME FROM A
VIEWER TIP. HANK WANTS TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM YOU AS WELL.
THAT’S WHY HE VISITED THE
WESTLAND FAMILY DINER TODAY WAS
A BUSY GUY. HE WAS OUT THERE
TALKING TO FOLKS HEARING THEIR
CONCERNS AND ALSO LEARNING ABOUT
STORIES THAT YOU WANT
INVESTIGATED. HANK WILL BE
VISITING DIFFERENT CITIES EACH
WEEK TO CONNECT WITH VIEWERS, SO
MAKE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR NEXT
WEEK’S LOCATION. IN THE MEANTIME
, IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH