THANK YOU, ERIC. BE SAFE OUT THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO
IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. FLOODING SITUATION HAPPENING AND KISSIMMEE AND OSCEOLA
COUNTY NUMBER OF RESCUES
PROBABLY BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT YOU SAW THE RESCUE
HAPPENED WITH THE DEPUTY WHO
STALLED OUT THEIR PATROL CAR
IN THAT DEEP WATER.
>> I DID JUST IN. WE ARE
STARTING TO SEE MORE EMERGENCY
VEHICLES OUT HERE, WHICH IS
REALLY NEEDED WE’RE ON OBT AND
THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDE
STREETS. THIS IS BONITA STREET
AND THERE’S AN AMBULANCE DOWN
THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE RED
FLASHING LIGHTS EARLIER. I WAS
TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET
AROUND THE SIDE STREETS AND
HOW YOU REALLY CAN’T GET VERY
FAR BECAUSE THE WATER IS SO
DEEP. BUT IT’S GOOD NEWS THAT
THERE IS A AN EMERGENCY
VEHICLE DOWN HERE. YOU
MENTIONED THAT RESCUE THAT WE
SAW. IT HAPPENED RIGHT DOWN
HERE ON OBT. YOU CAN SEE THE
ONE CAR THAT STALLED OUT.
HERE’S ANOTHER TRUCK THAT’S
COMING DOWN THROUGH HERE. AND
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT
VERY FAR. THIS IS EXACTLY
WHERE WE SAW OSCEOLA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, THE SUV
WHERE WE SAW OSCEOLA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, THE SUV
STALL OUT AND A WHILE AGO, THEY ACTUALLY HAD AN AIR BOAT OUT HERE ON OBT AND WE CAN
ROLL THAT VIDEO. THERE WAS AN
AIR BOAT THAT WENT TO THE
DEPUTY’S SUV. WE COULDN’T SEE
IT BECAUSE IT’S SO DARK. BUT
WE’RE ASSUMING THAT WAS TO
RESCUE THE DEPUTY WHO WAS IN
THAT SUV AND WE COULD SEE MORE
EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT ARE IN
THE DISTANCE THERE. THEY ARE
DEFINITELY NEEDED. WE HAVE
HEARD OVER AND OVER ABOUT
POINT SIENNA CIRCLE THAT’S
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE
THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THE WATER
GOT SO HIGH.
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE
STILL ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THOSE
HOMES ONE MAN SAYS THAT THAT
HIS WIFE’S GRANDMOTHER CALL
9-1-1 BECAUSE THE WATER WAS
GETTING INTO HER HOME. AND SHE
WAS TOLD THAT NO ONE COULD GET
TO HER SO SHE WOULD HAVE TO
WAIT. WAIT UNTIL MORNING,
PERHAPS. BUT WE ARE SEEING
SOME EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THE
AREA. SO HOPEFULLY THEY ARE
ABLE TO GET TO THOSE AREAS.
WE’VE BEEN SOUNDING THE THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF SERIOUS
FLOODING. WE JUST SAW 2 PEOPLE
TO WALK PAST A MINUTE AGO. IF
YOU LOOK STRAIGHT IN THE
CAMERA’S VIEW, I DON’T KNOW IF
YOU CAN SEE IT IT’S SO DARK
OUT HERE. BUT ON THIS SIDE
CLOSER TO FROM THE FLASHING
LIGHTS, THERE IS A CAR EARLIER
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE OUT WAS
IN VEHICLE. WAS IT NOT? YES,
IT BECAUSE 2 PEOPLE JUST
WALKED PAST US A MINUTE AGO
AND SAID IT’S THEIR CAR AND
THEY WERE TRYING TO GO GET IT.
PROBABLY NOT. THE BEST IDEA
RIGHT NOW THE WATER IS SO DEEP
AND IT’S SO DARK AND YOU CAN’T
REALLY SEE WHAT YOU’RE
STEPPING INTO. STILL THEY WERE
TRYING TO GO AND GET THEIR
VEHICLE. I AGAIN, PROBABLY NOT
THE BEST IDEA BECAUSE IT TOOK
AN AIRBOAT AND THE MIDDLE OF
OBT PRESUMABLY THE DEPUTY WHO
WAS WHO WAS IN THAT SUV WITH
THE GOOD NEWS IS. WE ARE
SEEING EMERGENCY VEHICLES NOW
AND A WHILE AGO. WE’RE NOT
SEEING THAT AT ALL. SO
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT BACK INTO THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SO MANY
PEOPLE’S HOUSES WERE WE TALKED
TO APRIL WHO SAID THE WATER
WAS UP TO HER WAIST, THEN UP
TO HER CHEST. THE WATER WAS SO
HIGH IN HER HOUSE THAT SHE
COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR. SHE
AND HER 72 YEAR-OLD MOTHER HAD
TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WINDOW. WE
HEARD HER TALK ABOUT HER, HER
PETS. SHE HAD CATS THAT SHE
HAD TO PUT UP ON A HIGH SHELF
AND SHE’S JUST HOPING THAT
THEY’RE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO
LEAVE HER HOME. THE LAST TIME
WE SAW THEM. THEY WERE UNDER
OVERHANG AND THEN THEY LEFT
THAT OVERHANG AND THEY WALKED
ABOUT 2 BLOCKS DOWN THE WAY TO
AND ADVENTHEALTH PEOPLE TRYING
TO GET TO THE WALKING MIGHT BE
A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE
COULDN’T IT. TRIED TO DRIVE BY
THE HOSPITAL WHEN YOU COULDN’T
EVEN GET THE BUT HOPEFULLY IF
THEY ARE RESCUING THEY GET
THEM IN SO THAT THEY CAN BE
TREATED IF THEY NEED TO BE
TREATED.
>> BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT
THEY NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING
IS JUST TO BE OUT OF THOSE
FLOODED HOUSES. AND AGAIN, WE
ARE RESCUE VEHICLES. SO THAT
IS THAT IS GOOD NEWS. BUT
THERE’S ANOTHER CAR THAT
STALLED OUT.
>> SO IT’S STILL BAD HERE. AND
I’M HOPEFUL HOPING THAT PEOPLE
ARE WATCHING US AND AND WE’RE
GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT OBT
HEADED TOWARDS DOWNTOWN
KISSIMMEE. IT IS NOT A GOOD
IDEA TO DRIVE THROUGH HERE.
EVERY FEW MINUTES WE SEE A CAR
THAT DOES THE TEMPTED AND YOU
SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THEY GET
OUT. AND THE IS PICKING UP AS
WELL. AND THERE GOES MY HEAD
BUT YEAH, IT IS STILL WINDY.
VERY WINDY RIGHT SO WE’RE
GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU
GUYS IN THE STUDIO AND WE’RE
GOING TO TAKE COVER RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THE WIND IS PICKING
UP. SO WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO
YOU IN THE STUDIO, OK, LEWIS,
THANK YOU. AND BE SAFE OUT
THERE. LIKE YOU ARE SAYING,
TROOPER STEVE, YOU NEVER SEEN.
>> AN AIRBOAT ON 4.41. IN MY I
LIVED IN KISSIMMEE MY ENTIRE
LIFE. MY GOODNESS. THIS IS
THIS IS REAL Y’ALL. AND THEN
KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN HIT BY HEARD THAT AREA’S
BEEN ABSOLUTE HURRICANES
BEFORE BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
FRANCES CAME CHARLIE AND
EVERYTHING AND WE HAD NO POWER
FOR LIKE 7 DAY AND IT REALLY
BLEW US. LEWIS WHEN HE
INTERVIEWED SOMEONE WHO HAD TO
LEAVE WOMAN IT GOT UP TO CHEST
AND SHE SAID, I HAVE TO GET
OUT OF HERE. COULD OPEN THE
DOOR HOW TO GET THE WINDOW.
SHE SAID, YES, I’VE BEEN
THROUGH ALL THE CIRCUITS THAT
LETTER MY ENTIRE LIFE. THIS IS
THE WORST FLOODING I HAVE EVER
SEEN. MY HOUSE IS NEVER DONE
THIS BEFORE. YEAH, BUT LET’S
TALK ABOUT THE RESCUE EFFORTS
AND AND THE DIFFICULTY BEHIND
THOSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S
DARK OUT AS WELL. I MEAN,
YOU’RE SEEING THESE CAR STALL
OUT, STALL OUT, STALL OUT. SO
GETTING BACK INTO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A POINT
SIENNA CIRCLE, WHICH SEEMS TO
BE REALLY WHERE THESE HOUSES
ARE GETTING LEVELS OF FLOODING
THAT THAT THEY HAVE TO ESCAPE
ITS RIGHT DIFFICULT. SO THE
AIR BOAT, WE’LL HELP THEM AT
LEAST FIGURE OUT WHO IS OKAY
IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF
THE AIR. BOATS ARE PRETTY
AMAZING TOOLS TO HAVE ONE
INFORM AS THEY CAN GO ON THE
GROUND. THEY CAN GO ON WATER
STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT THE
PROBLEM IS THIS AREA, THE
POINT IN A CIRCLE AND I DO
WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THOSE THAT
ARE LISTENING. THIS IS NOT THE
POINT SIENNA COMMUNITY RISES,
NOT SOUTH OSCEOLA. THIS IS ONE
92 NORTHPOINT A CIRCLE AND
ROAD IN THE KISSIMMEE AREA.
>> JUSTIN: THIS IS LOW LYING
AREA AND HEAVY POPULATED, HUGE
POPULATION. THEY’RE VERY
RESIDENTIAL. IF YOU DRIVE
THROUGH THIS AREA, IT LOOKS
VERY A COMMERCIAL INITIALLY.
BUT ALL BEHIND THAT IS NOTHING
BUT LAYERS AND LAYERS OF HOMES
IS NOT FAR FROM ALL ACTUALLY
OLD TOWNS ON THE FAR WESTERN
PORTION, THIS WOULD BE CLOSER
TO LIKE HERITAGE PARK ALONG
ONE 92 IN THAT AREA.
>> THIS IS OLD KISSIMMEE. THIS
IS OLD CITY OF KISSIMMEE AREA.
THIS IS NOT THE BEST SHAPE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I’M 35.
I’VE NEVER SEEN. ANY FLOODING
LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. IN THE
CITY OF KISSIMMEE, THIS IS
INTENT. SO THAT DEPUTY WHO WAS
THEY’RE RESPONDING. YES. SO
THE INITIAL 9, 1, PRICE THAT
LEWIS ASKED TO BE MADE WERE
MADE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO
GET OUT THERE. SO THE UPPER
TRYING TO APPROACH THAT AREA
FROM A DIFFERENT THING. I HAVE
SOURCES PROMISE YOU I’M NOT
MAKING THE STEP OUT. AND THE
DEPUTY WAS ON THE WAY IT
HAPPENED WITH LOUIS, RIGHT?
THE BACK AND THEN BOOM, RIGHT?
THE THESE DURING THOSE ARE NEW
TO THE AGENCY. FLOODED
INSTANTLY. THE CAR STALLED
OUT. THEN THEY WERE ALREADY ON
THE WAY TO THIS AREA. AND
THANK GOODNESS THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE ARE READY BEING
PROACTIVE IN RESPONDING OUT
THERE. AND THEY’RE LIKE,
LISTEN, WE NEED TO GET OUR
DEPUTY OUT OF THIS CAR. SO THE
DEPUTY END UP BEING ON TOP OF
THE CAR. YOU CAN SEE THIS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN
OPEN THE DOOR, KNOW WHAT DID
NOT WANT TO OPEN IT OUT THE
AIR BOAT IS PART OF THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THEY HAVE AG
UNIT OUT SEVERAL OF THESE AND
THEY WERE THEY WERE READY THAT
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEEN
STAGE DOWN THERE LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE. I’M CURIOUS
WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO LIKE A
GOOD, YOU KNOW, GET THAT BOAT
INTO THE WATER WHERE NIGHT
ROUND. OKAY. SO HIGH GROUND IS
WHERE WE WOULD STAGE OF THIS
STUFF AT AN AREA WHERE 100% WE
KNOW IT’S NOT GOING TO FLOOD.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND THEN
WITH AN AIR BOAT, YOU COULD
LITERALLY UNLOADED ON THE CARD
ASPHALT AND JUST DRIVE RIGHT
THE WATER AND NOT HAVE ANY
ISSUES. AND THAT’S WHY THESE
AIRBOATS ARE SO SUCH GOOD
RESOURCES OUT IT’S IT’S CRAZY.
AND FROM WHAT I’M TOLD ALSO,
THERE ARE ACTIVE RESCUES
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ALSO IN
THE CITY OF ORLANDO. ORLANDO
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED
TO PUT OUT SOME HIGH WATER
RESCUE SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW IN
THIS AREA. OUR PRODUCERS PUT
THIS TOGETHER TO KIND OF LET
US KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. AND
THIS IS CITY STUFF THAT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND I
WANT LOOK AT IT, TOO. BUT
THAT’S A WIDESPREAD. I MEAN,
YOU REMEMBER THOSE IN COLONIAL
THAT’S OF COLONIAL TOWN,
RIGHT? YOU HAVE CIMARRON NEAR
LAKE UNDERHILL. TOTALLY
DIFFERENT DIFFERENT HOFFNER
DIFFERENT SOUTH OBT. I MEAN,
AND THEN YOU GO RICHMOND
HEIGHTS IN RICHMOND HEIGHTS.
SO.
>> JUSTIN: YEAH, THAT IT’S NOT
JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS
IF THERE’S HIGH WATER RESCUES,
THAT IS A LARGE POCKET OF
IF THERE’S HIGH WATER RESCUES,
THAT IS A LARGE POCKET OF
ORLANDO. A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, A LOT OF HOUSES. IT’S AND I WAS JUST
LOOKING AT THE HISTORY ON
THERE’S AN ADDRESS ON POINTE
SIENNA CIRCLE IN KENTUCKY AND
THE YEAR BUILT IS 1958, RIGHT?
SO WE’RE WITH SOME OLDER HOMES
HERE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THIS, I WANT PEOPLE TO IT WITH
YOU GUYS JUST POINTED OUT.
THIS IS SCATTERED LOCATIONS
JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE LIKE, I’M
GOOD. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
GOING THROUGH REALLY SEVERE
FLOODING RIGHT NOW. AND THIS
IS JOINT OPERATION. SO YOU’RE
THINK YOU’RE TALKING WITH THE
ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT
ALONG WITH THE ORLANDO FIRE
DEPARTMENT SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
>> STEVE: AND THE F D FOR THE
COUNTY. THEY HAVE A TEAM.
THESE ARE BOTH GOING AND JUST
LIKE WE SAW INTO THESE AREAS,
EVEN JET SKIS, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THIS
STUFF.
>> THE PROBLEM IS IT’S GOING
TO LINGER. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M
CONCERNED ABOUT. WE ALSO
TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT
BEING OUT ON THE ROAD, BUT IF
YOU DO GET STUCK IN YOUR
VEHICLE IS STARTING TO FLOOD
IN AND YOU DON’T HAVE ONE OF
THOSE SPECIAL TOOLS TO CRACK
THE WINDOW TO TRY TO GET OUT.
YOU SAID THERE ARE SOME THINGS
YOU CAN DO. THERE ARE SOME
THINGS, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO
TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS BECAUSE
JUSTIN, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT
REMINDED ME OF JUST IT WAS,
YOU KNOW, IT WORKS PERFECTLY.
YOU SEE THE KEY CHAINS WHERE
IF YEAH, I GOT PLENTY FOR THE
RIGHT. AND SO YOU PUT THAT ON
THERE. SO YOU CAN CRACK YOUR
WINDOW CERTAIN AREA. BUT IF
YOU POP THE HEAD REST OFF OF
THE 2 SEED, YET YOU PUT THE
END OF ONE OF THOSE HEADDRESS
AND THEN YOU JUST LOWER OF THE
WINDOW. COULD NOT LISTEN.
>> HOPEFULLY DON’T TO USE THAT
BUT YEAH, IT’S IT’S A
SITUATION WHERE IF YOU DON’T
NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS, DON’T
ACTUALLY JUST DON’T GO ON THE
ROADS IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU KNOW THAT CERTAIN
AREAS. I MEAN, A LOT OF FOLKS
LIVE HERE. WE’VE HAD A LOT OF
RAIN RECENTLY. IF YOU’VE SEEN
AN AREA THAT’S POND DURING A
REGULAR AFTERNOON ITS SWIMMING
POOL. YEAH. AND IT IS THAT
IT’S A PROBLEM. I CALL IT THE
FLORIDA CONFIDENCE. WE AS
FLORIDIANS, WE EXPERIENCE SO
MUCH THAT WE THINK ALL THIS