Florida's new storm hub

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Florida has a new massive disaster logistics hub to speed storm relief statewide-stocking food, water and generators for disaster victims across the state.

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00:00Florida is on a mission to be a leader in the nation when it comes to disaster readiness

00:09and with the paint still fresh, Florida's new central operations and coordination office is

00:15ready to roll before the next storm hits. There's no other state that has 3 million gallons of

00:20water on hand, 3 million shelf stable mills on hand, 100,000 tarps on hand. Inside the 400,000

00:26plus square foot warehouse is space for more than 300 personnel, sleeping quarters for 100 people

00:32and 400 trailers, plus stockpiles of food, water, flood prevention gear and generators. The state

00:39chose Polk County because it's smack dab in the center of this state. It was a key part of the

00:44designing of this warehouse. It allows the crews, the tractors and the trailers to quickly disperse

00:49to all parts of Florida after a disaster strikes. But officials tell us having a household plan

00:55matters too. Where we maybe get about a C, maybe a C minus is an individual preparedness. I think

01:02a lot of people have started to depend on the government to basically just do it for them.

01:07Hurricane Ian affected 47 out of 67 counties in the state of Florida. While we had enough for

01:14that initial push of about the first 36 hours statewide, we had to depend on contracts to bring

01:21in that other equipment. And that stuff was, you know, 24, 36, 70, 48 hours behind. So it's not going

01:28to be instant. Their message is simple. The state is stocked. Now make sure your home is too.

01:35Reporting in Auburndale, Florida, I'm Leslie Hudson for AccuWeather.

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