Hurricane Andrew - WTVJ - first aerial views - 1992-08-24
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[0:01] We understand right now we can perhaps
[0:03] get the first look at what's going on
[0:07] up in the air from Sky 4. Rob Pierce,
[0:09] are you with us right now?
[0:11] Yes, I am. We have Buddy MacKay on board
[0:13] the helicopter with us. Also Linda
[0:15] Shelley from
[0:17] she's the head of the emergency
[0:19] operations department. We're going to
[0:20] look to show you
[0:21] show you some of the devastation down
[0:23] here in the Dayland Trailer Park.
[0:25] You can talk with both Buddy MacKay and
[0:27] Linda Shelley and ask them questions.
[0:30] Mr. MacKay,
[0:31] I saw the wide shot, the wide view just
[0:35] before our photographer Rob Pierce
[0:36] zoomed in on some of the tops of some of
[0:38] these buildings.
[0:39] What is your initial reaction? When I
[0:42] saw that I gasped.
[0:44] Well, we've we've been gasping also.
[0:46] This is incredible. It has just
[0:48] flattened this area.
[0:50] I had seen the other surrounding areas
[0:53] and clearly there's been a lot of damage
[0:55] but this can only be described as total
[0:57] devastation.
[0:59] How do you
[1:00] how do you make the determination
[1:02] in terms of how much assistance we will
[1:06] need here in in in South Florida to
[1:10] rebuild? How how do how do you arrive at
[1:12] that?
[1:12] Well, I've got Linda Shelley with me.
[1:14] She's in charge of the agency that has
[1:16] that responsibility. Linda, perhaps you
[1:18] can answer that.
[1:20] The federal government and state
[1:22] government will be sending damage
[1:24] assessment teams into the area as early
[1:27] as Wednesday morning.
[1:30] They will be assessing the needs of the
[1:33] communities that have been adversely
[1:35] affected and assistance will be made
[1:37] available to them as rapidly as
[1:39] possible.
[1:41] Mr. MacKay, looking