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Hurricane Preparedness: Florida's National Model
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Bet-David sets up the hurricane question by noting DeSantis's track record: a temporary bridge replacing the destroyed Sanibel Causeway opened in 15 days, and full rebuilding took just over 2 years. Renner draws on military training culture — practice until the response is automatic — and promises to protect civil liberties even during a crisis, citing COVID lockdowns as a cautionary tale. Fishback invokes his grandmother who taught at Plantation High School in Broward County for 20 years and her maxim about prevention, then criticizes FEMA for reportedly denying hurricane relief to homeowners with Trump flags. Collins draws on his time mobilizing 50,000 power trucks after Helene and Milton, advocates for a PACE communications plan cascaded down to under-staffed county emergency management offices, and calls for pre-positioned supplies around the state. All three frame hurricane response as a test of executive leadership under pressure.
