Florida governor's mansion opened to troopers Florida state troopers dine at the governor's mansion in Tallahassee on Oct. The bureau says workers remained evacuated from only nine of the 687 staffed platforms in the Gulf, and that all unmoored rigs that were moved as the storm approached have returned to their drilling spots.
The agency bases its estimates on daily reports from operators. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said in a report Friday that 32.4 percent of oil production and a little more than 13 percent of natural gas production in the Gulf remained shut down. Oil and gas workers are returning to drilling rigs and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but production remains down by about one-third as operations are restarted. Oil, gas workers return to Gulf after Michael
312,558 customers without power in Virginia. 323,735 customers without power in North Carolina. 7,364 customers without power in South Carolina. 32,338 customers without power in Georgia. 22,463 customers without power in Alabama. 271,998 customers without power in Florida. Here's an approximate breakdown of the outages in each state: There were 970,456 power outages across six states as of 5:30 p.m. "The families and communities impacted by this devastating hurricane need our help as they begin to rebuild," Disney Chairman and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement.ĭisney has a 70,000-person workforce in Florida at its Walt Disney World theme park resort in the Orlando area. Stacey's daughter, Casey, said she was watching the "CBS Evening News" Thursday and saw her mom on TV. She also said she was unable to contact relatives back in Michigan to let them know she was OK. She showed Glor the extensive damage to her home after the hurricane. She said she lived her whole life in Michigan but headed south after a heart attack and decades of harsh winters. "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor met Muriel Stacey in Panama City. But one family got the news they needed thanks to the power of television. Daughter finds out mom is OK by seeing her on "CBS Evening News"Īfter Hurricane Michael hit Florida, many people were left stranded and unable to reach their loved ones. The officials say they've completed 40 percent of these "secondary" searches and hope to finish up during daylight hours on Saturday. Authorities said they had wrapped up their initial rapid searches and had begun more-intense searches including inspecting collapsed buildings. Nearly 200 rescued in Floridaįlorida emergency officials say they have rescued nearly 200 people and checked 25,000 structures since Hurricane Michael battered the state this week. The bloom has spread to Florida's Panhandle and the Miami area. It has killed massive amounts of marine life and caused respiratory irritations in people. Red tide in the Gulf of Mexico off southwest Florida began last October after Hurricane Irma ravaged the state. Residents were hoping the hurricane would have the opposite effect and blow it farther offshore.
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