A.G. Gancarski
He calls it a “major fuel effort.” And for Floridians searching for gas, it’s right on time.
As recovery continues from Hurricane Milton, Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out a resolution to persistent fuel distribution problems.
During a visit to Plant City Saturday, the Governor rolled out 3 fuel depots, and said more of these “public fuel sites” will be up in the coming days, something he said has “never been done before on this scale” and will be available “until this entire fuel situation is resolved.”
The Plant City location, said DeSantis, is “one of the three sites that opened this morning,” with two more in St. Petersburg and more to come.
“We’re going to do another one closer to the heart of Tampa in Hillsborough County. We’re going to do another one in a different part of Pinellas County and we’re going to do at least one in Sarasota County and perhaps some more depending on the demand that we have,” DeSantis said, noting people can get up to 10 gallons at a time.
DeSantis said that often gas stations that are out just “don’t have power,” meaning they can’t “run the pumps.”
“Now, a lot of these gas stations quite frankly, are supposed to have generators, very few of them have used them that I’ve seen, especially in the areas that were the hardest hit,” DeSantis said, noting that in situations where power restoration may take “48 hours or more” the Florida Division of Emergency Management is “bringing generators to those service stations.”
DeSantis is “optimistic that you’re gonna see a lot of these stations end up getting power relatively short order in the coming days.”
While major highways and bridges are open, and most major airports are the same, Sarasota-Bradenton is still dealing with repairs and won’t be open until Wednesday.
Florida Division of Emergency Management head Kevin Guthrie said 37.3 million gallons of fuel are coming into the Port of Tampa on Saturday, which should help resolve the supply issue.
And apparently the distribution problem is on its way to a solution as well.
Guthrie and DeSantis mentioned that President Joe Biden has greenlighted their federal funding requests, meaning fully funded debris removal and individual assistance for people in 34 counties are available: Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, DeSoto, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter and Volusia.
Guthrie also mentioned more FEMA programs, including transitional shelters and cleaning and sanitizing and transitional housing, are on their way to approval.
DeSantis said FEMA and Florida were “singing from the same sheet of music” and that the federal government was being “admirably flexible” about meeting Florida’s requests and circumventing burdensome “bureaucracy” that can slow up recovery.
13 comments
The Sage "E"
October 12, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Good Morn ‘Ting Beloved Un-Decided Voters, let’s just slow our roll and marval together at Ron, the only Govornor in The History of History to apply the genius of “Public Fuel sites to disaster recovery.
Just another reason, Beloved Un-Decided Voters, to elect Trump as our POTUS as a Trump POTUS will 100% gurantee that we have Ron & The Beautiful Casey Desantis in The White House for the next 2 subesuquant terms following the 4 years of Trump.
Thank you again, Beloved Un-Decided Voters,
The Sage “E”
Dear Dumb-E
October 12, 2024 at 2:40 pm
I guess you have nothing better to do than sit here and troll the Florida Politics website to be the first commentator. Probably because it doesn’t require a subscription and you can post anonymously. Ms E, you’re nothing but an online troll. A 🐈 behind a 📺. A know nothing, poop stirring, low bread idiot MAGAt. Well we got news for ya, your friend, your savior, the convicted sex offender, is about to have the worst public embarrassment of all when 100 million voters fire him and you. Goodbye ma’am
The Sage "E"
October 13, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Thank you for knowing my “Sage True Words Of Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Wisdom” as The Truth.
AS PROVEN BY:
Your above Rageing at “E” to the point of your panties bunching so far up your tater hole that I had to reach way up in there with a small camera and surgical forcepts to fish those bunched up panties out. Yeah it was tough but I did it.
Anyway I, The Sage “E”, still love you and thank you for your support of Donald Trump.
The Sage “E”
i just took an earl.
October 13, 2024 at 7:53 pm
EARL, people see you for what you are. that’s bad fior you.
Impeach DeSantis enough is enough
October 12, 2024 at 2:43 pm
Rhonda is giving out free gas!!! Funny because Rhonda doesn’t have revenue or income to be giving out freebies like that. That is our taxpayer dollars being handed out to people who evacuated and the people who evacuated aren’t the people who ride public transit or can’t even afford a car. What a schmuck!
Protest!!! No free gas!!
October 12, 2024 at 2:45 pm
Yep. I heard 10 gallons of free gas so that’s about 30 bucks of my taxpayer dollars going into someone else’s pocket. Protest
The Sage "E"
October 13, 2024 at 12:04 pm
CHASTIZED
The Blue Wave is Coming!!!
October 12, 2024 at 2:43 pm
The blue wave is coming done get crushed
60 minutes is fake
October 12, 2024 at 4:09 pm
There is no wave coming. Ka Mana Wana might win this but there will be no mandate.
The Sage "E"
October 13, 2024 at 12:04 pm
CHASTIZED
The Sage "E"
October 13, 2024 at 1:01 pm
Sorry 60 Min,
I was CHASTIZING that snake Blue Wave above your post of Sage Wisdom and it ordered itself as if I,
The Sage “E”, was chastizing you,
Thanks in advance for your understanding, The Sage “E”
Phil Morton
October 13, 2024 at 4:42 pm
Socialism at it’s best, more free stuff.
Robles
October 14, 2024 at 12:38 pm
we all pay taxes here no free gas respectfully I pay taxes just like you I’m a nurse and I couldn’t get gas since Tuesday because people are filling not only there tanks but countless gas cans as well have some compassion 30.00 isn’t going to kill you that’s probably half a tank if that for ppl who have trucks minivans simmer down butter cup it’s not just your money and what are we paying taxes for if we can’t get help when it’s needed you all sound pretty ignorant
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