(bird sounds) (ian mcdonald) there are people on the incident management team for the fire who have been to many, many of the largest fires that have ever been fought, and many of those people have said that they've never seen anything like this. (don henkins) almost every indigenous culture that i'm aware of that has a relationship with fire talks about a first fire story. that first fire story talks about a big fire that's devastating that burns the world over. and then there's usually a secon story that follows that that talks about people learning to use fire. what we're seeing today in terms of changes in fire in the landscape, the severity, the scale, the loss of human lives the devastation, when i see fires like this, it takes me back to that idea of the first fire stories. that if you don't take care of the landscape, big fires are going to happen. (wind and traffic noise) (students talking) (shovel through debris) (bill hartley) what's happening here today is that we are trying to see if there are any artifacts that survived the fire. that we can restore, or at least keep to put

ian at fort myers beach. heed the warnings. if you are in the big bend area, your emergency managers are calling for evacuation, please do it. i was on the phone with john mcdonald, he is greatly concerned about -- 12-13 feet of storm surge there. we have to act now. we have launched our state assistance information line. 800-342-3557. residents can call and find out about how to prepare. road closures, alternate routes available, open shelters. shelters designed for medically dependent individuals and reentry information once it is safe to return. you can get up-to-date information on our website. we were with the cfo and i would reiterate what he said earlier today. take pictures of your home now. so that when the storm happens if you have damage, you have before and after pictures. take pictures of the interior part of your home as well. then please do not be taken advantage of after the storm. make sure you don't do any cash transactions, don't sign anything. if you have any issues when it comes to insurance, you can always call the cfo's office. he will certainly help you out through all of that. heed warnings, do smart things, evacuate right now if you nee