we have 6,000 narc guardsmen ready to assist our state. florida wildlife commission have conducted search and rescue mission with high-water vehicles and multiple counties. heroes answered the call fo in pasco county, fire personnel rescued 18 people from rising flood water and got them to safe. hernando county, fish and wildlife officer rescued families from flooded areas and the state provided 75,000 sandbags to residents in impacted communities. schools in 35 counties will remain closed today -- bay, gulf, walton, columbia, dixie, jefferson, lafayette, leon, taylor, alachua, waklla, baker, bradford, clay, duval, flagler, gill crest, levi, nassau, putnam, st. john, union, citrus, hernando, hillsborough, pasco, pinellas and manatee. state offices will remain closed in 37 counties including some of the areas hardest hit such as taylor, levi, leon counties. at least 59 shelters were they will continue to offer services as needed, including those with special needs. we have quite a few special- needs individual in the shelters. thank you to