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As Pittsburghers in Florida wait out Hurricane Ian, Brother’s Brother sending supplies to impacted areas

As they ride out the storm, the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation is working to get much-needed drinking water and supplies down to Florida.

As Pittsburghers in Florida wait out Hurricane Ian, Brother’s Brother sending supplies to impacted areas

As they ride out the storm, the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation is working to get much-needed drinking water and supplies down to Florida.

TOWARD ORLANDO. MORGAN NORWOOD, ABC NEWS, TAMPA, FLORIDA. >> MANY PEOPLE IN OUR AREA HAVE LOVED ONES LIVING IN HURRICANE IAN’S PAT. KAYLEE JOINS US NOW. HE ALSO SPOKE WITH A LOCAL GROUP SENDING SUPPLIES TO THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. WHAT ARE THEY ALL EXPERIENCING? >> THEY ARE WORKING TO GET MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES LIKE DRINKING WATER THINGS LIKE THAT DOWN TO FORD. PITTSBURGHERS ARE DOWN IN FLORIDA WRITING. WE GOT TO TALK TO THEM TONIGHT AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE WORST. >> IT IS LIKE A TRAIN. A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING THROUGH SOMETIMES. IT IS EERIE. >> WINNING AT THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE IAN IN NAPLES WHERE SHE IS SEEING MAJOR FLOODING. IT IS UP TO SIX FEET ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW. >> FORCED TO EVACUATE LAST NIGHT. >> THE THING WITH A HURRICANE, THINGS HAPPEN SO FAST. THE AIRPORT SHUTDOWN, YOU COULD NOT GET A FLIGHT. >> HE IS ONE OF MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AS HURRICANE IAN MOVES IN. BUT HIS FEAR IS FOR OTHERS. >> FOR US, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. AT ONE POINT, OR CAN FORCE WINDS REACHING 155 BOB BROWER. IT IS UNREAL IN TERMS OF THE WATER COMING IN. >> WE ARE GOING TO SHIP FOOD DOWN TO THEM AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. >> 100% OF ALL DONATIONS WILL GO TOWARD DISASTER RELIEF.
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As Pittsburghers in Florida wait out Hurricane Ian, Brother’s Brother sending supplies to impacted areas

As they ride out the storm, the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation is working to get much-needed drinking water and supplies down to Florida.

Many people in our area have loved ones visiting Florida right now, or living there, in Hurricane Ian's path.As they ride out the storm, the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation is working to get much-needed drinking water and supplies down to Florida.“It’s like a freight train coming through sometimes. It’s eerie,” Monica Steratore Kemper said.Kemper is waiting out the impact of Hurricane Ian in Naples, where she began seeing major flooding in the early evening hours.“It’s up to 6 feet on the streets right now, a little over 6 feet,” Kemper saidTodd Williams was visiting Marco Island from his home in Pine Township but was forced to evacuate Tuesday night.“The thing with a hurricane is, things happen so fast. The airport shut down. You couldn’t get a flight,” Williams said.He’s one of nearly two million people without power, but his fear is for others.“For family and friends and people we don’t know in Florida, we’re praying for them and worried about them,” Williams said.At one point Wednesday evening, hurricane-force winds reportedly reached 155 miles per hour in Fort Myers.“As it happens, we have a board member who is actually in Fort Myers right now that we are in contact with,” Ozzy Samad said. “It’s just unreal in terms of the water that’s coming in.”Samad is president of the Brother’s Brother Foundation. His team wasted no time gathering cases of water and pallets of tarps to send down to Florida.“What we also do is work with our local food banks to see if we can ship food down to them and what the needs are,” Samad said.Samad said any donations made to Brother’s Brother go 100% to disaster response.

Many people in our area have loved ones visiting Florida right now, or living there, in Hurricane Ian's path.

As they ride out the storm, the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation is working to get much-needed drinking water and supplies down to Florida.

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“It’s like a freight train coming through sometimes. It’s eerie,” Monica Steratore Kemper said.

Kemper is waiting out the impact of Hurricane Ian in Naples, where she began seeing major flooding in the early evening hours.

“It’s up to 6 feet on the streets right now, a little over 6 feet,” Kemper said

Todd Williams was visiting Marco Island from his home in Pine Township but was forced to evacuate Tuesday night.

“The thing with a hurricane is, things happen so fast. The airport shut down. You couldn’t get a flight,” Williams said.

He’s one of nearly two million people without power, but his fear is for others.

“For family and friends and people we don’t know in Florida, we’re praying for them and worried about them,” Williams said.

At one point Wednesday evening, hurricane-force winds reportedly reached 155 miles per hour in Fort Myers.

“As it happens, we have a board member who is actually in Fort Myers right now that we are in contact with,” Ozzy Samad said. “It’s just unreal in terms of the water that’s coming in.”

Samad is president of the Brother’s Brother Foundation. His team wasted no time gathering cases of water and pallets of tarps to send down to Florida.

“What we also do is work with our local food banks to see if we can ship food down to them and what the needs are,” Samad said.

Samad said any donations made to Brother’s Brother go 100% to disaster response.