DeSantis speaks with the media after the cross of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Seaside, Florida.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is working with Elon Musk to assist restore web connectivity to components of Florida that noticed widespread harm from Hurricane Ian.
DeSantis mentioned state officers are utilizing Musk’s Starlink satellites to supply sorely wanted communications assets to each residents and emergency crews who’ve been knocked offline.
“They’re positioning the Starlink satellites to supply good protection to Southwest Florida and different effected areas,” he mentioned at a press convention in storm-ravaged Fort Myers Saturday afternoon.
DeSantis mentioned 120 Starlink models are being positioned to spice up web entry in areas hit hardest by the storm.
“They’ve donated all the prices related to the protection” DeSantis mentioned, earlier than personally thanking Musk for his assist.
The satellites, developed by Musk’s SpaceX, beam all the way down to units positioned on the bottom that may present connectivity over a 13-mile radius and assist 1,000 customers concurrently.
“That can assist bridge among the connectivity points,” he mentioned, noting that the models will go to a number of battered areas, together with Lee and Collier Counties.
Musk and DeSantis have praised one another in current months, with the tech titan suggesting in June that he would vote for the Florida Republican if he ran for president in 2024.
DeSantis additionally backed Musk’s contentious bid to buy Twitter, even threatening to tug investments within the firm from Florida’s pension funds if the corporate scuttled the deal on political grounds. As an alternative, Musk has tried to again out of the $44 billion takeover, touchdown himself in a authorized battle with Twitter.
DeSantis mentioned that 73% of residents in Lee County and 77% in Charlotte County are nonetheless with out energy and that line crews are trying to get the lights again on.
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