Former Air Force weather forecaster Bobby Quinn is lending his service and expertise as many across the state continue to assess the damage. The Tampa Bay native drove toward Ian's projected path and stayed in his pick-up truck throughout the storm.
"I felt like I needed to be there," Quinn explained to Whitaker about why he drove into the storm. "What I didn't expect was how slowly [the hurricane] was moving, and how relentless it was. It was the most violent wind and rain I'd ever seen."
Quinn is the founder of "Paypixl," a tech startup that crowdsources drone imagery and organizes it on an app. When Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, he repurposed the site so that evacuees could view images of their homes and assess the damage remotely and for free.
Anyone can use Paypixl to look up an address and see if anyone has uploaded images of the property after the hurricane. Quinn shared over 8,000 photos of the Rotonda West community in Florida. The app also allows evacuees who want to assess their property to request images.
"I've been through a lot of storms, and no one ever solves the problem of communicating with loved ones and homeowners who have evacuated outside," Quinn said on 60 Minutes. "Getting data to those people is never a priority. And they are left feeling concerned and hopeless. And they are expecting the worst. And we want to provide them with imagery that changes that for them, relaxes them, and gives them peace of mind."