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And we learned this after hurricane andrew. and were going to see that unfold over the next few days with hurricane ian is that improved building codes work. we see if you improve the quality and you follow the building codes to a higher standard, you can save lives. and these homes wont be complete losses in some cases if they were build after hurricane andrew as floridas building code was improved. we have seen that in the plains with the tornadoes. we can build storm shelters. theres things t...

Storm surge for a little while in clearwater, to the north and west of the enormous diameter of the storm. the whole clearwater bay was drained briefly. we have to face the problem before were going to do anything about it. when people ask what can we do about climate change, theres all sorts of things we can do. we can address this. we can have better building codes. we can bury power lines, better infrastructure, more resilient escape routes, trains in place. but we can have these things ready...

So, mexico beach was scraped off the map, okay? just like someone took a shovel to the sidewalk. fort myers beach is very similar. just much bigger. but the devastation is still just incredible. the structures that were built with a new building codes, they survived, okay? the structures that were built, say, from 65 to 85, those were obliterated. if you were made out of wood, you are gone. you are just left with pilings. so, what you will see happen, just like whats happened in mexico beach rig...

But it has to be a massive approach, it has to be regional. we cannot afford to do justice project by project. >> im curious and how much, obviously theres a policy, but you wonder what the insurance industry what role they have played and will play. obviously this will be enormously expensive event for insurers and reinsurers and there will be questions about what the building codes look like and what the insurance premiums look like particularly for people in very exposed areas like the gulf c...

So yeah, i dont think we are going to see worse effects, we are not going to see a stronger, so we are not going to see more wind, and we are not going to see more water than we have seen, but we are going to see more trees falling and more power outages. alicia? >> ali, you are going to stay with me, i want to bring in dennis smith, veteran resident of florida state university -- i saw it continues to see these catastrophic weather events, is florida built to withstand the major effects of clim...

Thankfully we havent seen that. we saw some nasty winds on the back end of this storm. whats interesting to follow up on what randi was saying about that 2004 storm, you know, hurricane charlie came in here and absolutely devastated this community. just the county alone took $3 billion in damages. 15 lives were lost in that storm. something like 11,000 homes and 300 businesses. they retired the name hurricane charlie because that storm was so painful for them. but they learned the lesson. so, pu...

You have pre-andrew or pre-miami houses, you have post-miami, post-miami houses. explain that really quickly about how after that, the building codes changed radically in the state of florida. and thats why fewer people will die during this storm, fewer houses will be destroyed, even though its going to be devastating. but andrew really was, it was this defining line in florida hurricane preparedness. >> joe, what a great point. there is a before and after hurricane andrew for florida, especiall...

Leave. now, if you have set up shelters all around the state of florida, especially in the areas that are in that code that we have up on the other side of the screen. tell people where they can coach, what you have available, and what are the plans in the aftermath of this? >> governor desantis: well, s sean, we have a saying down here important that you hide from the wind but you run from that water. and i think in situations like this, even a category four storm, we have great building codes....

Andrew. and im just -- look, the structure here and were in the bradenton area, i went to new college here in sarasota, florida, an incredible university. but thats right here and this whole area joe, has been beefed up in terms of building codes. the roofs are certainly hunkered down more than they were previous to 1992, but, you know, what structure holds up to a cat 5 for 12 hours or 14 hours? this is a really serious, dangerous situation. and i just hope that the people that are watching us,...

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