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And the like. as a policymaker, with is what the president does as well as being an executive and what we do, the request he is what can we do about it? i know we can adapt to it, there are things we need to do for adaptation, we need to mitigate against it, building codes and higher sea walls and then there is this talk about how can we change our energy policy to reverse some of this and thats where i think we get ourselves into a problem because none of these measures -- all of these measures...

Be helpful and doing some of the adaptation that we need to do. one of the reasons why we want -- look, here is the bottom line, if insurance companies believe that the cloo imt is changing and as a result its going to create more and stronger hurricanes down the road, then we all have to believe it because were going to have higher premiums and we have to adjust to that, thats why we have to improve building codes and do all sorts of work in infrastructure to adapt to that new reality. we will ...

And these storms are classified by winds, but thats not wind damage, thats the ocean coming upon shore and pushing buildings out of the way. thats why we asked people to evacuate, and the people you are interviewing down on the ground, my heart goes out to them but they are very lucky to be alive and talking to you today, because a lot of people that stay behind and dont heed the warning and exspeperience storm surge dont live to tell about it. >> we think these houses were blown apart as if the...

Both of our hospitals in panama city were -- you know, one is in the process of being closed -- well, both of them are being in the process of being closed down. we know many people are coming in for injuries. so i dont know the numbers yet. but were going to do everything we can to take care of everybody and get resources there as quickly as we can. i want to thank the people that worked all night to get to these areas. >> again, the pictures were showing, i believe pirates cove m marina in pan...

Traveling around. let the experts do what they do first. >> we hope your house made it through. as many as possible made it through. please keep us posted. >> you talk to folks like that, theyre the leaders of the community, and they also live in the community, so they are facing similar dangers and losses. >> yes. and him saying his house is from the 1950s, those new building codes didnt go in until the late 60s. tropical storm michael is moving across the carolinas, parts of which still reco...

As potential killers. >> i know the water is always just the real danger, but these wind speeds are unbelievable. im thinking of the stretch of coastline, you think of the development there. are those built to withstand 130 mile-per-hour winds? >> not exactly sure about the building codes on some of those. theyre pretty sound structures from the look of them. a lot are concrete with the windows boarded up and what have you. weve seen damage to highrises to similar structures in other cities. at ...

Hurricane center puts out its surge warning which, by the way, they use life threatening inundation and the word historic mainly because all the storms have been west of panama city since 1950. we havent had them this close into the east. you were talking about building codes. andrew in 92 changed the way many homes were built. it changed the codes. there were so many homes built before 1992 that do not have those supporting hurricane brackets or the way they adhere their tiles. this will be a w...

Its going to be harder to know whats going on. unique challenges here. >> good point. >> now, tom, king tides, what are they, when are they, relevance? >> king tides typically -- its hard to give a scientific definition because there is some discrepancy in how this is formed. its usually the highest point of the tide cycle. some say its once a year, some say once a month the highest tides. were already seeing flooding. this is king tide time. were seeing flooding, seeing it in miami. were seeing...

Alligator point, theyre going to get a wall of water thats going to be 12 to 13 feet above high tide. so youre talking about substantial damage combined with the wind. >> this is the worst hurricane since they started recording these mhurricanes that hit the florida panhandle. is that right? >> yes. nobody remembers a category five in the florida panhandle. it may be a hundred years ago, but we had a couple of hurricanes in the 1990s but they were category two and three in the panhandle. by the ...

Homes. the homes that are on the bay, and, you know, theres probably a couple thousand homes alodge the way, and those are in danger. most will be in elevation at eight or nine and they are right at the cusp where the storm surge would be. >> reporter: i woke up to category 4 storm and getting stronger. can the buildings here with stand that? we are talking about 145-mile-per-hour winds? >> some of the older buildings here, including my own condo has endured every storm since 1969, and its true ...