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>> well, you know weve come a long way with building code and understanding how wind effects the building envelope of any structure and hurricane andrew changed everything in south florida and it triggered to make florida the leader when it came to building codes, emergency management, preparedness and that has resulted in newer construction since the 1992 when andrew hit to where a newer home certainly do better in hurricanes. so thats the good news. theres still a lot of older buildings that a...

They will close the storm shutters basically hunker down. we are already starting to see the bands, wind come through on the outside. by this time tomorrow night, will be in the middle of at least a tropical storm force consistent when speared one more note. law enforcement and authorities paired they are not going to go out once those winds are 45 miles an hour sustained. we are talking about winds that are up to 130, 140. gives you an idea perspective about when law enforcement will go out on ...

Constantly looking over our shoulder to wait for the government to bail us out of situations. so while i am not saying im against fema or against in any way what the government does in these cases, i do think that once in a while maybe a voice in the wilderness needs to say to us, sometimes you have to step up for yourself and take care of these things. were kind of seeing that. >> building codes were also pretty lax when andrew hit, and that got corrected immediately. i was just tonight going t...

Buildings. is the infrastructure strong enough to withhold a category-5 storm here? the building code as we understand it through the reporting is cat 3 is sort of the minimum. widely, bradley speaking in terms of building code. >> caller: again, being in the kendall area of florida during hurricane andrew -- i spent two years down there. and building codes are, again, superior to what they once were. a magnitude 5 is -- category 5 is significant. harvey was a more localized storm with flooding ...

From the florida about how andrew resonates with residents this day. >> it destroyed 90% of all trailers in homestead. others operating to hunker down, he said he had to get rescued by helicopter in mississippi hur katrina. >> joining me by phone is the reporter to filed the report. andy for staying up late. what did you find. >> thanks for having me. so the interesting thing here is that florida has significantly increased their building codes since andrew hit back in 1992. if you want to build...

Forbid what is to come after, we have to rebuild better. thats not just pollyannish optimism. you have to meet the challenges as they are today which is different than what we saw in the past. >> and youre talking to a very conservative person right here, but i will tell you, building codes is the only way go. you cannot change anything until you change building codes. yes, its mshg, yes, you ought to be able to build things where and when you want, but the problem is, you ask us to come in afte...

Ron, how much have things changed in terms of planning for flamingos and other animals at the zoo in the case of irma. >> weve made a lot of upgrades at the zoo itself. hurricane andrew destroyed the zoo so in the process of rebuilding, we rebuilt it with these hurricanes in mind and of course just meeting the miami building codes now, probably the toughest building codes in the country so weve got a lot of additional safe structures now that weve moved these animals into. we no longer have to p...

Storms. >> reporter: thats right, alex. hurricane andrew devastated this area. weve been driving around. let me show you what it looks like right now. were seeing some of the outer bands of this storm. this is something people have been preparing for. a lot of people remembering what hurricane andrew did to this town. in fact, a little while ago we were driving by one area. its almost like a monument to what happened in hurricane andrew. were going to head out there in just a second and see if w...

Much of the damage that was committed here was because of some of those building codes that have been upgraded and reviewed after a devastating earthquake that took place here in 1985 unlike what took place this week, however, that earthquake was much closer to the mexican capital. hurricane irma is a monster category 5 and its hurtling its way toward the state of florida. well look at where the storm is now and how bad things could get. im michael holmes in orlando. can you repeat everything ...

Hour, youll have structural damage to all of these buildings. and it is going to rain 6 to 12 inches, you will have damage to facilities in florida. >> up to 20 in places, as well, were hearing. sheldon, to build a building that can withstand a category 5, are we talking about a concrete bunker? >> caller: for the most part, you are. i think like ive said, the building codes are much more stringent today, and there will be in some cases less data bank than would have been. the winds are powerful...