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And we waited until the last minute. we had an exit strategy. when we saw the storm to be forecast to stall and turn north, we trusted the forecast and were well prepared for it to ride it out. >> now, youve been through a number of these. which one was the worst, hurricane matthew was a couple years ago, caused $5 billion of damage on the florida coast. >> i would have to say frances and jean were the worst for us because they were back-to-back and they really tore the neighborhood up around th...

They were both serious storms. im talking about on the east coast. irma had very serious effects on the gulf coast. florida is a very big place. its just human nature to say well, matthew, it was supposed to happen and it didnt and irma. the relate is back in 2004, 2005, forgive me for getting the year wrong. they had two that hit the east coast francis and jean. my old neighbor will tell it you was no pleasurable experience to live through. i know its an inconvenience to go. i cant. i have to w...

>> theyve given me their cell phone number, ive given them mine. when they make that call ill let you know. there are a lot of people here in the context of a storm even off the coast measure everything by 2004. within two weeks in september of 2004, hurricanes francis and jean caused a lot of damage here. lets stay along this area and go to vero beach where martin savidge is. ive been watching your live shots throughout the morning. there have been people there where you were much like where i ...

Stalled some place, we dont know when. but i would say sometime late tonight or maybe the middle of the day tomorrow. >> every person ive spoken with about dorian, they bring up francis and jean in 2004, of course the two storms that hit back-to-back within two weeks. dorian is off the consistent and francis came a shore. do you think this is giving people a false sense of complacency that there wont be a u.s. or florida landfall? >> im a little concerned about that, but not majorly concerned be...

County and were very coastal. but from preparation, we have done the best we could. and we work collectively as a county we work well together. >> well, the city and the county as you said sound prepared. but what are the residents doing? are they actually listening to these evacuation orders? >> yes. weve been through this before. since 2004 when we had francis and jean, that basically prepared us into the future. and our residents dont take it lightly when the warnings come in. yes, some peopl...

Treasured coast. longtime residents have faced this before facing back to back hurricanes francis and jean in 2004. but its the residents today we hope are paying attention. the mayor is joining us. mr. mayor, good to see you. >> good morning. >> okay. so what do you want the most -- i guess the newest residents really to know and to adhere by? >> i think you will be safe if you plan for the worst and you wont be disappointed if you plan for the worst and hopefully youll be pleasantly surprised....

And some people may not have -- may think thats what a hurricane is. but i know from being here for jean, frances and wilma that hurricanes can be much more serious, much more problematic. i hope people remember exactly what happened back then and treat this like those hurricanes. i think we will. i think our city -- i think were going to be the most prepared city in the state of florida for this hurricane because people do take it seriously. people do understand how much damage can happen and t...

The building department, we have a number of building sites active. lakes and conveyances, ditches. waterways, are lower -- of course communication as you know, is huge so that were communicating to our 200,000 residents. there is a complete playbook. and we make sure that we take care of every item on that list. >> youve done this before, port st. lucie has seen a lot of hurricanes. i know you all were hit by irma pretty hard in 20127. what lessons did you learn, and how does that inform your p...

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Sure. this is 24 hours, literally, from the coast to orlando, in 24 hours. you could probably walk there in 24 hours. and thats the heavy rain potential all the way through the entire peninsula of florida, because this will not be a compact storm when it gets there. it has 96 hours to gain strength in very warm water. were now seeing the hurricane hunter aircraft fly through it at 89 miles per hour at the surface, slightly higher at flight level. so what else has been here in the past? theres do...