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Jacksonville down to the florida keys. >> when you remember that prior to landfall, projections are based on the path of the storm at that time, we could be seeing losses of $150 billion. today the best estimates are around $40 billion of insured losses. i guess you have to factor expectations into the equation of how bad things could have been. >> jon: the market doesn't like uncertainty and the uncertainty of an oncoming hurricane sends a market into a tailspin. now that we've seen to have at least an early handle on the damages, do you think this market is going to continue to turn north? >...

Some people are complete garbage. >> jason: any other recourse people should be doing? >> eboni: i'm not mad at the state of texas for having laws such that you don't have a duty to retreat when you are on your property. you can stand up and protect yourself and your family and your possessions. they do matter. take pictures of everything because unfortunately when those claims adjusters come out come of those fema reps, you want the document and show everything you can get reimbursed. >> jason: beverly, how do you see it? >> beverly: don't mess with texas. i wouldn't want to mess with anyone ...

We shoot." a clear message they will not stand for it. they regard their property as sacred and they don't want these people in here. we talked to one of those home owners who encountered people going through his stuff. here's what he had to say. >> if you loot, we shoot. our concern is if you take our stuff we have nothing to show fema or insurance adjusters who might be coming in here. no way to prove what we had. this is not a free-for-all. >> apparently it was a free-for-all. we'll give you one more look down the street, every single house trying to do that. the looting or scavenging, as i...

Tweeted this morning, houston is recovering fast, i think he is right about that. >> ed: the governor of texas was on our air this morning saying look singlet, adjusters are trying to get to people, don't fail your claims until they actually get to inspect your house, in the area where you are, i assume that adjusters can start doing their work because as you say, drywall is coming on, but there are other areas where they are still flooding, so the adjusters can't get in. >> exactly. this is just a small sliver of it, and as i said, this was one of the areas where it was just flooding from the...

Working for fema is, and the adjuster should come out and tell you what has been damaged and tell you how much they owe you and pay it and you can rebuild your home but it doesn't usually happen that way. what usually happens is that people find themselves ten, hundreds of thousands of dollars short and the adjuster and the insurance company will offer them one amount but they realized that amount they can't rebuild their home and that's when they have to call in lawyers and public adjusters in others to try to get the money that they are owed under that policy. leeland: august, i appreciate y...