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Augustine was so eager to practice here. he signed an nis contract that opted him out of something called he signed an nis contract that opted him out of something called the working time directive. legislation that protects people from long working hours. do you think that you were so tired that there was a potential that you weren't doing the best or weren't delivering the best care for the patients? yes. that's the and that was my worry, because i knew that working tired puts the patients at risk and puts myself also at risk as well for litigation and other things. so i was really, really w...

Before meeting final marks you oversaw the largest disaster response in florida's history in 2004. i was there when charlie, francis, ivan, they all hit the state, jeanie as well. how does ian compare? >> i tell people that this is the equivalent of what hurricane andrew did on the southeast coast is happening on the southwest coast. i think people forget it's not just the coast that's been impacted. we've had impacts in orlando, st. augustine had devastated flooding. we're still seeing the remnants of all this rain. you talk about storm surge and the wind, but all the rain in central florida ...

Florida and on the northeast caused the disaster is still unfolding. orlando saw historic flooding today after drenching 14 inches of rain, and the rain and wind continued into tonight as residents wait for the floodwaters to recede. as ian moved out into the atlantic this evening, there was a storm surge on the east coast just as on the west coast. here you see the city of st. augustine, where the most stands this river over tops its banks where it flows into the atlantic. officials say that historical levels of river flooding could affect for communities inland, not just on the coast. it cou...

As a moved out into the atlantic this evening, there was a storm surge on the east coast just of the was on the west coast. here you see the city of st. augustine, where the most stands this river over topped its banks where it flows into the atlantic. officials say that historical levels of river flooding could affect for communities inland not just on the coast. it could affect them for weeks. now that ian is moved out into the atlantic, it is strengthened from a truck typical storm back into a category one hurricane. the states north of florida are bracing for its impact as it turns back we...

That. once that sun does rise, we are going to see all the devastation. people are going to return to their homes, and eventually is going to take a while -- it may look very different. their house may not even be standing. this will take days, weeks, even months. it could be into the new year before we start to restore everything that was damaged. because we did see catastrophic damage. locally, because it's 24 inches of rain, even higher than that in some spots, isolated 30 inches of rain. that is two and a half feet of rain. they will receive two and three months of rain in two or three day...