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The -- >> we passed legislation that requires that disclosure. and one thing you do, you work to make sure, some of that gets caused because there's not good backup power. so that's where we have really tried to make sure happens around the state, that everybody has power so we don't have that issue. and these backup generators, i know it costs money, but it really does matter. for everybody, whether it's businesses, and we are working hard with our alfs and nursing homes with regard to that. great, anybody else? great, thanks, everybody. >> thank you. >> so you have been watching that news co...

Generators and they will help us get online very quickly but it is such a powerful storm nobody can figure out what that would truly look like so we are anticipating when daylight daylight, said if we can get over their. >>, the animals are we talking about?. >> about 20,000 at the florida aquarium from the giant loggerhead sea turtles, penguins', sharks but the aquarium the majority of the exhibit or on second and third floors of their not affected by the surge it was just animals on the first floor. so power is the important factor we have to make sure we have power and those

Sunny skies, the governor is warning people not to venture out in florida with flooding, with downed power lines and debris blocking the roads. rising waters are creating emergency situations in jacksonville. a record storm surge was reported this morning. search and rescue teams are now evacuating people who are stranded by the flooding. in orlando, more than 120 homes were evacuated when floodwaters suddenly rushed into that place. we looked at the pictures last night as the rain came down on orlando like orlando has not seen in a long time. the national weather service says 2 to 6 inches of...

>> worse? but that was a 5. th this is a 4. >> but this is bigger. you see people and residents heeding those evacuation warnings. typically we don't have this kind of response. people have looked at cnn, looked at the weather out there. they know it's coming. they figure let's be safer than sorry. also, the changes that we made since hurricane andrew, the building codes for one thing. south florida put in some of the string jest building codes there are. everything built since hurricane andrew has been built to that standard. >> when people look at south florida, miami proper, they see all th...

25 years ago this month in august 1992, florida got hit by a category 5 hurricane, hurricane andrew. in addition to the immediate concern for human life and well being, there was also a lot of worry at the time about this place. this is called turkey point, florida's oldest nuclear power plant. and as the eye of that hurricane passed over the turkey point nuclear plant in 1992, some of the facilities around the reactor buildings took a beating, including stuff that was supposed to be hurricane-proof. within ten miles of the plant, within ten miles of turkey point, there were 41 warning sirens ...