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This, or at least very much aware of it. >> i think so, anderson. we've been preparing for about five or six days now. literally putting in portable generators, portable pumps, sandbags to all of our residents. locking down construction projects so there is no debris flying around. we've been communicating so aggressively with our entire residents and visitors so that they hear our message, what to do, what not to do and hopefully evacuate. >> so for you is it storm surge? >> i think it's a combination of wind and storm surge. as you know, miami beach is no stranger to flooding. we understand ...

Once stood. >> reporter: ten years later, those slabs are all over the place, driveways that connected to homes now lead into the woods. police operate out of a temporary shoulder and once where shops and restaurants were along entire drags are empty. >> none of the people have come back. >> reporter: chuck pruett is one of the folks who has come back. the storm scattered his home over a quarter mile area. >> the debris pile was probably about 4 feet. it was just huge. >> reporter: but while he had the ability to rebuild, he says a lot of his neighbors couldn't do the same after insurance cost...

Once stood. >> reporter: ten years later, those slabs are all over the place, driveways that connected to homes now lead into the woods. police operate out of a temporary shoulder and once where shops and restaurants were along entire drags are empty. >> none of the people have come back. >> reporter: chuck pruett is one of the folks who has come back. the storm scattered his home over a quarter mile area. >> the debris pile was probably about 4 feet. it was just huge. >> reporter: but while he had the ability to rebuild, he says a lot of his neighbors couldn't do the same after insurance cost...

About 40 feet. it was just huge. >> reporter: but while he had the ability to rebuild, he says a lot of his neighbors couldn't do the same after insurance costs spiked and stricter construction codes made it too expensive or impractical for some. >> you had to be hopeful, you know. it's just taking a lot longer. it's really disappoint be. a lot of ways i understand, you know, money situation with a lot of people. that's basically what it is. >> reporter: and yet back in bay st. louis, the recovery is moving much faster. traffic once again flows over the bay bridge, bringing visitors past a new...

To, but can they handle anymore shocks? >> apparently they can. and today you will notice it was a magnitude 7.1 i think is the latest number. >> right. >> people go back through the records and mathematically figure about how much energy there was or precisely how much energy there was. apparently, there were hardly any tsunamis, hardly any waves created by this, and the reason would be nominally that the shifting plates are going sideways rather than up and down. well, the one three weeks ago was going up and down, it created these fantastic or astonishing waves that overwhelmed the safety s...