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Have to build to a higher standard or we will continue this vicious cycle over and over again. unfortunately, you know, we're still not through all of the rubble. it's going to take us a while to get through it, and people are not going to be able to return home. the other thing, too, mexico beach is going to have to strive for a new normal but when they do so they will have to do so from a higher standard. what you are seeing is older construction that was built before the florida building code before 2001 that was wiped out, and anything that was not elevated enough was shoved out of the way...
After the 2001 florida building code survived. when we look at the damage, this is why we keep preaching the predisaster message and congress proactively passed laws last week, the disaster recovery reform act and that will put disaster money up front, a large amount to mitigate the infrastructure, and then we have to get citizens to understand when they buy a home in these areas it has to be mitigated and built to a higher standard or we are going to continue to do this over and over and over again in this country. >> brock, correct me if i am wrong, but it sounds like you are angry, if that'...
Should be to elevate as high as you can and get into a facility that you think can withstand the winds at this point. and hope for the best. you know, you always have the option of calling 911 but there is no guarantee that responders can get to you at this point. as the system continues to push through. what i mean by the storm being the type -- the worst type, not only are we going to see devastating storm surge push through florida that causes the most amount of destruction to facilities along the coast but the high winds as well. florida building code of 2001 went up to cat 3 standards. an...
Especially when we get up into georgia, south carolina, some of the real estate in this country that is the most flood prone we have, you at least have the barrier of being inland a bit. >> too true. you hit the nail on the head. every wobble protects the i- 95 nightmare corridor that we've feared for decades. let's keep on seeing those wobbles right. >> what is your population? and by percentage how many folks preferred to stay and ride it out and how many folks did you feel like if you could, you would forcibly get them out of their homes? >> well, we have 179,412, but who is counting? but w...