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Center, where the worst of this storm will go, that's been a gentle vacillation over the last 24, 48, 72 hours. >> and again it's a hurricane 4. but i wanted to ask you, we know those waters are warm and how long will it talk for it to get to gflorida and is it enough tie to escalate again? >> 24 hours to get to keys. the storm skirted along cuba. did some significant damage to the northern coast of cuba. the people that were still here received 160-mile-per-hour winds, not barbuda type damage but close because of the way the structures were built but it also took the steam out of the storm it...

Allow irma to northerly track in florida. abby: you fly around hurricanes to get measurements and sense of the size of the store, looking at irma as we are trying to get a sense on the ground, how is this hurricane different than the ones you've seen in the past. >> every hurricane has its own unique personality. i think the difference for this one for me, i've been doing this for nine hurricane seasons, my home is under -- in the cross hairs, so to speak of this particular hurricane and this is kind of the first time that's been the case for me and, you know, it's not just about me, it's abou...

Paying attention who think, well, we can ride it out. and this is a life or death matter. >> the storm has increased size, so we really have a larger area that's going to be impacted by hurricane 4. >> the whole state even as it comes in. >> there are 20 mill dwrion peo there. >> louie, stay close. i'll get back to you. we're tracking a catastrophic storm. tracking hurricane irma. getting more information. stick around. you're in "the situation room." your insurance company

A category five, andrew, there was a lot of building reinforcement. in your two-term stewardship, you can't make buildings and structures hurricane proof but more hurricane resistant. florida is in better physical shape for something like this. but a category four or five storms is another beast. >> the south florida building code is the strong nest the country. you know, you don't -- you've got to realize that these -- there's tornadic activity, the storm surge. you can't create a building code for that. people that are in the low-lying areas along the coast, been told to evacuate, great majo...

Looks like a needle compared to this thing. what are your thoughts? >> it's not comforting to be here. i am comfortable that we're fairly protected and i think we'll be okay. >> what everybody is doing, tying down as much as you can because of the winds. being a hurricane 4, the stuff flying through the air is the big concern. we'll tell you how they handsel it and the first responders as this moves through the numbers couple days. >> neil: be safe, adam. my next guest, no stranger to hurricanes. he set the standard for how governors reply to them and deal with them. former governor, president...