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Know, as best we could. i grew up in florida so i'm not a stranger to hurricanes. and of course we've had a number of active hurricane seasons recently. as a u.s. congressman we had hurricane matthew where my district was the district most affected. granted, that could have been worse than the path it ultimately took. and obviously hurricane irma, that affected almost everybody in the state. so i have a lot of experience just understanding kind of how some of the wheels go in motion. and then we've done an awful lot with hurricane michael since i've taken office. and so this is something that ...

Now right here in the parking lot. has that changed on your part with the new administration or is this just happenstance or was it a new approach? >> that's just what we planned. >> i'm not exactly familiar in terms of how they did before i was here that when we did the hurricane exercise, this is how we've anticipated it happening and jared has developed a really good relationship with folks in fema and they really appreciate all the hard work he's doing, so i think we are on the same page i will be able to work constructively together. >> your first major hurricane as governor, wondering if...

I grew up in florida, so i'm not a stranger to hurricanes and we've had a number of active hurricane seasons recently. the u.s. congressman, we had hurricane matthew where my district was the district that was most affected. if that could've been worse than the path that ultimately took an obviously hurricane irma affected almost everybody in the state. so i have a lot of experience just understanding how some of the wheels go in motion and we've got an awful lot with hurricane michael since i've taken office, so this is something that we didn't want to see this season. i know jared and i both...