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In october, we've had monster storms in the gulf before. this one decided not to fizzle before it got to land. so the water temperature was a little warmer than normal, nothing crazy for this time of year. it was just a perfect ingredient that the winds weren't tearing apart, the storm was able to hold itself together and put out an amazing show. where it hit, you know, we've seen the pictures. panama city, the air force base, mexico beach. that area was devastated. storm chasers that have traveled the world say it looks like a bomb went off. we didn't even see the worst pictures of that regio...

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So, my question here anderson, i've never covered a hurricane in the state of florida. i wonder after one of these monster storms come through would it take nine days for fema to reach a town in the state of florida like i took to reach in puerto rico? >> there's concern about the equipment getting destroyed and also obviously it's not florida where you can just drive trucks. but you were saying the roads -- the florida town you were in in puerto rico that's only an hour from san juan. >> yeah. >> so, you take a helicopter to get there -- >> no, you take a highway and an exit off. what is rema...

Like food wise and gas wise and water? >> that need that the mayor reported to us we're reporting back to san ban and somebody -- >> and how long will that take? >> some of the -- >> we are the first to come here, apparently, so -- >> because for us to move back in here, because it's called plaque water. >> yeah, yeah. >> there is no type of moving back in there. >> yeah. right. >> fema's first visit to florida comes nine days after the storm. >> we've said this is the first many visits. fema support going to forget about this community. fema support going to forget about the needs that they h...

Punch of irma followed by maria, and what irma didn't destroy, maria essentially drowned. and it's really difficult to overstate just how broken people felt after the second storm. and the shock is still really rippling through. it's not just the physical devastation, which, as you can see, is tremendous. it's the emotional toll it's taken on people. someone told me, for example, when the wind employees at night and the shudders on his house shake, he still gets frightens because it was so traumatic having to go through the two monster storms. >> just looking at some astounding video jeremy sh...