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And dealing with the dry brush and tree limbs and what's on the ground, from your experience is this an issue with forest management or is the climate change and as you mentioned the drought and the high winds, is it because you just haven't had a lot of rain for so long and this stuff is like kindling? >> well, when we are talking about southern california it's not a forest management issue because we are really this is not a forested area. the comments with the president was -- was giving out last week with regard to forest management were really pursuant to forested areas, we are talking ab...

City, florida, and he joins us now on the telephone. senator nelson, thank you for taking the time. i know you have a lot on your plate. as senator, you have seen a lot of hurricanes come through florida. tell us what you're seeing there now and how this compares. >> i'm in a location just outside of downtown. i'm looking at live oak trees that are nothing but sticks. i have seen pine forests that are nothing but snapped in two. pine trunks, debris everywhere. obviously, this is bad, but this, what i'm looking at, these bare oak trees right now, is on the other side of the worst side of the st...

Solid surface. and we're near the exit of the crawl space, so we could get out if we wanted to very quickly. >> right. well, i'm so sorry about the oak trees. i know, you know, it's such -- when you love trees like that, it's just awful to see, but loretta and martin, i'm glad you both are safe. and martin, again, kudos for the vacuuming and the blankets and whatever alcohol you brought down as well. i wish you both the best. hope you're able to come out quickly. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> you take care. >> joining us, a busy man, andrew gillum, mayor of...

And branches and things coming through your roof, it becomes very good idea to sit under a solid surface. and we're near the exit of the crawl space, so we could get out if we wanted to very quickly. >> right. well, i'm so sorry about the oak trees. i know, you know, it's such -- when you love trees like that, it's awful to see, but loretta and martin, i'm glad you both are safe. and martin, again, kudos for the vacuuming and the blankets and whatever alcohol you brought down as well. i wish you both the best. hope you're able to come out quickly. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate it. >> tha...

It's just, you'll see beams and it's probably, i don't know, two feet high. we keep bumping our heads. there's cables. wires. i don't know how much you can see. but it's a cinderblock house. it was built in 1956. those type houses, i'm a native floridian, they are sturdy. they hold up to just about anything. so we're safe. we're fine. >> when the storm came, i mean, did you -- did you hear the house, you know, creaking or shifting or moving? i imagine being underneath the house could be scary if you hear that kind of stuff. >> no, what made us get under here quickly is large limbs beginning to...