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Pleased. very pleased and relieved. >> tell me about the damage you've been able to see, the assessment. do you have power? what's going on? >> it's hit or miss on the power. actually, a lot more places have it than i thought would. there's mostly downed trees, obviously your downed branches. minor structural damage to soffits and pool cages. obviously, we have 122 square miles so i haven't been able to see all of it. and it's still night. there is flooding and the roads are -- that's where most of it is. the water is in the roads. >> i'm told cape coral has more canals than anyplace else in t...

Tighter and came up through the gulf and into the harbor. so with irma, we've had days and days and days where we were in the cone of uncertainty. so we were preparing and doing as much as we could in all of that time to get ourselves prepared for whatever path she may take. >> so how much damage is there? how many have you been able to assess at this point about what happened in your community? >> with charlie, i can tell you total houses were lost. roofs were blown off. pool cages were gone. boats were thrown off of their lifts. and from my vantage point at my house, i don't see any of that....

It should be relatively calm compared to what you had earlier. >> thanks for having me. surprisingly it hasn't been as bad as we expected. we were thinking this would be awful. we get the dirty side of it and we have been so fortunate that we have had strong winds and getting strong winds. our bays have receded. manatees have been beached. trees are coming down. pool cages are starting to collapse but nothing so catastrophic that we were prepared for. i was so thrilled and pleased with our town. we are known for the barrier islands. this is the first time. i am 41. i was born here. i grew up h...