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This point. but i was present at an engineers conference, in orlando, and i had the original plans, the inspection reports and different pictures and we all got together i'm talking about structural engineers with 20, 30 years of experience and we're all scratching our heads but this is the kind of scenarios that we were looking at and coming up with all sorts of theories. but at the end of the day it's the experts that are there in the field trying to piece together this extremely complex puzzle that we'll have to wait and see if and when we can get some more light on the actual origins. >> g...

Order. cnn's bill wear in key lar go. >> people have stayed. tens of thousands, about 75,000 people call the keys home. conservative estimate a half to two thirds sort of honored that order and gotten out of here but some you aare hunkering down. irma's so much bigger. i'm hearing from it brave hurricane partiers we were with last night. they're getting out as well. the one guy who knows this sort of thing very well, don anderson, that came south -- you were here for wilma? >> yeah. i didn't stick for andrew. >> you didn't stick for andrew. what is it about this one that has you leaving town. ...

Stay. that plan better be in being in higher ground in this area. after andrew, building codes were changed. in south florida. we are told constantly the bill buildings here are a lot stronger. one thing is people should know is not every building was built after andrew. >> lot of the buildings were pre andrew but i will tell you the south florida folks got it right. changed the building codes. so new homes are built in a new hurricane code. when you retrofitted it there's a possibility to bring it up to standard. we had 48,000 homes here in florida that were retrofitted by money after '04 and...

You can see, it's a metal tie. >> reporter: construction cranes, and extra steel added, the hoist allowed to swing free like a weather vein. >> this is open to the bay. >> reporter: so the standards today are as meticulous as they can be? >> absolutely. >> reporter: much different than what? >> different than pre-andrew. >> reporter: not since hurricane andrew in 1992 has south florida prepared for such a potentially destructive storm. tall buildings like the 62 story, 1,000 museum, far different in design and engineering than single family homes. the windows alone over an inch thick. >> this ...

>> i have a plan b? >> i may last minute if it's going to be a 4 or 5. but if it stays below that i'm stick tg out. >> does it worry you if you do get trapped emergency officials can't get to you because you're not alone. i heard a ton of people here saying they're sticking this out. they've lived through hurricane andrew and they're going to stick it out. does it worry you this would be the one? >> it does but i'm pretty confident i'm watching the weather and news and keeping track with the storm. if it's looks like it's going to be a 3 or below by the time it gets to the island -- i'm worrie...