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gulf, right back down into floor. on the opposite end of things on the ridge. we get back into the plains right on up into the northeast. we have record highs and we broke some of them yesterday. 65 possible records this week from the midwest back on into the northeast. look at the numbers here. temperatures well above where they should be tend almost 15 degrees above whether they're normal isn't in some cases, 20 85 degrees and philadelphia on friday. 70 that's when the front starts to move through. as we roll into the weekend, kim alright. appreciate brightly, ritz. thanks so much i want to bring in douglas strong. he's the owner of a commercial cleaning service in fort lauderdale. so first of all, thanks so much for being here with us. just just, you know, how are how's your situation right now? the rains have finally tapered down a bit just for the past eight hours. i've never seen rain like this, and i came from northern california, where it used to
canada and all around the world. i'm kim bruun hoover. we begin with breaking news with what some call a once in a half century extreme weather happening right now in florida as we speak up to 20 inches of rain has fallen in parts of south florida in the past few hours with more in the forecast. well, that led to a flash flood emergency, the highest possible level of flood warning. so what you see here is the ford lauderdale hollywood international airport, which is partly underwater and closed until at least noon on thursday , the city of fort lauderdale has activated its emergency operations center and plans to issue a local state of emergency. officials also say airboats and high water vehicles will join rescue operations in the coming hours. for the latest, we go to meteorologist separately, ritz here in atlanta, who's keeping an eye on all of this? obviously relief folks in florida used to storms , but you know what we're seeing now so unusual. take us through what they're seeing and what they can expect. thankfully things have tamed down a bit
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you know, we just came out with our first quarter results — we beat on all measures. there has been an influx of luxury hotel brands four seasons, ritz—carlton getting into the game. do you see that as being a threat or do you welcome that kind of new competition? 0h, me personally, on behalf of carnival corporation, i welcome it. i welcome it for two reasons. number one is one of the biggest things, the hurdles we have to get over is attracting newcomers — attracting people who have never cruised before. we're a very small piece of the holiday market. if you think about all of the hotel rooms in the world, if you put them into a pot and you put in all the cruise cabins in the world, we'd be less than 3%. we're tiny. and so getting our voice heard with populations that have never cruised is difficult, something we work on all the time. if you get named brands that people recognise, like a four seasons or a ritz and they give that stamp of approval to cruising, all of a sudden, that opens up more doors for us.
ritz and they give that stamp of approval to cruising, all of a sudden it opens up more doors for all of us. a sudden it opens up more doors for all of us— for all of us. there is so much potential _ for all of us. there is so much potential there _ for all of us. there is so much potential there that _ for all of us. there is so much potential there that there i for all of us. there is so much potential there that there is i potential there that there is room for all of you. interesting. it was reported that you shared 2a ships during the pandemic and you have more ships on order but you have a low order book, the lowest in decades. as demand falling? can you explain to us why that has happened or is this about some of the debt that you took on during the pandemic? how did you make that decision? really what we did — you make that decision? really what we did was _ you make that decision? really what we did was afflict - what we did was afflict transformation. we actually sold out 26 ships in total over the last three years and even though our capacity grew for 2023 -- though our capacity grew for 2023 —— our capacity growth for 2023 —— our capacity growth for 2023 versus 2014 is only 3.4%. actually new ships delivered in that time period make up 25% of our fleet. ., , ., , that time period make up 25% of our fleet. . , ., , ., ., our fleet. have you been on a cruise? i _ our fleet. have you been on a cruise? i would _ our fleet. have you been on a cruise? i would love - our fleet. have you been on a cruise? i would love to i our fleet. have you been on a cruise? i would love to know, j our fleet. have you been on a| cruise? i would love to know, i haven't done it yet. i would love to know what you think, i'm all is so do get in touch.
and i think we've made a good start. and your results? our results are good. you know, we just came out with our first quarter results — we beat on all measures. there has been an influx of luxury hotel brands — four seasons, ritz—carlton getting into the game. do you see that as being a threat or do you welcome that kind of new competition? 0h, me personally, on behalf of carnival corporation, i welcome it. i welcome it for two reasons. number one is one of the biggest things, the hurdles we have to get over is attracting newcomers — attracting people who have never cruised before. we're a very small piece of the holiday market. if you think about all of the hotel rooms in the world, if you put them into a pot and you put in all the cruise cabins in the world, we'd be less than 3%. we're tiny. and so getting our voice heard with populations that have never cruised is difficult, something we work on all the time. if you get named brands that people recognise, like a four seasons or a ritz, and they give that stamp of approval
subpoenaed. that story coming up, the founder of cash app found dead in california. now police racing to find the person responsible. plus another day of severe weather across the u. s. it is not over yet. the ritz is monitoring all of this from the weather center. what's going on brightly. strong to severe storms are once again possible. we'll talk about where we can find them. and the timing here in just a few minutes. compared with other choose one perfecto chchew protects from fleas and ticks foror 12 weeks, nearly the times longeger used witith cautn and dogs with h the history of seizures or neurological disorders. protection that lasts longer. bravo bravo, ecto! brav hi i'm lauren. i lost £67.12 months on, go low, go low and the release has been phenomenal in my life, it's all natural. it's not something that gives you the jitters. it makes you go through your days with energy and you're not tired anymore and