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They flocked in to experience hurricane irma despite the incredible risks to their lives. storm chaser reed timmer is one of them. he experienced irma during his florida keys visit. he joins us now via skype on daytona beach. we were there when the i came ashore, what is your most vivid memory of the storm? >> my most vivid memory was probably when the search first came in and key west and inundated most of the island. you could just see the ocean coming over that monument, the southernmost monument, about 90 miles to the southwest of hurricane irma. as we went to the east we saw the damage an...

Taking a direct hit on tampa would be catastrophic. hundreds of thousands of people displaced and billions of dollars in damage. this did not rise to that level. >> reporter: it really didn't. the fearful thing about that is just the way that tampa bay has formed and all the connecting bodies of water, once that water rushed into there, it just doesn't have anywhere to go but to flood the low-lying areas and pushed into the tributaries and canals. what was especially terrifying, if you will, a harbinger, a very interesting harbinger, that moment -- that time, the period of time when all of the...

Storm. a lot of power saw accidents, chainsaw accidents often occur. emergency rooms get a number of cases after a storm like this. you can hear the chainsaws going now. people are trying to get the trees off the roofs and out of their yards. >> jon: that the natural human inspiration. you think okay i can leave the shelter and go back home now and again, as you say, this is a pretty dangerous time to head out even though the storm has long passed. >> reporter: it is. this was a quick one for the people of florida but they had a lot of headaches and heartaches really before it actually had. i ...

Of hurricane irma but the city is still faced with a huge laundry list of issues in the storm's wake. mike tobin joins us now from tampa. mike. >> reporter: jon, the way one police officer reported to me in the early morning hours as the storm had evaded this town, at this time got lucky. now they're trying to get back to normal. we watched as the boards came down from the windows in the stores opened up. the damage out here not as expensive as was. but the damage really came into forms, or exist in two forms i should say. there was flooding. to the west of here is lakeland, florida, there we ...

Predictions that we could see a storm surge in the naples area of anywhere from 10-15 feet. that did not happen. after the eye of the storm passed through naples on sunday afternoon the back end of the storm was weaker than expected so we didn't push that water a short that people were afraid of. we didn't see the sudden rise of 10-15 feet. people were afraid that would be life-threatening, it did not come to pass. overall while there is a lot of physical destruction, a lot of downed trees, no loss of lives storm related in the naples area. >> jon: what about getting people back to their homes...