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That likelihood is going up. is that the case? is this related in any way? >> just to be clear, what we are seeing this week is not of the magnitude of the kind of extreme scenarios we looked at in our research this past summer. but that said, there are some parallels. this idea that the big risk to california, when it comes to flooding, really comes from the cumulative effect of multiple storms, one after the other, that saturate the soil and bring further heavy precipitation over days and weeks. so in that sense, this is a similar setup. and we have seen some places in this storm sequence, s...

Of these sorts of extreme events is increasing and that the climate change we have seen so far has probably doubled the likelihood of an extreme flood and storm sequence in california. so this really is an important consideration moving forward in a place that has seen at least recently more drought and water scarcity than flood to be circumspect and thinking about the other side of that hydrologic coin as well. >> that's a very important warning. the extreme flooding and infrastructure unable to handle this kind of extreme weather, what should local jurisdictions and states be doing to prepar...

>> bill: welcome back to tampa, florida. we're waiting for the sunshine state attorney pam bondi to speak. shepard smith covering hurricane isaac in new orleans. have you been there from the beginning. what's the most interesting thing you saw in this storm sequence. >> the rain. man, o'reilly, i have been covering hurricanes for 25 years. i have never seen one just sit and spin and spit on people for this lock. it was unbelievable and still is raining solid south of us in plaquemines parish 24 hours. another 18 hours to government home after home flooded. hundreds of people stayed behind. som...