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Officials. our number one priority is getting checks into the hands of policyholders so families can begin rebuilding their homes, getting cars back on the road and businesses open again. >> jon: that brings economic activity in and of itself. that's one of the silver linings of a storm like this, all those people who have lost property and had their cars flooded out will be running down to their neighborhood dealership or their neighborhood a super store to buy the supplies they need to fix things up. >> projections are at is going to have a short-term impact on gdp, we can expect to see that...

The department of defense is really committed to being in there, you will see a full court press. no one can respond with the communication, the energy, and the abilities that the department of defense brings. >> melissa: there was a discussion recently about having someone on hand to improve new permits quickly so folks can get going with the rebuilding effort, what's your opinion of something like that? >> i absolutely think anything you can do to expedite the process will be great. whether you are a government entity at any level, a private corporation, a utility or even a private citizen y...

Are not something that are going to have a net positive impact on the u.s. economy. >> jon: but about the refinery capacity in the wake of harvey in particular? gas prices spike after that. >> it's going to take a while for the all those refineries to get back up to full speed, this is one of the great concerns we had right after 9/11. when you looked at 30% of all u.s. refining capacity is in houston, we were worried about what would happen if that refining capacity was taken out. now we can begin to see when that refining capacity is disrupted, at the it has on supply as well as prices. this...

Show. this is your second storm and as many weeks. and you are just getting pummeled, you are without sleep, and to bring us those images so that people in the region know exactly what they are dealing with. how dangerous it is. so the rest of us can see the after effects and people in the storms harvey and irma in our hearts, thoughts, and prayers. thank you so much. >> for sure, kennedy, you got it. >> kennedy: taking it to the couch right now. many of you have personal history and experience in florida. abby, you have lived there. have you talked to some your family members there? have you ...

Get a sustained gust that's in between those two. and as that moves back and forth, the sustained winds and the sustained gusts, that's where you get kind of that differential where if things have a weakened point, let's say a roof, say an air conditioning unit that's tied to a building, it starts bringing it up and down, starts working on it, those sustaineds winds and those long sustained gusts will work back and forth and can loosen it. >> a little lit like for fighting metaphoric jab, jab, cross, like the one-two punch. >> absolutely. that's what we concern ourselves with and that's why th...