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Often weaker but can still cause considerable damage. 10 to 15 inches of rain, a foot of rain in 24 hours, this is not the same as harvey. remember, harvey stalled. it took a long time to move on. this storm is going to move quickly but no one wants to see a foot of rain anywhere that they live. right? >> absolutely and no matter how quickly this storm moving it's not going to move quick enough for the people living here. you know, what you see across the city when you come to miami are so mf otany of the cranes. joining me now is dan whiteman, vice chairman of coastal construction that began ...

These tower cranes. if a crew that specializes in setting up and lowering these power cranes is available. there is no time to be able to bring down one of these tower cranes. >> so what do they do? just spin around in the wind? >> they spin around and they're basically unpowered. and they go in circles just like a wind bine. but during hurricane wilma and katrina that we had here in south florida, they did very well. there was no power crane that collapsed. but the issue -- we made a statement about these because of the strength of hurricane irma. >> well, maurice pons, thank you very much. t...

But the hurricane has winds in excess of 175 and gusts of over 200. that these power cranes have never been or in this type of a hurricane or scenario before. so our concern is the tower cranes adjacent to other high-rise towers, that the residents, one, most of the high-rise towers being built right now uare in evacuation zones. but for those residents who would want to stay in those buildings, theyshouldseek shelter in lower parts of the building. >> so many people say that to move the cranes. why is that not an option? >> the option -- the problem is when you have a buildings that are 400 ...

Than the earthquake waves. it would give a few precious seconds, up to a minute warning. this system is being tested in the bay area and during the napa quake it gave a ten-second warning. >> slowing and stopping trains. that's a pretty obvious one. in port areas, container onloading and offloading may be another way to make things safer. and construction sites. tower cranes could be put into a safe position. >> reporter: it would take hundreds of reporting stations spread out to monitor all earthquakes. >> this gives us a chance to get out ahead of the curve. do something before the big earth...

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