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Speaker 1: So it was Milton, the storm of the century. If

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Speaker 1: you didn't leave Tampa, would you die? Was it as

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Speaker 1: bad as they said it would be in Tampa? Diavi

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Speaker 1: lospect whether us Dave morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Hi, they're good morning. Yeah, you know, the it depends

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Speaker 2: on where you live. If you would live on and

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Speaker 2: we are just of course, south of Tampa Fort Myers,

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Speaker 2: that area of Florida, if you would have been on

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Speaker 2: one of the Barrier islands, chances are you would not

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Speaker 2: have survived. And it's still unknown whether everyone even evacuated

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Speaker 2: all of the Barrier islands. Some of them they haven't

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Speaker 2: even gotten into yet. So you know, a lot of

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Speaker 2: the damage remains to be seen, but we are seeing

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Speaker 2: a lot of it. We've had helicopters up, we've had

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Speaker 2: our drones up, and there is a lot of coastal damage.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking to businesses who say they can't do

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Speaker 2: this anymore. So it really, I guess, depends on just

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Speaker 2: where you are.

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Speaker 1: It's one of the great questions I didn't ask yesterday

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Speaker 1: because I didn't want to see them insensitive. But Florida,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is not new for you guys. Why

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Speaker 1: do people live in Florida. Does the sun and the

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Speaker 1: margaritas outweigh the occasional you know, Helene, come Milton.

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Speaker 2: Well, okay, I can tell you. I grew up in

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Speaker 2: the north part of the United States, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 2: so I was used to blizzards. I moved here because

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Speaker 2: I was tired of the cold weather. And I think

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Speaker 2: many people migrate from the North to the South because

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Speaker 2: they're tired of the cold weather and the blizzards. And

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Speaker 2: then you get down here and you start dealing with hurricanes,

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Speaker 2: and it's a whole different beast. And again, I'm talking

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Speaker 2: to people and I'm seeing posts on social media from

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Speaker 2: people who say they may just be done with Florida now.

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Speaker 2: The storms, it seems, have gotten worse, They've gotten more,

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Speaker 2: they're more happening more often. So, I mean, we do

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Speaker 2: live here for the sunshine in the warm weather year round,

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Speaker 2: but there's a price to be paid for living in,

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Speaker 2: you know, in paradise.

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Speaker 1: And I take it it's way too early to get

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Speaker 1: a number on damage and the power and all of

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Speaker 1: that sort of stuff. You're still just starting to mop up.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you know, I think God had minimal damage at

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Speaker 2: my home. I was without power. They got that restored.

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Speaker 2: The one good thing I will say is they were

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Speaker 2: prepared for this. I believe both the federal and state

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Speaker 2: government were very well prepared for this. You know, they

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Speaker 2: had electrical crews from around the country here set up

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Speaker 2: and ready to go the minute it was safe to

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Speaker 2: get out there. I was without power all night, but

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Speaker 2: it was restored this morning, and I was thankful. And

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Speaker 2: hurricane in I was without power for a week.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well go, well, we've appreciated you coverage over

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Speaker 1: the last couple of days. Diable Laws, who is a

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay based reporter. I was watching Anderson Cooper God

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Speaker 1: bless and went into the middle of it yesterday and

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Speaker 1: at the start of it, about one o'clock, I can't remember,

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Speaker 1: I was in and out. At the start of it,

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Speaker 1: he looked like he was going to drown, and yet remarkably,

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Speaker 1: an hour and a half later, not only wasn't he drowned,

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Speaker 1: his hair had dried. And I thought, that's a weird

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Speaker 1: old business. And then a reporter was holding up a

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Speaker 1: fan blade that had fallen off a ceiling, and I thought,

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Speaker 1: if you're holding up a fan blade, it's probably not

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Speaker 1: the worst thing Florida has ever seen for Villa. For

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