1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: International Correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of mind 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: for New Zealand business and joining me out out of 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: the US is Charles Fieldman. Good afternoon in Charles. 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: Good afternoon in Francesca. 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Tell me about the clean up it is on in Florida, 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: of course after Hurricane Milton. 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, as we just heard. Fortunately it wasn't 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: as dire situation as a lot of the folks that 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: were looking at this before it struck Florida were predicting. 10 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: And that's a good thing. But having said that, it 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: did cause quite a mess as it sort of marched through, 12 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: you know, that part of Florida near the Gulf coast. 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: Most of the damage was because of flooding, although there 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: was an expected surge in the Tampa Bay area that 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: did not happen. Fortunately that would have been absolutely catastrophic. 16 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: But there were nonetheless flooding in some other areas as 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: the hurricane diminished strength. But again, you know, moved through 18 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 2: Florida and eventually exited at the Atlantic Ocean. There were 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: some deaths reported, unfortunately not as many as initially feared, 20 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: and interestingly, most of them on the east coast of Florida, 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: and because of tornadoes, tornadoes that were formed as the 22 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: hurricane was actually approaching the west coast of Florida. So 23 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: that is what ended up happening. The governor of Florida 24 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: has said, you know that it is not as bad 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 2: a situation as they hope, but nonetheless it is going 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: to take quite some time to get homes rebuilt, to 27 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: get the water, you know, back to normal levels. Some 28 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: three million plus residents that should point out in that 29 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: state are still without electrical power because electric lines, of course, 30 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: were knocked down by either the winds or because of 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: the floods. 32 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: Charles Biden has lashed out at Trump's response to hurricanes. 33 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: Yes, he has, I mean former President Trump has been 34 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 2: saying untruthfully. I should add that FEMA money. FEMA is 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 2: the federal agency here that basically supplies the personnel and 36 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: the money to help people in catastrophic situations like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: that sort of thing. Trump has been claiming that money 38 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: that should have gone to help people from this hurricane 39 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 2: Milton and the one that struck that area only a 40 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: couple of weeks back, lean that that money had been 41 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: diverted and it was being given to illegal immigrants. None 42 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: of that is true, by the way, And in fact, 43 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: there is money that's given to people who are immigrants 44 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: coming into the US, but it's a totally different pool 45 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 2: of money, so it has nothing to do with the 46 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: pot that's available to help people citizens when they have 47 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: catastrophic occurrences. So to sort of counter these untruths that 48 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: mister Trump has been saying at his campaign rallies, yeah, 49 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 2: Biden has said that that kind of talk is not helpful, 50 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: that it's patriotic, and at one point, I believe said 51 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: of Trump that he should get a life child. 52 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Some good news in Colorado, where there's been this terrible 53 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: accident at a former gold mine that is now a 54 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: tourist attraction. 55 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, there were twelve people who were just actually within 56 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: the past hour or so, rescued from that elevator. And 57 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: you're right, a lot of people may be baffled by 58 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: why people would be in an elevator one thousand feet 59 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 2: beneath the surface of the earth, and the reason is 60 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: that Colorado, the state of Colorado, is dotted with these 61 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 2: abandoned gold mines, most of which were founded back in 62 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: the eighteen hundreds. Well, of course, now, what do you 63 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: do with an abandoned gold mine. Well, you turned into 64 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: tourist attraction, and this was one of them. People go 65 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: for a one hour tour. Something happened to that elevator. 66 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: It is still unclear what exactly the nature of that 67 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: incident was, except that for several hours, about twelve people 68 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: were trapped. One person unfortunately died as a result of 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 2: this incident. But as you correctly point out, now everybody 70 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: is back on the surface, and my understanding is that 71 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: we're given a reward, if you want to call it, 72 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: that of pizza. 73 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: Just what you want to have to be trapped underground exactly? 74 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 2: You want a pizza. 75 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Charles. Really nice to talk to you. 76 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: That was our UIs correspondent. For more from hither Duplassy 77 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: Allen Drive, listen live to news talks it'd be from 78 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.