Don't just focus on the eye of the hurricane.
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We want to make sure everyone in the Florida Keys understands the seriousness of the situation. We will likely have a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and we'll have to deal with it whether we like it or not.
We had well over a thousand lives lost in Katrina. If Wilma, you know, comes into the US, to the Florida coast as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, that potential for large loss of life is with us.
We like to tell people, 'Flee the water and hide from the wind,' ... We need to make sure the whole population knows that you can go tens of miles instead of hundreds of miles.
Everything we see says (the season) is going to remain very active.
There's no scenario now that takes it toward Louisiana or Mississippi, but that could change.
By the time this gets here, I could be retired.
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