journalism business do you want to be wrong the way you want to be wrong in a situation like this. i hope the models are wrong. i hope it blows farther west. it's going to be someone's problem wherever it goes. but if it's accurate, you can only prepare for so much. so for all the pressers and all the detail, once it hits, there are going to be problems that are unforeseen and can't be managed. >> the way i looked at it when i ran emergency management, you've got a power curve. you'll be hee hind the power curve when the storm hits. the question is how long does it take you to catch up? how long does it take you to get ahead of that power curve? are you always trying to catch up or can you get ahead? here in florida, i know our history has been we can get ahead pretty quickly. andrews was our lesson. it spanked us and taught us we weren't prepared, weren't ready. since then we've done everything we can in the local level and state level to be prepared. you see now brock long, a former alabama state director is the head of fema. he's not some political appointee. he is a man who has done this. >> he knows the job.