under the south florida building code, you have to either have that impact glass or you have to have shutters. there s no choice there, that s why people choose to put the impact glass, because sometimes people say they don t have the time or energy to climb up two or three stories to put up shutters. but don t be fooled here, it is really quite scary to be inside a house while a hurricane is coming, with windows. because you re looking out. now, this will be a nighttime event and a tomorrow morning event, but you re looking out and you see things flying around, coconuts become missiles. and if you re outside, that coconut, if it s a missile, it could hit you in the head and kill you. bottom line is, most people, not all, most people heeded the warnings and the pleas and the mandatory evacuations and left. but unfortunately, according to the governor and so many local officials, there are so many more who decided to stay put. kerry sanders in vero beach. you re about to evacuate. i h
it was in 1960 when hurricane donna came through that the pier was taken out. my grandmother who lived right up the road used to have me over to tell me stories about surviving hurricane donna and now people are thinking about surviving irma. the ability of people to survive is better but also the amount of development is so much more than from the 1960s. you can see the homes that are right here, as you look at some of the homes you might be confused because these arings mas and say to yourself, well, i see some shutters down, but in some cases i don t see any shutters. why? that is because the homes have what are called impact glass and it s like bulletproof glass. because when the storm picks up and when we start seeing 130 or maybe even greater winds here, the trees that you had up here, you can see they ve all been sort of trimmed back. the coconuts can coconuts go airborne and if it hits a window it can take it out, but the impact glass is designed to