kelly: such a massive hurricane like irma, everything, i mean everything is at risk including to miami. so how were the animals protected during these times of weather events? we are on the phone now by the communications directors sue miami, ron mcgill. thanks for joining us at this hour. this is a pretty important deal because a lot of times when we see situations like this, we think about making sure that human life is taking care of. as you ve learned through hurricane andrew, why life needs to be taking care of as well. tell me about that. absolutely. the animals at the zoo. i ve been here for 38 years. we learned a lot back then.
it looks like miami is escaping the brunt of it and that is a good thing for miami s zoo. i ll tell you it really is. having been someone who went through andrew, there s no way to explain to you the kind of power the storm had. i said i hope that and then we reached irma. it was almost twice the size. is that this is going to be amazing. we are worried for her neighbors. kelly: that s a very good point. people forget about the theme parks that have animals like busch gardens. thanks again for sharing us how you protect the animals had to miami and not to say you are concerned about people at busch gardens in other places. thanks, ron. thank you. patti: delays from an that hurricane center and our own adam klotz at irma is making a move to the west and will be strengthening as it does.
welcome back to our continuing coverage of hurricane irma. it s been a long day. i ve been out here for about five hours. there s so many things to consider for law enforcement for emergency personnel when dealing and preparing for a hurricane, particularly of this size. and we ve talked about people who have medical needs, even prescription drugs their access to that if the power goes out, if businesses are shut down. there s a lot to think about and people are bringing their pets to shelters, which is a big change since hurricane katrina, people evacuating and not allowed to bring their pets. we wanted to along into the zoos here in florida and what they do with their animals. ron mcgill is with zoo miami,
you can see as we bring the camera over here, they re going to shelter in place. tell me first of all, it s a little skittish to move them. absolutely. we re taking the flamingos off their normal exhibit. we re putting them in their own structure so we ll be able to protect them through the storm. this is an ongoing effort. it s one of the few animals that we move within zoo grounds but it is important to protect them. there, my colleague kerry sanders as they were moving the flamingos to more safe structures. it was back in 1992 when hurricane andrew hit the city. that same zoo found a very unusual place to house their more than 30 flamingos then. it was the men s bathroom where the birds are going to be riding out the storm this time in the same spot. we re going to find out because ron mcgill is joining us now, communications director at zoo miami.
hurricanes you don t evacuate because of wind, you evacuate because of storm surge and flooding. i appreciate all your efforts and we ll want to check in with you at the end of this just to make sure everything ends up already. thanks so much ron. we ll take another short break and our coverage continues. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don t get too comfortable. we re talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won t rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. (woman) there s a moment of truth.etes, and now with victoza®, a better moment of proof.