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then the planet stops warming up and these impacts stop getting worse. and so, we have to stop digging the whole. we are in a hole, we have to stop digging. we have to, of course, take that steps to ensure that the most resilience in increasing our adaptive capacity building, sea walls, are appropriate moving way from the coastlines, not building in flood-prone regions. there are things we can try to do to minimize our exposure, but there is no amount of adaptation or resilience that will allow us to deal with the worsening impacts if we let this problem get worse, if we continue to burn fossil fuels and warm up the, planet and raise sea levels that is a cycle that we have to get out of, we have to get out of it as quickly as possible. and unfortunately, so many of these lax zoning laws in
actually downgraded by fema for our profile. that means, the investments that we have been making, whether it s increasing sea walls or pumps, pump stations, whether it s outflow, or back flow preventers, which prevent water from flowing back into the city. all of those measures that we have taken have actually reduced our risk profile, and fema as wrist reduced our risk prove profile, which is saving residents money on flood insurance policies. i don t think it s anything that anybody could ve predicted a thinking that we are last risky according to fema, but it does mean if you are conscientious and you do make investments, you can lower the profile of risk for your community and reduce costs. thought for risk management. always a good idea. mayor frances soares thank you. we are sending our best to everyone across the state of florida. stay with msnbc for continued coverage of this powerful hurricane and as it heads towards the florida coast.