but we don t encourage people to come back and stay. we know people want to come in and see if there s anything they can secure or salvage if their home s been damaged. so that s part of why we allowed them to come in this morning. people can t stay in shelters or with friends and family indefinitely. how long is it going to take for the hardest-hit areas to be inhabitable again? that s a tough question to answer right now. the hardest-hit areas are from about cudjoe key to marathon. marathon city manager this morning said as they were getting into the actual neighborhoods and clearing the streets in the neighborhoods, they found that the damage was not as bad as they had originally assessed. the original assessment. but that does not mean it s not still intense. and it s probably if our experience from wilma is any indication, it s really going to be on almost a house-by-house basis. depends on the age of the home and how it was built.