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thanks very much, matt bradley for us in tallahassee. hundreds of thousands of people fled port saint joe and other parts of the florida panhandle ahead of hurricane michael. once the storm has passed many of them are going to try and return along with thousands of relief workers and volunteers and they re going to need a place to stay. airbnb is trying to help them out. the online hosting service has activated its open homes program where hosts in certain regions can let displaced residents, relief workers and volunteers stay in their homes free of charge. it did the same when hurricane florence hit the carolinas last month. joining me to talk about this is kim ruby, global head of social impact and philanthropy at airbnb. kim, how does this work? it s really simple and straight forward. you can simply go to airbnb.com/hurricanemichael. if you need a place to stay, you click that you need shelter. if you have extra space, you click i want to host, and it s just like signing up to ....

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