Cnn s continuing coverage of hurricane irma. sayings, expressions exist for a reason. learn from the past, otherwise are you doomed to repeat it. that applies very acutely to what we re dealing with now. we have to look at where the storm has been. that s how we ll know what it could do where it goes next. that takes us to cuba, cnn is there. patrick oppmann is about a couple hundred miles east of the capital of havana in a place that boris sanchez tells me i pronounce it kai barien. tell us where you are and tell us what you ve seen. yeah, weather conditions just continue to deteriorate here. even though we re heading off the cuban coast towards florida. solt some of the most powerful swells, the whole storm blows behind you, every which way, my cameraman scott mckinney is in a closet now and the house that