the homeowner s policy will cover somebody things but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding we have in our state. we are sensitive to that obviously going to be some folks that are in need of support and relief we will work as best we can i will say people have been asking about some of the overall homeowner s insurance with like citizens. citizens, i think right now they are between 6 and 700 billion of surplus. modeling in terms of paying out a lot of money in claims still have 4 and 5 billion in surplus. they view themselves as being able to weather this. individual carriers they have to go through a stress test to have policies approved. this year they had tested under a direct impact on tampa bay and what would happen they have policy and reinsurance and wrap program and cap fund. citizens feel strongly they will be able to handle this and still have pretty significant reserves. okay. thanks s
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emergency declared in just the state of florida alone. the targets on is north of where i m standing in tampa to the area of tallahassee just east of it. that is the capital of the state of florida. that is ready i have the storm is projected to pass through, somewhere in that area. but here there is still a hurricane warning because of the potential for rising water. with the rain we had here we had a lot of debris up to wash up here. the registry steps away from the bay. those are homes behind me to the right. that obviously takes away their ability to leave during the storm. on the other side of the waterway, that is tampa general hospital, one of the main hospitals in the city. rising water, if it gets high enough, could potentially threaten access to the facility. all that you see here is in a mandatory evacuation zone and authorities here, since we arrived yesterday, have been really hammering home the message that rising water kills. you need to evacuate if you are in a low lyin
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then more susceptible to flash flooding because there s no vegetation that can sort of, absorb the water and this is the cumulative impact, but human life, number one, stay put. while state emergencies officials are undering kl calans to not underestimate the concern e sleshlly it s been downgraded to first a cat gory 4 and now to tropical storm status, but still, a very potentially dangerous and people might feel i feel more confident about things that it has been downgraded. that s exactly right. and water kills and the things in water kills. flash floods, if anyone s ever seen them or experienced them, they come quickly without much notice. if you re inside we re going to be safer if you re elevated and that s better and the second is of course, even if the waters pass and there is a foot or
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