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<v Speaker 1>Bill Cunningham, the Great American. Welcome this Wednesday afternoon the

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<v Speaker 1>Tri State. Great weather here, but terrible weather in southwest

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<v Speaker 1>Florida and more. And you've heard all the weather reports.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm obsessing over it because of the greatness of iHeartMedia

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<v Speaker 1>and Tony Bender. They've built out for me a wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>studio in southwest Florida, so I can do a few

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<v Speaker 1>shows from down there, especially on Sunday night. But nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a panic mode going on because there's some fatigue

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<v Speaker 1>setting and I'm ready to panic. Bill ver Dunk is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the top one or two real estate agents,

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<v Speaker 1>and call your county, also Lee County. He's headquartered right

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<v Speaker 1>there in Naples, Florida. Bill ver Dunk, Welcome again to

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<v Speaker 1>the Bill Cunningham Show. I know your wife is deep

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<v Speaker 1>connections to the Tri State coming from northern Kentucky. But

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell the American people this Wednesday afternoon, what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening now in Naples, Florida, what's happening in Lee County,

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening in Sarasota, what's happening on Cedar Key, what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening everywhere in southwest Florida. Give us a full report.

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<v Speaker 2>Full report. Is everyone's been prepping for this since Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>There's been more prep than I've ever seen for hurricanes.

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<v Speaker 2>People are stand bag hurricane shuttered, they are moving furniture,

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<v Speaker 2>they're putting everything on blocks. There's been a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>prep for this storm. So it could be a big one.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, nobody's taking anything lately here right now.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as what happened with Helene, there was a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of an effect, but I watched Fox New, CNN,

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<v Speaker 1>the weather channels. People are going nuts. There's entire communities

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<v Speaker 1>in the Sarasota area. Theater key wiped out completely, and

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<v Speaker 1>now here two three weeks later a similar events taking

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<v Speaker 1>place that might be worse. Is there a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>hurricane fatigue happening in southwest Florida?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's the price of paradise down here, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be down here. Hurricanes have been happening

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<v Speaker 2>for thousands of years. I mean, you're not stopping them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to keep coming. You know, if you live

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<v Speaker 2>on the world and you prepared and prepared and you're

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<v Speaker 2>in a flood zone, I mean I have customers calling me, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>if we get through this, I'm going to think about

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<v Speaker 2>selling and moving a little bit inland, you know. But

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<v Speaker 2>other people are going to move right back on the

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<v Speaker 2>water because people like being on the coast, they like

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<v Speaker 2>being at the beach, and you as soon as it

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<v Speaker 2>gets cooled up north, they're coming back down.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as you're you have deep connections to the

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<v Speaker 1>tri State through your wife and thanks to that character.

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<v Speaker 1>And tell the American people you live on a little

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<v Speaker 1>tributary called the Gordon River, very close to Bears Paul.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, it's on the border. And the last time

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<v Speaker 1>you had some flooding happening with Ian. Explain what happened

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<v Speaker 1>with Ian, how it relates to Milton.

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<v Speaker 2>Well Ian and Milton looked very very similar. It's coming

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<v Speaker 2>in on a track north of here, and it's the backside,

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<v Speaker 2>the dirty side of the storm that creates the surge

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<v Speaker 2>and the river. I tell you what. Right now, the

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<v Speaker 2>real news is it has been raining here for three

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<v Speaker 2>days straight. Everything is super saturated most statues I've ever

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<v Speaker 2>seen it. What happens is when the tide comes in

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<v Speaker 2>and pushes against that river, it creates the flooding pushing outward.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that tributary drains about one hundred miles inland.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it goes all over the place and drain

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of new communities, and it just it creates a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of back pressure, goes into Naples Bay and then

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<v Speaker 2>pushes out. The same thing happens in Lee County on

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<v Speaker 2>the Clusahachie, and that's even a bigger river. And you

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<v Speaker 2>know that's what happened to. The storm starts come in,

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<v Speaker 2>the rivers push outward, and there's there's so much standing

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<v Speaker 2>water right now pre hurricane. Have never seen this much water,

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<v Speaker 2>and since I've been down here for the last twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two years, So.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's focus on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched CNN this morning and they had the reporter

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<v Speaker 1>standing in and around Fifth Avenue the man dragged there

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<v Speaker 1>in which they're about ankle deep in water as we speak,

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<v Speaker 1>because of the eight inches of rain that has fallen

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<v Speaker 1>the past three days.

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<v Speaker 3>Has that can you recall.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether it was Ian or whether it was Helene, that

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<v Speaker 1>you had large standing water in Naples and in Collier

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<v Speaker 1>County before the hurricane.

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<v Speaker 2>Cane never had this much standing water before the hurricane.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it has been raining for days straight. There

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<v Speaker 2>is they were coming down my street yesterday with the

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<v Speaker 2>pump truck trying to pump out the ditches to keep

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<v Speaker 2>the sewers flowing. I mean, there there is more never

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<v Speaker 2>I've never seen that before. There's there is more standing water.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's a lot of water coming down those

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<v Speaker 2>rivers against the storm surge. So I mean that's the

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<v Speaker 2>big question, is it's going to push out. And if

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<v Speaker 2>this thing hits at high tide, which is about four

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<v Speaker 2>oh seven in the morning's supposed to be two point

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<v Speaker 2>at eight seven feet above mean low tide when it's hitting,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the backside that brings the storm, and when it

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<v Speaker 2>first hits, it typically pushes water out. But the way

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<v Speaker 2>this is looking, it's going to push water out up

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<v Speaker 2>in Tampa and Sarasota, and then it's gonna come in

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<v Speaker 2>coming afterward. And it's that I'm shore wind that pushes

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<v Speaker 2>the water out, and it's going to fight the rivers.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm expecting I'm expecting a major storm surge.

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<v Speaker 1>And Bill Verdonk to hide tight as four oh seven am.

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<v Speaker 1>What time will this morning or tonight? I guess tonight

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<v Speaker 1>early morning. Ours is the major impact of Milton, say

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<v Speaker 1>in Lee County, then in Sarasota County, have many friends

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<v Speaker 1>in Sarasota that have homes there. And one of the

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<v Speaker 1>guys that got a hold of his insurance carrier and

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<v Speaker 1>the insurance expired on his home on October the first.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're not writing new insurance in the state of Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>Like a good neighbor, State Farm is not there. And

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<v Speaker 1>State Farm said, we're not writing any new policies. Have

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<v Speaker 1>you seen that goese of your experiences in real estate

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<v Speaker 1>and insurance companies are now leaving Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we've had a lot of companies lee Florida, and

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<v Speaker 2>we've had a lot of new companies move into Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>And so what happened is just called it hurricane in

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<v Speaker 2>a box. Whenever there's a name storm in a box.

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<v Speaker 2>They stopped writing new insurance. So the best advice is

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<v Speaker 2>never let your insurance expire when there's a hurricane coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep your kid. They have to renew you, but do

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<v Speaker 2>not let it expire. All my real estate contracts have

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<v Speaker 2>a they have a clause in them which was put

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<v Speaker 2>in during these storms so they can't force people to

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<v Speaker 2>close on a damaged house or without insurance that you

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<v Speaker 2>have seven more days after insurance and stated to close

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<v Speaker 2>on a house. So I mean, you know, if he

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<v Speaker 2>let his insurance go or wasn't able to get it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we had this happened last We had this

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<v Speaker 2>happened last week with Ali and they stopped writing insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>They opened insurance up on Monday and Kylier in Lee

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<v Speaker 2>County and they closed it. They closed it up on Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>so there was a window to write.

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<v Speaker 1>You got five days to ensure your million dollar property. Unbelievable, unbelievable. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>what about emergency. There's been an emergency declared in Lee County,

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<v Speaker 1>Sarasota and also Charlotte and also Naples, and you're physically present.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you explain why there's an emergency being declared yet.

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<v Speaker 2>You're still present right now? There's a tornado warning came

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<v Speaker 2>in right before you call me, so that thenado. There's

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<v Speaker 2>tornado setting down, there's wind. I mean, this storm, this

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<v Speaker 2>storm is actually starting. And the crazy thing is it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't look any different in the last three days as

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<v Speaker 2>it's been pouring here.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as the status, as far as leaving, what

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<v Speaker 1>happens if you declare a state of emergency, I know

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<v Speaker 1>there's thousands and thousands of men and women not leaving,

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<v Speaker 1>including mugs. I love mugs and Tony from Soprano from

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 3>Those guys aren't leaving. You're not leaving.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens if you have a crisis And my number one,

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<v Speaker 1>why aren't you leaving?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, my house is eight feet above sea level approximately,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd rather it's a concrete blockhouse that storm shutters.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a boat on the side of the house.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm fifty years old. I can walk out

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<v Speaker 2>of there if I need to. I've got a boat

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<v Speaker 2>on the side of the house. I can drive out

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<v Speaker 2>of there if I need to. It's set right to

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<v Speaker 2>the house. And I'm not leaving because I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to go. I'd rather fight the water. I flood dams.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll spraypone my door closed. You know, it's to stop

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<v Speaker 2>the water. You know. I don't want to do that

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<v Speaker 2>until I have to, and so you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and quite frankly, I like riding the storm out. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I find it interesting. The state of emergency means if

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<v Speaker 2>you're in that area, they will not come and help

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<v Speaker 2>you until the storm is over. They put a ban

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<v Speaker 2>on when the wind hits fifty miles an hour. They

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<v Speaker 2>won't dispatch the emergency vehicles and they won't help you.

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<v Speaker 2>It means you are on your own. And so if

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<v Speaker 2>they you know, it's funny the news changes. They tell

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to lead. They said, at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>you're staying, and they start issuing an entirely new set

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<v Speaker 2>of news. It's actually very very interesting. It goes from

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<v Speaker 2>we know you're it goes from get out of here

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<v Speaker 2>to we know you're not leaving, and this is what

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<v Speaker 2>you should do. And you know, hopefully you got some

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<v Speaker 2>good neighbors and a team. But if you're older, if

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<v Speaker 2>you have health problems, if you have issues, you should

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<v Speaker 2>not be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I have a call coming up later with Mayor

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Allers, who's the mayor of Fort Myers Beach, and

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<v Speaker 1>I talked to him yesterday and the mayor told me, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Ian was terrible. We had a five or

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<v Speaker 1>six foot storm surge went over the top of Santa Bell,

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<v Speaker 1>went over the top of my community of Fort Myers Beach,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we started to rebuild. It took us two years,

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<v Speaker 1>and then two weeks ago we had Helene had two

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<v Speaker 1>to three feet of storm surge over the top of

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Myers Beach, over the top of the Keys, over

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<v Speaker 3>Santa Bell.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, Now we're anticipating an eight to twelve foot

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<v Speaker 1>surge over the top of Fort Myers Beach. Would you

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<v Speaker 1>buy real estate on Fort Myers Beach?

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<v Speaker 2>You know I would buy. You know, Fort Myers Beach

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<v Speaker 2>is tough, you know if you're in. But I have

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you, Southwest Florida preparing for this for a

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<v Speaker 2>long time. Most of the damage you see is an

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<v Speaker 2>older building, you know. The new buildings, they're building them like.

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<v Speaker 2>They're building them like piers. They're driving pilings and pouring

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<v Speaker 2>concrete straight to the limestone. They're putting all the utilities

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<v Speaker 2>on the roof. Like I think that every building in

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<v Speaker 2>Fort Myers Beach, if you're to buy one, you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for a building that you know, you're fifteen feet high

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<v Speaker 2>or twenty feet high, and newer construction that can handle

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff. And most of the newer buildings were just fine.

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<v Speaker 2>The older ones, the stuff lower, it's you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>they're not built for this. So I mean, you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>for newer construction that can handle the storm.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I have friends like Tony Bender's got multi million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar condos kind of on the beach, which is of course,

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<v Speaker 1>west of US forty one. And they're on the beach.

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<v Speaker 1>You're about a quarter of a mile from the beach.

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<v Speaker 1>He's on the ninth or tenth floor of a multi

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar condo project, looking left and right. Been there

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<v Speaker 1>about ten years. It's all great. If you're a quarter

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<v Speaker 1>of a mile from the ocean. Come tonight or tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>and Fort Myers or in Naples, what are you looking at.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be on an island. You're gonna see the

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<v Speaker 2>waters surround you and you can't go anywhere, So you

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<v Speaker 2>are stuck. I mean, nobody's coming to you and you

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<v Speaker 2>can't go anywhere. It's a scary feeling when when the

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<v Speaker 2>when the water surrounds you, because now you are stuck

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<v Speaker 2>in the building. Typically in a building like that, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to bring the elevators up. They're going to shut

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<v Speaker 2>the power down to the elevators. I mean, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>you got to walk down eleven flight the stairs. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a scary situation.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the dark, and it's hot right right now.

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<v Speaker 1>The temperats are in Naples is about eighty degrees and

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and that's what I'm saying. If you can't handle

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<v Speaker 2>need to plug something in, you're in a bad spot.

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<v Speaker 1>How long is there a sense that the condos on

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<v Speaker 1>the beach is going to be days before electricity? How

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<v Speaker 1>bad will it be? Tony Bender's got a big investment

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<v Speaker 1>there and that it's called the Provence. He's got a

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<v Speaker 1>major investment about seven floors up. How long will it be?

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what, Governor Desantas the counties here, they

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<v Speaker 2>do a fantastic job with the power. I've never seen

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<v Speaker 2>power out for more than four or five five days

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<v Speaker 2>down here, and typically forty eight you know, typically forty

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<v Speaker 2>eight hours. So and that's when the tough part comes

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<v Speaker 2>in because now after the hurricane, the temperature goes back

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<v Speaker 2>up to eighty five degrees and if you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>air conditioning and you can't handle that, it's a tough one.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do with the alligators, the snakes and

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<v Speaker 1>the critters, because when the water rises from the bays

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<v Speaker 1>filled with alligators. I know some people like to wrestle them.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not one of them. Do you have to concern

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<v Speaker 1>yourself with snakes, bugs, and alligators?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Yeah, and oh there's one point two million alligators

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<v Speaker 2>in the state of Florida. I mean they are everywhere, so,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean when the water comes up, they're swimming around.

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<v Speaker 2>The hurricane's not going to hurt them. They are built

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<v Speaker 2>for this. They can go under the water, they can breathe,

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<v Speaker 2>and they What happens is when their environment gets flooded,

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<v Speaker 2>they're moving around. They're going everywhere. So you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>be careful from the snakes and alligators.

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<v Speaker 1>Well they're looking for lunch too, kind of like cats

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<v Speaker 1>and dogs in Springfield, Ohio. You gotta be careful. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to walk out and uh and knee deep water.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not going to be walking around out of your

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<v Speaker 1>palatial estate there on the Gordon River in Naples when

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<v Speaker 1>this happens.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not going to walk around, are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I walk around because you know I've you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've I've been out in the Everglades for years, you

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<v Speaker 2>know the But you know, I don't recommend it, but

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<v Speaker 3>Well, this is unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'll say this Bill Verdonka real estate agent, and

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<v Speaker 1>call your county. I've said this to Tony Bender and others.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to panic. Does panic help ital I feel

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in panic mode.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you need to be you know, when stuff

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<v Speaker 2>gets crazy, you've got to be calm and you need

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<v Speaker 2>to make smart decisions. I can't trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't, I can't, I can't well.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of day, you just you got to

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<v Speaker 2>keep on trucking. And if you're going to stay, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to ride this out. If you're if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to stay it is, and if you're worried or

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<v Speaker 2>any issues or the authority. If you're in a velocity zone,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're right on the beach, there's something called the

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<v Speaker 2>eighty flood zone. If you're in that velocity zone, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you should evacuate. The shelters open everywhere. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're better off in your car in lends. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't need to be right where that is hitting

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<v Speaker 2>where we are up the Gordon River, we're in Zone B.

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<v Speaker 2>That's and so that that's a little bit safer. Zone

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<v Speaker 2>A and the velocit zone. I mean that's a trouble

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<v Speaker 2>factor right now. They're evacuating A and B And just

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<v Speaker 2>like I said, any problems, they're not coming to help you.

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<v Speaker 3>Bill Verdunk, you're on your own. See what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch out for the alligators, watch out for the snakes

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<v Speaker 1>and the bugs.

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<v Speaker 3>All hell is going to break loose.

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<v Speaker 1>And with your permission, I may check in with you

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow to see what other crises have happened. But just

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<v Speaker 1>keep an eye on the golf course. Make sure the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course cart path only for a few days.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that correct? Cart path only?

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<v Speaker 2>Carpath car path only bearsball recovers. Well, they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>get the gypsum in there, they're gonna get the degree

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<v Speaker 2>and the grass green. After the storm. Cars at their

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<v Speaker 2>course rolling in about a week after the last the

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<v Speaker 2>last time it flooded.

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<v Speaker 1>Car path only, car path only, all right, death only,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, Bill Verdunk, Say hi to your wife for me.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a great American. With your permission, all checking with

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<v Speaker 1>you tomorrow if we can, if you're still alive.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you fear death?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you fear death tonight?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a little nervous, quite frankly, I'm a little nervous

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<v Speaker 2>a anxiety's setting in, but man, I'm gonna fight it.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Bill Verdunk of the Verdunk Report, Thank you well.

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<v Speaker 1>Checking with you tomorrow if you're still alive. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, sir, Thank you. Bill Verdunk. Real estate agent

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Bender's multi million dollar condo overlooking the ocean might

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<v Speaker 1>be he might be in trouble. In darkness, up and down,

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<v Speaker 1>no light, no refrigerator, no electricity alligators and snakes and

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<v Speaker 1>bugs everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Good luck.

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<v Speaker 1>We continue coming up later. We've scheduled an interview with

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<v Speaker 1>the mayor of Fort Myers Beach, Dan Allers. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>what happens later on on news radio seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 4>In the Enchanted Forest, Eddie and Rocky are dressed in

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<v Speaker 4>tights with bows and arrows over their shoulders.

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<v Speaker 3>So we met up with this guy named Robin Hood.

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<v Speaker 3>Seems pretty cool, so we agreed to join us.

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<v Speaker 4>Mary Moore, what about your radio show Millions Count on

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<v Speaker 4>you two for an afternoon of laughs.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, But Robin's all about helping the working man.

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<v Speaker 4>He gives them money by stealing it. That's why the

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<v Speaker 4>Sheriff of Nottingham has a price on his head. And

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<v Speaker 4>anyone who helps him.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I gotta say these tights are kind of

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<v Speaker 3>itchy and smelling.

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<v Speaker 4>Screw this, Eddie and Rocky this

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<v Speaker 1>Afternoon at three on seven hundred ww Bengals fans, when

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<v Speaker 1>you line up Chevy's family of SUVs, you get the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate victory formation of vict