To what degree do the insurance companies and reinsurance companies use the public model to determine loss and therefore to determine what the premiums are?

I recall a huge part of economic loss that we've gotten better at preventing is by having FEMA ready...

With the amount that they're having to pay for homeowners insurance now if you're in a coastal area, you would think that people would be asking about those things when they buy a house.

Senator Martinez and I have introduced several bills this year because we want a pro-active approach to addressing these natural catastrophe concerns.

Wilma actually hit an unurbanized part of the State. The counterclockwise winds hit the coast actually down there in the Ten Thousand Islands.

Can you share with us why this might be?

I think there is a clear need for advanced and increased research in many areas.

What are you going to do if the G4 is down for maintenance or because of an accident?

All of your written statements will be entered into the record, so that we have that basis of information.

Evacuation is absolutely critical, particularly to lessen and mitigate any impact on people and any possibility of human deaths.

There is no civilization there, except mangroves. But, that's right, across that moist Everglades, it kept up its speed, and by the time it got to Miami and Fort Lauderdale, it did some real damage.

Is NOAA working with HUD and other agencies to tie the science and the coastal management and the community preparations together?