amy: we speak with henrietta's granddaughter, jeri, and rebecca skloot, author of a best-selling book "the immortal life of henrietta lacks." it spent six years on "the new york times" best seller list. all that and more,e, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. "this one just looks like a bomb dropped." that's how one search and rescue worker described the catastrophic devastation wrought by hurricane michael, the category 4 storm that has killed at least six people and has devastated communities across the florida panhandle. michael is the third most powerful storm to ever hit the u.s. mainland. meteorologists say it is supercharged by warmer-than-usual water in the gulf of mexico. some of florida's seaside communities, like mexico beach, are completely flattened, with homes destroyed and fishing boats flung ashore by the 155-mile-an-hour winds. ththis is emily a and elizabeth hansen, residents of mexico beach. >> everybody we know lost their house. and our jobs. close evacuate? , we stayed in her home. it was terrible. it