wilma is a grandmother of five, a member of the 60 + association. good morning. i know that you have got blue cross blue shield right now, what do you think of your coverage? >> it is good for me. i like my coverage. i like my doctor. i do not want anyone coming between me and my doctor. i have some perspective, working in the post office. we do not want government in our insurance. bill: what are you so afraid of when you talk about government? >> i can explain it to you like this -- it will be like stepping off the curb into wet cement. it will take longer, it will be more confusing, it will be harder, and anyone that has ever dealt with this knows of what i am talking about. bill: explain that to me.

but take wilma, after all of those years of telling homeowners or citizens it comes in as a four but the time it gets to you it is a three, we like these pat beliefs because they give us comfort but they are not always true. wilma came in as a weak one or two but increased and came out on the east side and caused more damage on the east side than the west. so, the way i look at models is, as long as the information that goes in is excellent, we can be guided by them and certainly on economic impacts that has been proven. but we have to keep an open mind because every major catastrophe -- and i have been arson them for 25 years -- we learn something altogether different about what the outcomes are going to be. i don't know if mr. nutter wanted to add. >> senator nelson, i have served on the advisory board for the international research center which is affiliated with florida international information where the public model in florida was developed. t florida has an interesting approach to evaluating the models and having a commission that i think is chaired by or staffed by academics

i think it was wilma. >> wilma actually hit an unurbanized part of the state where the counterclockwisewinds hit the coast, was down in the 10,000 islands where there is no civilization there except pan grov-- except mangroves. but across that moist everglades it kept up speed and by the time it got to miami and fort lauderdale it did some real damage. >> wilma was a record setter in the meteorological community with respect to intensification, which is exactly why we have emphasized trying to focus on the rapidly intensifying storms. another point is we need to work hard to make sure the public understands, for example, that our two and three-day forecasts are now as good as the one-day forecast was, say, a decade ago. and for the most part what we have seen is people have enhanced confidence in that 24-hour forecast. the other issue is how does one interpret the uncertainty associated with that forecast? as i think all of the members of the committee understand, when we put the forecast out we include a cone of uncertainty? what does that mean? we need to develop the tools so people u

wilma came as what is a weak one or two but then increased and came out on the east side and caused moreamage on the east side and the west so i guess the way i look at models is as long as the information goes and its excellent we can be guided by them and certainly on economic impact that has been proven but we have to keep an open mind because every major catastrophe, and i have been in and around them for 25 years we learned something altogether different about what the outcomes are going i don't know if mr. nutter wanted to add to that or not. >> senator nelson, i have been proud to serve on the advisory board for the hurricane research center which is affiliated with florida international university for some years and that's where the public model in florida was developed. ford also has an interesting approach to evaluate these models and having a commission that's i think chaired by or staffed by academics from the community. it is a responsible approach to understand the dynamics of the models it seems that one of the values of the public model is the lead to over emphasis ought

looking back to 2005 in the katrina, wilma, and rita era, 50% of people say they have no disaster plan, christi, and no survival kit. can you believe that? >> no. after katrina i kind of thought people there would have a change of heart, i guess. >> yeah, they just think it's not going to happen to them. >> all right. well, we'll see. i hope it's not the case. thank you so much. we appreciate it, nicole. >>> you heard about milwaukee's mayor? he's in the hospital after one vicious attack. how mayor tom barrett tried to stop a crime and then became a victim himself. >>> the man accused of attacking milwaukee's mayor with a metal pipe is scheduled to make a court appearance today. police found the 20-year-old suspect and the alleged weapon yesterday, and they say it started when the suspect got into a fight with his daughter's grandmother on saturday night. at that point reportedly mayor tom barrett heard her screaming as he was leaving the state fair. he began dialing 911, and that's when the man allegedly turned on him and started hitting him with a pipe. doctors are evaluating barrett

wilma came in as a weak one or two and increased and came out on the east side than the west side. way i look at models is as long as the information goes in it's excellent that we can be guided by them. certainly an economic impact have been proven. we have to keep that in mind. every major catastrophe and i've been in and around them for 25 years, we learn something altogether different about what the outcomes are going to be. so i don't know if you wanted to add to that or not. >> as senator nelson, i've been proud to serve on the hurricane research center which is affiliated now for some years. that's where the public model was developed. the florida also has an interesting approach to evaluating these models and having a commission that's i think chaired by or staffed by economics from the computer. it's a responsible approach to try to understand the dynamics of these models. it seems to me that one of the real values of the public model whether it's placed is on what the public values are here. so by that i mean what mitigation might benefit from an analysis using the public

several beaches in the area were wiped away by hurricane wilma in 2005. hotel hasn't even commented on the allegations. >>> a girl who spent two months in a coma is now okay and expected to make a full recovery. you're going to hear what she said helped her make it through that ordeal.

wilma is a grandmother of five, a member of the 60 + association. good morning. know that you have got blue cross blue shield right now, what do you think of your coverage? >> it is good for me. i like my coverage. i like my doctor. i do not want anyone coming between me and my doctor. i have some perspective, working in the post office. we do not want government in our insurance. bill: what are you so afraid of when you talk about government? >> i can explain it to you like this -- it will be like stepping off the curb into wet cement. it will take longer, it will be more confusing, it will be harder, and anyone that has ever dealt with this knows of what i am talking about. bill: explain that to me. it is absurd. -- >> it is absurd. if you are making a claim, it will take twice as long. you have to do it in triplicate triplicate. i probably will not go to the doctor, it will be that much trouble. bill: you base that off of your experience at the postst office? >> i have been in a v.a. hospital, i do not see a shining example of our government being efficient in

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wilma man killer, principal chief of the cherokee nation is a close and dear friend, a wonderful persono i'm just really inspired by all kinds of pple. dennis banks also, someone is telling me dennis banks, who is one of the founders of the american indian movement, and he and i have had some amazing journeys from the time he was arrested in custer, south dakota until another time when he and i were in cuba together. just a great warrior. >> host: i think it's in your kitchen, but you have a letter in the cupboard from alice and lin. >> guest: i don't think he became a lawyer, i think it was just alice. she decided she would become a lawyer and they work in defense of the miners in ohio. and they have had this incredible understanding that in order to do your best to help people, you should live among them. and i'm so impressed by both of them. >> host: and our next call is from ohio, macilian, ohio, you're on with alice walker. please go ahead. i think we lost macilian. so we'll come back to the west coast, fresno, california, good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. i am in my heart

several beaches in the area were wiped away by hurricane wilma in 2005.he hotel has not commented on the allegations. >>> august is off to a deadly start for troops in afghanistan. at least three of them were killed there over the weekend. they were part of the international security assistance fort. a total of nine nato soldiers died over the weekend. today afghan police came under attack as security officials report a roadside bomb near the district chief. killing two bodyguards and ten civilians. colleges are catching onto the green trend. more schools are offering classes and degrees focusing on the environment. community colleges are also training students in green technology. one high demand job is wind turbine technician. >>> wall street is upbeat. stocks are surging on better than expect manufacturing and profit reports. taking a look at the big board. dow up 93 points with about 11 minutes to go in the trading day. more layoffs expected for general motors. the company says it fell short of its goal when only 6,000 it goal when 6,000 workers took

after hurricane katrina and wilma, after the hurricanes last year.been a responsible market in paying its claims. >> mr. chairman, i didn't say they weren't responsible and i didn't say paying claims. i said they all had the same rate. we've seen a little coincidental. >> thank you. very much. if anyone has additional questions in writing the record will remain open for 30 days. you may submit and their responses will be part of the record. the center for insurance research, the property casualty insurance association of america, the cea, a trade association of european insurers, without objection it is so ordered. i want to thank in panel for their contribution today. and taking all -- we did it in three hours. which is pretty good. and maybe next time we can keep it inside. it'd be another opportunity to visit for mr. skinner. call him over there. i enjoy that. i think we gained a lot for the international little poa sure. but all of the participants on the panel were extraordinarily contributive today. and i think even the doubters on the committe