but last year, with wilma dying of cancer, medical bills took a toll.ppened to your family finances at that point? >> they disappeared very fast. >> reporter: because of what happened to your wife? >> yes. >> reporter: ward fell behind on his payments. he says he was trying to work out a payment-deferment plan when the u.s.d.a. seized his $2,900 tax refund and began taking $135 from his $900 monthly social security check. this really hurts, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: why? >> well, i have to survive, and i can't. >> reporter: unlike private lenders, the u.s.d.a. plays by a different set of rules. the government doesn't need court permission to begin collecting on unpaid debt, even before a home is in foreclosure. although there are u.s.d.a. programs to help borrowers when they first fall behind, it's not always easy to get that help. >> one of the things you have to understand is that you're talking about borrowers who are not that financially sophisticated. this is the january one. >> reporter: legal aid attorney charlie boos is working t

they call that the wilma syndrome. that's because when hurricane wilma hit down here seven years ago, hundreds and hundreds of cars were flooded out by the storm surge that came in. so we definitely noticed that difference. right along the highway is the highest point that overseas highway is literally the highest point of land along the keys. what we've got down here, another thing that was different that we noticed was a lot more buildings were boarded up. lot more sandbags out all along duvall street. people taking this quite seriously, even though officials in the florida keys don't believe -- they don't believe that this had is going to be a terribly significant event through here and the keys. you can see all of the buoys out there in the water behind me blowing, the water blowing in from the north now as the storm is approaching. the waves are actually approaching us here. as it gets closer we expect the storm, isaac, to be very close to us, probably about 5:00, 5:30 this afternoon, maybe 6:00. so that's going t

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. >> police plot their next move, wilma makes the same moves she makes every morning. she takes her granddaughter to the bus stop. she fears for her daughter's safety and for her own. >> in the last year, i don't know 15 kids have gone. i seen them go home to funerals. why are we dying? >> one died last night on san bruno avenue. another is fighting for his life. two men walked up in front of a building and shot them and ran to a waiting white ford driven by a woman. there have been no arrests. >> no neighborhood, all kids to train and get skills and learn. i don't want to see no kids dying. >> she is talking about monday's double killing in broad daylight. it happened during a huge fight. police are not saying they are gang-related. >> another woman out here who lives in san carlos who visits here frequently and she has no fear of coming out here. >> the people i met when i come here in the area, wonderful hard working people. i feel comfortable. i haven't had any reason not to. >> there are a lot of good people here. everybody is trying to work together. it's a multi

people were recalling memories of wilma. it caused significant structural damage, too. we'll check with chad myers so see if you are indeed in the center of the storm which would explain why it's calm right now but potentially get hit by the back end of it. you tell us, chad, what is happening where john zarrella is to explain why it seems so calm in comparison to an hour and a half ago. >> he's on the sunset side of key west. if you're on the east side of the ilan or far east as big pine and you're on ocean side, you're seeing all this wind come at you this way. whereas john, right there, the winds are coming across the island. he's not really going to get another side of this because what was the worst part, all this convection has now passed key west. there's not really any convection on the south and southeast sides of the storm. although, john, you are not in the eye. you'd have to be at about ft. jefferson to get the eye. that's where it will be passing. this would be the dry tortugas. the convection is to the west of this area and not any more coming in to john o

. >> police plot their next move, wilma makes the same moves she makes every morning. she takes her granddaughter to the bus stop. she fears for her daughter's safety and for her own. >> in the last year, i don't know 15 kids have gone. i seen them go home to funerals. why are we dying? >> one died last night on san bruno avenue. another is fighting for his life. two men walked up in front of a building and shot them and ran to a waiting white ford driven by a woman. there have been no arrests. >> no neighborhood, all kids to train and get skills and learn. i don't want to see no kids dying. >> she is talking about monday's double killing in broad daylight. it happened during a huge fight. police are not saying they are gang-related. >> another woman out here who lives in san carlos who visits here frequently and she has no fear of coming out here. >> the people i met when i come here in the area, wonderful hard working people. i feel comfortable. i haven't had any reason not to. >> there are a lot of good people here. everybody is trying to work together. it's a multi

when word came to evacuate the east bank of plaquemines parish, wilma taylor didn't hesitate. she and her grandchildren are getting out. did you think twice? >> no, i didn't think twice. i think one time and i'm gone. >> reporter: in this parish just south of new orleans where katrina first came ashore seven years ago, cars lined up today to make the ferry crossing to the relative safety of the west bank of mississippi, heeding a mandatory evacuation order for some 7,000 parish residents. >> they're all coming to us now, right up the river. >> reporter: parish president billy nungesser is watching the picture of what's heading their way with growing concern. >> this storm especially slowing down scares us, because that means that storm surge will beat against that levee, and that will put them very easily to fail and if they fail and open up, of course the whole community floods and we see widespread devastation, and if anyone does stay, you could see loss of life. >> reporter: sandbags and sheets of the ubiquitous plywood mark communities feeling especially vulnerable today,

. >> reporter: wilma, a category 1, did billions in damage. >> we don't want to get caught up in the numbers. yes, a 5 is much stronger than a 1. but even a 1 can do damage. a hurricane is a hurricane is a hurricane. is prepare for all of them. >> reporter: eric and his team at florida international university created the walle of wind, which can simulate a monstrous cat 5 storm. >> so, when we talk a category 1, the concern is not really the power of the wind but debris flying off. >> it's a multi-pronged attack. the wind can do destruction. but it's what you put in the wind. flying debris, anything coming into that structure can certainly damage it. >> reporter: we lashed a camera to the roof of one of the huts. you see the rain pounding, before it is send airborne. turning into a potentially deadly projectile. and not much of a sense of urgency here, diane. a lot of the folks we spoke to tonight say they're going to wait and see what this storm brings. but emergency management officials said even a category 1 storm can essentially take the atlantic ocean and dump it right into the

you see, wilma davis and lena henderson were married as teens. they had five children together, but they divorced 48 years ago, although they have always stayed in touch and remained friendly. now they're preparing to walk down the aisle again. of course, though, some things will be different this time around, for example, their children will be there as well as their grandchildren and their great grandchildren. so congratulations to them. >>> la toya jackson is going to star in her own reality show. the series is being produced by oprah winp frey's own network. cameras will follow the singer around as she juggles family and work. "life with latoya" premiers sometime next year. >>> imagine eating cream brew lay, the extra bucks that you may have to dish out to dine in style. >>> plus it's a top spot for about a half a century, now "citizen kaine" has moved to another spot. who now holds the greatest movie title. details straight ahead. >>> so temperatures will soar into the 90s once again for today, but we do have a break in those temperatures. i

wilma taylor and her grandchildren are getting out. did you think twice? >> no, i think one time and i'm gone. >> reporter: in this parish just south of new orleans where katrina first came ashore seven years ago cars lined up today to make the crossing to the relatively safety of the west bank of mississippi, heeding a mandatory evacuation for some 7,000 parish residents. >> they're all coming to us now, right up the river. >> reporter: parish president billy nunguesser has growing concern. >> this storm slowing down scares us because that storm surge will beat against that lev levee and that will put them to fail and we'll see the community floods and widespread devastation and if anyone does stay you could see loss of life. >> reporter: sandbags and sheets of the ubiquitous plywood mark communities feeling especially vulnerable today, some drawing their own line in the sand. >> we're just going to stick it out. now we have the sandbags, that may help. >> reporter: they're doing the best they can to fortify the levee along the east bank of the mississipp

. >> 'after hurricane andrew that destroyed my parents house and then hurricane wilma that caused someage at my house i think ive had enough hurricanes hitting me.' >> 'hurricanes are immensely powerful. the amount of energy that a hurricane is releasing all the time is roughly equal to the whole earths electrical production. thats one hurricane.' >> when hurricanes threaten our coastlines, americans hang on every word from here. >> our number one mission is to save lives and property.' >> bill read just retired as director of the national hurricane center. read says hurricanes are rare events - only six to ten a year is the long term average. >> 'picture the gulf of mexico with no satellite, no aircraft, no radar, and you didnt even have in 1900 a ship to shore radio yet. a ship got hit you find out about it if it came back to port.' >> with satellites we now *see whats happening in real time over our oceans. and faster computers calculate simulations of how a storm may evolve. but the trick is giving computers the data they need to make accurate predictions. >> 'you have to get very

number four, hurricane wilma in 2005. category three storm left $21 billion of damages in its wake. number three, this was only category two hurricane that hit three states and costs $28 billion. number two, take into account inflation because it was some time ago, hurricane andrew, biggest storm to ever hit the u.s. category five in 1992, nearly $46 billion in damages across florida and louisiana. number one costliest hurricane in the u.s. history, hurricane katrina, you guessed it. only category three storm, but devastated not only new orleans but parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida and the entire gulf coast costs $105 billion was the most deadly natural disaster ever in this country. coming up later in the hour, will this be a make or break moment for the campaign? and tropical storm isaac barreling towards the coast, will prices go higher? are they already on the rise? impact on the gas and oil coming up next. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see ho

. >> i have gone through hurricane katrina and hurricane wilma in south florida.s not as bad as either of those. those are both major hurricanes. now on the bridge. i think it will be a big threat florida west coast as well as storm surge. so i say along the west coast don't take this lightly. it is going to make an impact and could be hadz douse. >> you know, joe, i want people to understand this is sunshine bridge. i have driven across this as they said moments ago it is scary when it doesn't have tropical storm systems. is there water on the roadway? >> i can't really see the waves but the winds are definitely picking up here as we are going down. >> are you seeing very many people? they said look not mandatory evacuations but theygested they stay in shelter they stay inside. >> earlier today there were quite a few people out. right now they have not seen many people heading south. there are a few people heading north. you ha i have not seen anybody heading south for the fort myers area. >> look at the center of the screen you can see where he is going now. >>

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they take this stuff very seriously and when wilma hit in '05.s. so miami then also in homestead there making preparations. and the folks in tampa are making preparations not only for the convention but for the potential of seeing a part of isaac at the very least. it will be on the east storm which is usually the more stormy side. even though it doesn't take a direct hit, that will feel it in in way, shape or form. rob, thanks very much. >> he says he did not dope. but cycling legend lance armstrong says he's no longer going to fight the charges brought against him that he used performance enhancing drugs. in response s the u.s. ada plans to strip armstrong of the seven titles and propose a lifetime ban against cycling. armstrong says he's never done anything wrong. says the agency doesn't have the power to stop him from racing, but says the toll taken on his family, led him to say enough is enough. >> raised $500 million for cancer research over the years with the livestrong foundation. >> still fighting it. >> family, friends and police are no

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segal telling us he's a 20-year resident of florida, having been through many hurricanes including wilmahas his hurricane shutters up. this is a small example of some of the great video that's been coming in, probably one of the most dramatic clips of video we got yesterday, this aboard the "freedom of th seas" cruise line. take a look. >> what an idiot. >> now, that cruise ship is in the florida straits between cuba and florida. it received excess winds of 65 mile per hours there. the video shot by cruise ship passengers inside that ship not willing to take the risk like that one passenger as you saw out on deck there. these are some of the few clips we have of the many that have poured in here to our i-report team. if you're caught in the eye of the storm, be careful. but we do want to see your video, upload them to i-report.c i-report.cnn.com where our producer will be waiting for those videos. >> nick valencia, appreciate that. thank you. >> thank you. >>> on the eve of the national republican kong convention, mitt romney and ann romney reflecting on a painful chapter of their lives.

. >> reporter: the last hurricane to hit south florida, wilma, was a category 1, but did billions integory 1, we don't want to get caught up in the numbers. yes, a 5 is a much stronger one than a 1, but even a 1 can do damage. a hurricane is a hurricane is a hurricane. prepare for all of them. >> reporter: this man created the wall of wind which can simulate a monstrous cat 5 storm. >> we are talking category 1, the concern is not really the power of the wind but debris flying off. >> it is a multipronged attack. the wind can do destruction. what you put in the wind. flying debris, anything coming into the structure can damage it. >> reporter: we latched a camera to the roof of one of these huts. you see the rain pounding, shingles curling around it. before it sent airborne turning into a potentially deadly projectile. even a small hurricane of a category 1 can cause catastrophic damage. and one little factoid i was told that even if there is a category 1 storm, it could essentially lift the atlantic ocean right out of there and dump it in the first floor of those condo buildings beh

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people definitely have a casual attitude and have been through wilma and things like that and feel confidentat. i have been through a handful of hurricanes and i take them very seriously. they have the keys' attitude of everybody that we spoke to who is going to stay and ride it out is planning on throwing or attending a hurricane party here and they like to party and they won't let isaac get in the way of that. >> but there is one way out, that beautiful seven-mile bridge. will people get out in terms of evacuating? >> well, the first thing they want to do is to do all of that yesterday. so they had extra airplanes flying and people out here who flew and trying to encourage anybody to drive out, because not only a narrow bridge, that would be dangerous in a storm, but one accident or something can block the only way in and out of mainland florida which is about 120 miles from here at key west into mainland florida. that is a 120-mile stretch and if anything goes wrong, it can impact people getting out and potentially emergency vehicles coming in. they wanted to keep the road clear. now to t

he's been through frances and wilma and jeanne, so he's not as scared as others there, but this is concerningents in south florida. check out this video in miami beach, or a photo sent in from south beach, miami, something that i'm sure you thought you'd never see, an empty miami beach. this was sent to us from dominic. he shot this picture here and sent it in as he was walking on the beach earlier this morning, people deserting the beach as those bands of rain make their way in to south florida. probably, don, the most dramatic video we've seen we got yesterday from our affiliate wftv. look at this video from the "freedom of the seas" cruise line ship. one passenger crazy enough to go out and challenge the wind and the rain. that ship experiencing 65-mile-per-hour heavy winds and rain. they made it back to port canaveral safe and sound, but some passengers trying to enjoy a last bit of vacation they have left. that passenger a little more adventurous than the rest. this is a small snippet of the ireports coming in. if you find yourself stuck in the eye of the storm, be careful. but we do wan

that have affected the united states, especially the ones in 2005 when we had katrina, we had also wilma rita. all three of which in the top five. all in one year. so at least compared to that, it doesn't compare. now, in terms of the rainfall about to see, though, that is another story entirely. this is where the estimated damage may have to be revised because right now what we're looking at a storm that's starting to move almost due north. you could see the little jog at the end there and because of that as it passes by homa moving to the west of new orleans, expecting rainfall of 15 to 20 inches and not sure how that's going to pan out in terms of dollar amounts. we'll keep you posted throughout the day. brian? >> all right. thank you very much, sir. >>> a near miss for energy producers so far in the gulf. sharon epperson with the energy close at the nigh meex. >> 95% of oil production in the gulf shout in and that means that oil is not used and seeing a build-up of inventories and already did from last week's supply data and largely in the gulf and helping to pressure oil prices righ

about 50 million boxes were lost when hurricane wilma hit the sunshine state in 2005. in today's numbers, that would be about a quarter of the u.s. production. but don't worry too much. experts are saying that frost and disease have historically done more damage than hurricanes. >>> and walmart is expanding the number of different vaccinations that it offers at its u.s. stores. beyond traditional shots for the flu and pneumonia, reports say starting monday, the world's largest retailer will provide shots recommended by the cdc for ten infectious diseases, including meningitis, hepatitis and hpv. they're going to be available at pop-up clinics at the front of your local walmart store. eun, back to you. >> all right, jackie deangelis, thank you. >>> d.c. water says its water is cheaper and tastes the same as bottled water. the agency now offering taste tests all over the district. these testers took the challenge on i street northwest. not many people could actually tell the difference between tap and bottled water. d.c. water reminds izers that you only pay a penny per

about 50 million boxes were lost in hurricane wilma, when it hit the sunshine state in 2005. now, with today's numbers, that would be about a quarter of u.s. production. but experts say frost and disease have historically done more damage than hurricanes. >>> and walmart is expanding the number of different vaccinations it offers at its u.s. stores. beyond traditional shots for the flu and pneumonia. reports say starting monday, the world's largest retailer will provide shots recommended by the cdc for ten infectious diseases, including meningitis, hepatitis and hpv. they'll be available at pop-up clinics at the front of your local walmart store. guys, that's what you call convenience. have a great day. >> convenience is key. thank you. >>> pop star justin bieber getting the animated treatment. he will make a guest appearance on the 24th season of "the simpsons." 24 years. bieber tweeted about his cameo on tuesday. doh! he had to delete that tweet, apparently. the executive producers were forced then to talk about it because of bieber's quick fingers. they say the episode wil

during a "today" show report on hurricane wilma in 2005, a colleague has to hold him down to keep himm blowing away. >> i can hear you now, matt, just for a brief moment. the winds are -- this is how i'm staying out here. mike, our camera guy, is holding on. >> it doesn't work. our truck operator tom bare said, don't you wish you had your weight back. right about now i do. >> are you okay? >> we're okay. we're okay. we're coming inside. >> good idea. one that brian williams should have considered in hurricane isabel. >> we can get 70-mile-per-hour wind effect. >> during a live report, brian discovers what hurricane force really means when he calls over a weather channel colleague to take a wind speed reading. >> allow me to introduce you to mike seidel of the weather channel. what's your reading? >> we're kind of protected here -- >> it's not just hurricanes that have sent mike seidel flying. he's also found snow and ice on the ground can turn a weather report into a major slipup. >> is what happens -- ow, geez. oh, gosh. >> and there's another hazard when reporting on extreme weather

orange juice the biggest market since wilma hit back in 2005.storm going to hit, joining us on the phone from atlanta, eric fisher, from weather channel, eric, what's the likely path right now? >> well, things are coming into better agreements, usually, when you look five, six days out there's a long possibility where storms track. we've seen a change. a lot further west it's come east. so right now, it looks like the most likely track takes it south to hispaniola, haiti, the dominican republic. crosses cuba, into the keys and passes gulf of mexico just west of the florida coastline which will bring a lot of heavy winds and strong rains to florida and potential the gulf coast. >> but it may miss, you say, miss the mainland of florida which would be the concerns with regard to the orange crops? >> well, there's a give and take with that. the circulation may pass off to lands but isaac is a huge storm. just across the entire circulation is about a thousand miles which is about the distance from atlanta to boston. so when you talk about the impacts

you bgo back through wilma and even katrina before it hit louisiana, did a pretty good number on south is a minor impact, about to cross over key west. still has a little ways to goy, but we have gotten heavy rain and gusty winds. one thing i don't want to forget about is how large a storm it is. it's not that intense, but it's a huge storm. we have these bands of rain with 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds that are coming onshore and heading to central florida. you see melbourne getting their first areas of light rain. it will rain hard throughout the night in tampa and you will see winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. it's not a complete miss for tampa although you're not going to see hurricane force winds. we have tropical storm warnings that go up tampa, up the west coast. well away from the center of the storm, you see some effects of it. again, a large sized storm. it has been throughout its life. the question is how intense will it get. the current forecast once again does keep it a category 1 hurricane, late tonight, all through the day tomorrow. notice how it slowly ramps up, 80,

florida is the biggest orange market, about 50 million boxes were lost when hurricane wilma hit in 2005experts do note that frost and blight have historically done more than hurricanes but again you have people paying attention. >>> hewlett-packard meg whitman is urging patience with this turnaround. hp did estimates with the earnings. let's get right into it. we've had dell this week, we've had hewlett-packard before. what do you know as an analyst today that you did not know a week ago about not just hewlett-packard but the overall pc market and what the outlook is for the rest of the year? >> sure, gary. i don't think there's many changes. the market is pretty much the same. we've had macroheadwinds. the market has moved to tablets. as part of pcs, both of these companies are suffering from trends, as well as margin trends. not much you can do with that. >> in the earnings report from hewlett-packard, you continue on the stock because you think it's a value idea. you think with the macro, you think meg whitman is able to execute on this turnaround. >> it's interesting. a lot of peopl

the same way the bayou -- or the everglades didn't slow down wilma as it smacked across from the west's more water than land. the bayou is not land. there's more water than land. this storm continues to get bigger for at least the next ten hours. anderson. >> wow, that's depressing. i had water -- i got water everywhere and so i got water in my ear. i couldn't hear what you said when is the eye wall, the worst part, going to hit new orleans? >> i would say somewhere between 4:00 and 8:00 a.m. the hurricane hunters have it moving northwest at 8 miles per hour. it seems to me like it might be closer to 10. so if you're 100 miles away, you're probably somewhere between 90 and 100 from the eye, the center of the eye, that's somewhere between 9 and 10 hours from now. that's the closest approach. the approach will probably take it west of mettere. not right through downtown new orleans. what you're going to get is the worst part of the eye. you get the eastern eye wall. which means you get the forward motion. plus you get the 70, 80, maybe 90 per hour gusts. and that comes in around -- betw