We're home to SpaceX. We're home to two LNG terminals that are being constructed now that are essential to the national security of this country. If we get a Category 4 or … It'll cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to recover from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane. … energy, obviously space exploration that's happening in the region. And I like to compare this to the levy that flooded the entire city of New Orleans where many people died, and it cost us hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayers to recover right now. (03:57–04:04)
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Asserts that recovery from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane would cost taxpayers hundreds of billions.
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