the dallas police department is working on the back end of the traffic jam to help move the drivers out from the back end and then we're also looking into getting pumps into this area to pump out some of this water. again, lots of moving parts that -- i mean there's a lot that's going on right now to help relieve this area and the people stuck there. >> so i lived in dallas 4 1/2 years and people take flood warnings and severe weather so incredibly seriously in your city, and garland just a suburb northeast of dallas, the pictures that you're seeing on the right, and as we're talking i just want to let viewers know you're seeing liberty texas, near, houston on the left-hand side of your screen, but direct attention to the right-hand side of your screen, thissings like off guard to have that much y traffic out at 6:00 in the morning knowing full well there were flood warnings but was it more severe than anyone expected? >> what caught everyone off guard was the -- was not just the amount of rain, it was how