the home that they re in is safe. it s a two-story home. it s about 12 1/2, 13 feet to the bottom of the floor from the ground level and then the canal water level is two foot below that. in my head i know the water had to come up 15 feet to get in the house. i was not certain whether the water was going to go into the house but the worry was in my mind. i knew if they stayed together, there was a bathroom in the center of the house where they could all huddle together if the roof were to get ripped off. i personally had given my stepfather materials that he needed to bolt his roof down before the storm came, which i had given him on wednesday. my stepfather had prepared his house. and he felt confident that his house was strong enough to withstand the storm of a lifetime. so, william, the best case scenario that, of course, you re hoping for is that they stayed