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Something flying around. >> you were talking exactly about the concerns for people who did not heed evacuation orders, like yourself, people who said were going to stay put, who then maybe feel like, well, things are calm. well go outside. i just got to ask you, penny, why did you not leave? people give all sorts of reasons. >> we werent part of the evacuation. where plantation is where a lot of evacuees have been sent. were not a mile from where the command post is. were taking in people from t...

County, 265 miles north of miami, hurricane force winds are begin to go hit that too. authorities riding out as they make final shift preparations ahead of whats coming later on in the morning as soon as dawn breaks, rick is live, whats the mood there? >> they are still taking a lot of precautions, we are in the volusia equipment storage facility, they have mobile command post and big trailers and these are the mine resistant protected armored vehicles that so many local police departments have ...

Families so that they dont have to worry about that as they can focus on providing services to the residents of miami dade county. getting our equipment ready, our vehicles,ure trucks, our atvs, whatever it is that we think were going to need post-storm to make sure those things are prepped and ready. weve got our command post going. weve even, you know -- we have to shutter our buildings too, so we have got all that stuff taken care of, and were as prepared as we can be right now. were patrolli...

>> shannon: rescue operations are continuing all along the severely flooded areas of texas, many people are still seeking shelter, but they are stranded, we are at one of the staging areas for rescue crews in houston, doggett, i got to say, you would think it days and days after the storm, they wouldnt still be doing this, but it sounds very active. >> yeah, shannon, it is a complicated picture right now, and the one thing that you learn, if you need help in a storm, call oklahoma, they have res...

This from moments ago. happening all night, all morning right now. joining me lieutenant commander matt shafer. he is at the command post in houston. thank you so much for being with us. do you have a sense of the geographic area of greatest need? >> good morning. right now currently im still stationed in houston and were flying missions out of here, but i do know that our coast guards deployed in all areas of need and were responding as best as able. >> how many people do you have out there now...

Diverting some of them off the road. we saw them allow one go through. earlier today, 40 officers with the fish and wildlife agency bring in their boats into texas for rescues. here you can see the national guard, the louisiana national guard set up a command post where theyre coordinating the rescues. theyre helping out with helicopters and high water rescue vehicles. this gas station and motel is under water. the neighborhood behind it in bad shape. the folks here are resilient and happy to do...

Thats why there was backup power general rasht capacity on site. thats why they went to the trouble of moving theme into the diesel containers. if the diesel powered fails, there is a chance of spontaneous combustion. the company says this, the situation at the crosby site has become serious. in order to ensure the safety op our ride-out team all personnel has now been evacuated from the site. quote, we are working with the department of homeland security and the state of texas to set up a comma...

The death toll, it is, of course, on the rise. among those people killed, a veteran houston police sergeant. steve perez drown trying to get to his command post trying to help those in need. rescue crews and volunteers are working around the clock. they have saved thousands and thousands from the floodwaters. here are a few examples on your screen. there are thousands of these examples. we have all sorts of survivor stories to bring you this morning as well as updates on how houston is going to ...

A command post in a suitable he location near our site again theyve got homeland security setting up a command post nearby. local news is reporting that a one and a half mile radius has been evacuated around this chemical plant. and the company is being blunt about whats happened here. according to the company, refrigeration on some of our backup product storage containers has now been compromised. due to extremely high water arkema is limited to what we can do to address the site conditions unt...

It sounds like he wants to have a ball game friday night. he wants folks to start picking up the pieces. tell me where you are. tell me what it looks like. >> reporter: well, look, i mean, the -- you can see sunlight today, and that is a huge improvement and that is lifting everyones spirits and no rain is coming down. theres a little bit of rain possibly for this afternoon, but nothing like weve seen in recent days. this is state highway 6. this is one of the areas that has stubbornly stayed hi...