The founders are. In 1954, come to the rescue was the Historic Preservation society who had enough when the Old City Market was destroyed and they built an incredibly hideous looking parking lot. So, they band together and formeded what some called it hysterical save savannah foundation. Literally seven old ladies, some in tennis shoes, went around throwing their bodies in front of the wrecking ball to stop the progress and a Revolving Fund started to buy a house for 5,000, restore it to what it was and sell it for 25,000 or something. You got 20,000 and you do it and do it until at some point savannah now has the largest restored Historic District in america which is quite an accomplishment. What has been done since 1954 is an accomplishment. And i will not name any of those seven little old ladies. They are not twittering old lady. They have clout and it showed. Historic savannah is sometimes nogs meaning north of gaston street. My wife and i live on gaston street. We live on the sou
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Iraq, and in an interview with charlie rose, the president makes a bold prediction about a key battle ahead. Mosul will eventually fall. Pelley and she survived the boston bombing. Reporter are you still angry . Yes, i am. Pelley now shes turned anger into energy on the dance floor and at todays marathon. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley houston filled up like a bathtub with a stuffed drain. A relentless foot of rain fell in texas. Today folks waded the higher ground. More than 1,000 homes flooded, and one man clung to the side of a truck. Big rigs struggled before two interstates were closed. Omar villafranca is in houston. Reporter with water quickly rising, residents of this apartment complex in neighbors helping neighbors, deploying rafts and small fishing boats, some using whatever they could, from air mattresses to emmy refrigerators. Were just trying to rescue as many people as we can, just trying to get them from places they can
In texas. Today folks waded the higher ground. More than 1,000 homes flooded, and one man clung to the side of a truck. Big rigs struggled before two interstates were closed. Omar villafranca is in houston. Reporter with water quickly rising, residents of this apartment complex in houston had to rescue each other. Neighbors helping neighbors, deploying rafts and small fishing boats, some using whatever they could, from air mattresses to emmy refrigerators. Were just trying to rescue as many people as we can, just trying to get them from places they cant swim. Reporter houston mayor Sylvester Turner admitted water was rising so fast, First Responders had trouble keeping up. Some areas of city have ten inches of water. Some areas have 15. Theres water all over the place. Its very difficult to even get the red cross workers to get to their shelters. Reporter 120,000 residents lost power. This time lapse at a houston underpass showed the flash flooding as it was happening, water rising sev