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However, if you have a home in that neighborhood that did not flood, you are okay. youre allowed to go back there. another bit of good news that we have that chemical plant that is in crosby, texas, to the northeast of here. they had an evacuation zone that had been put in place about 1.5 miles around the plant because of all those organic peroxides. they burned them off and that evacuation order has now been lifted. >> maya, thank you. mark, director of recovery at hagerty consulting is here ...

And you guys know that. >> were still in the response phase. we still have flooding going on, we still have concerns about rising water and so, were not past the danger, were not past the challenge. after were done with that the primary searches we have to do secondary searches to make sure nobodys sitting in the homes and tragically lost their lives and we need to recover the bodies for families. >> reporter: one more question i want to ask you about this convention center. i saw some of your p...

Obviously, the reference couldnt be more clear. this is not another katrina. you said very eloquently, that was with this president had to avoid. so far, he seems to have avoided it. >> i think he has and i know hes getting criticized for going to texas some people say too early, some people say you shouldnt be down there. but this is such a huge storm that i dont see anything wrong at all with this president, oh whether its a republican or democrat going to another part of texas that was impact...

Experts thought? >> the company of resource today but you always need to be looking one or two days ahead particularly while you are in the response phase. want to emphasize again we are still in the response phase. we need to be looking maybe 72 hours ahead and start calculating how many assets you need to respond because the thing that drives me crazy about firefighters and i love firefighters, we saw them on ground zero. they are worked to the bone. but what they do as they work themselves un...

Were going to push hard to make sure you dont see the sunlight anytime soon. weve got armed robbers last night in the middle of the night and weve also got more looters. we got looters at a game stop last night. its all hands on deck. we are fully operational, we have the resources coming out of texas from other major cities. were beginning to task them, we are beginning to give them specific missions, they will be doing two things. first, they will be conducting security at some of our location...

Texas. which i trapgkly, john is the point i think week he we aukt to consider. fema is in a response mode. you have preparedness, response recovery. were still in the response phase. were still trying to make certain that we do everything to save live the and rescue people. that just shows the magnitude of this storm. >> and youve expressed concern that harvey could end up being even more expensive than katrina. thats not what were hearing from your experts right now. but what do you think? >> ...

Have evacuees. and secondly there will be relieving some of our officers in the near future. we will not be reducing our posture, officers continue to sleep in the stations, they will be continuing to sleep in these stations throughout the response phase. were still in the response phase and we probably will not be moving towards recovery for a matter of a couple more days. our officers will not be going home. we had 160 of our families that we know so far that have been impacted. and i cant spe...

Phase. we are still in response phase and we will probably not be moving towards recovery for a matter of a couple more days. our officers will not be going home. we have families that we know have been impacted and i cant speak enough -- not just the police officers and firefighters, but all city employees that this mayor leads. no one has left their post, they are doing their job. we are fully functional, were still trying to get to folks and like we said yesterday, dont give up on us. seek th...

In these stations throughout the response phase. we are still in the response phase and probably not moving towards recovery for a matter of a couple more days. or officers will not be going home. weve had 160 of our families so far impacted that we know of and i cant speak enough about, not just the police officers and the firefighters, but all city employees, that this mayor leads, that no one has left their post. theyre out doing their job. were fully functional. still trying to get folks, li...

Predicted 4 to 8 inches of rain up until thursday. some 500 residents have been forced from their homes in lake charles, due to flooding. as the storming bears down on new orleans, a bit of good news, the city was able to fix a broken pump that threatened to make flooding much worse. >> joining me now by phone is governor edwards. thank you for joining us, first off. you know what this is like. you guys have lived through katrina, youre sending resources to texas, how long do you expect your res...