yesterday? day before yesterday? >> reporter: and why didn't you leave them? >> it wasn't that bad. still had electricity and food and were fine. once the electricity went out we started to worry. >> reporter: things started to get uncomfortable at your house? >> very. >> reporter: at what point were you able to get out? >> we put "help" on the door, someone knocked on the door and we started loaded everything in to the bow, dogs, cats, everything we could carry. >> reporter: how did that feel? >> got to see our neighbors for the further time. it felt good. >> reporter: bonding with the neighborhood? >> yes. totally. >> reporter: you're waiting for a high-water vehicle to take you all the way out. >> correct. >> reporter: at this moment. where are you going from here? >> we don't know. we don't know yet. >> reporter: did you have a place to stay or going to stay in a shelter? >> i don't know. we have some family that lives out of houston. but exactly, i don't know. where we're going to go. >> reporter: marlene, we're