>> councilman, i'm sure you never thought you'd be pulling up to your house or your driveway in a boat. it's like a river in front of your house. >> yes, it is. i mean, it's just hard, and just to hear that again lets you know that, you know, you can start over, but it's still hard for people that, you know, for years and years have things in their homes and one day it's all gon. it's all destroyed. so, even in the midst of those things i'm willing and going to continue fighting and helping people. tormmorrow i plan on going backn the boat and going out helping families get out of the water. get out of those homes. so, hey, it's something that -- my motto has always been it could be worse. could be worse. >> i want to talk to valerie now. >> okay. >> valerie, you there? >> i'm here. >> valerie, you and your husband went from helping to set up a shelter at the civic center to