apartment. so they didn't -- should they leave, should they stay? >> strand the whole time. >> but it food and water. >> reporter: this is your daughter behind you? >> jaclyn. >> reporter: hey, live on cnn. sorry to -- talking to your father telling us your story. you're just getting out? >> just getting out. power went out. >> reporter: enough food and water? >> oh, yeah. a lot of people donating dropping things off. >> reporter: you seem to be in good spirits having a week stranded. >> it was fine. we had power most of the tile. the whole time. pizza delivered to us and a lot of people helped out. >> reporter: you don't want to pick that back up. >> yeah. >> reporter: what was it like? take viewers what you lived through the last seven days. >> we were very lucky. no water got into our complex at all. we were the highest elevation. like an island around us. no water got in. everywhere around us -- >> reporter: we'll pick those up in a little bit.