your house? >> we had been through floods before, just not as bad as this before. we never had to evacuate the house before. but so we started cleaning, and stacking everything up and packing things in boxing, because we know kind of what to expect. but the water rose up to about my chest. and we had to just wade out everywhere. and everything was black and dark and you couldn't really see anything in the water. stuff was just floating around and boxes were just everywhere. >> reporter: inside your home. >> yes. >> reporter: so who makes the decision at that point let's go for the car? >> our entire family agreed on that almost immediately, because it's pretty elevated. my mom actually came up with that plan. and we were also planning on bringing hacksaws and hammers up to the attic in case we had to go up there and get out. but city -- i'm pretty sure they released a statement when we were on the car that they advised us not to go up to the attic. >> reporter: that's true. >> because they can't get us out and they don't know we're there. but we decided we wanted to in case prep that place with saws and stuff. >> reporter: so you're one of the most prepared families in