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Its really an exponential effect of damage between the amount of rain we are seeing, the amount of storm surge we are seeing and the duration of it that we are seeing. It is easy in the first few hours after they pass where you say we dont see that much destruction. But it will take days to survey what happened. And there are areas we cant get to. We drove around a little bit today and we saw marinas decimated. That means peoples livelihoods taken away in addition to the homes most likely taken away. The Boat Captains are out here and they wont be able to make a dive living for a long time. Tu...

Now. go to five days from now and take a look at this. we have river gauges all over the place that are going to be probably at the record levels. that is because of the rain that is about to come. and the rain that is going to move off of the mountain areas and inland areas. all piles up. we have a long event here. we probably have rain until tuesday or wednesday and we'll have the rivers at the record levels in some cases six or seven feet higher than the records. that will stay at the level for probably five or six days. >> tucker: 0oph. harsh. rick reichmuth, thank you for that. we will co...