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>> yeah. the whole drive here, we thought we would have some help from other cajun navies. but that wasn't the case. so we showed up. we went out, just two of us, two of the officers, and it's bad hearing about people trapped in attics and on roofs, but going in homes and having to help people out of their attic and knowing the consequences of them being up there, how they're not supposed to go in there, and it's one of those things that they're about to get hit with 30 more inches of rain. low tide helped us out today, and then you have the rain after this stalls and goes north, coming down t...

Residents there. explain where you are and what you're seeing. >> so anderson, i am in a community called river bend where a few miles away. it took us almost 40 minutes to get here because of all the downed trees and flooded roads. you can see these rescue operations. they have got lots of people. they say they're not exactly sure on the number right now trapped in homes. i can't show you where the water begins just yet because they asked us to stand back. what i can tell you is that there are eight swift water rescue teams here right now coming from all over. we spoke with one from maryland ...

They call and then when the water goes down a little bit. they're like it's going to be okay. and they cancel 911 and we don't know what this hurricane is going to do. >> shepard: i was going to say, you've got a town of 30,000 people and that many people stayed behind. my understanding is the occasion may be as down there and a lot of volunteers, what do you know? >> they are great, i got a chance to meet some of them. this is not a time to be a riverboat gambler. get in the shelter or go west of i-95 and get out of the storm. people's lives are are much more important than whether or not the...

Name it. what do you tell people that are stuck? a lot of them seek out shelter out of harm's way or away from the water. you go to the roof. what do you tell them? >> first of all, if you get in trouble, call 911 so we know you're in trouble. call 911. we ask you don't go in attics and enclosed supposes. we can't rescue you. call 911, let the local emergency responders know you're in trouble. that information gets funneled through the coast guard. >> neil: admiral, you're always in a tough position. some people were advised to leave and didn't and now you're men and women are risking their li...

To cut a hole in it to have a way to get out of there. he don't know people who are trapped with water up in their attics, is not that high, right? >> i don't think we have any more of those. i think we've been able to reach that particular case. and there are other ones where people have gotten on the roof. we went out yesterday. we been working this thing for 48 hours. we have plenty of window of tim time. which of the fire truck out, we took the national guard truck behind it. we took two buses. some of them got out and physically knocked on doors and we've done everything from twitter to f...