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Sure we were in a house that did not flood. and meyerland, which is everyone to have flooding, the house we live in has never been flooded. we prepared the night before. i expected heavy rain. i expected water to maybe come up on the lawn. when my wife woke up 4:30 in the morning, and i was up already, we talked. discussed it. and she said brian, i think we have to get the girls out. i have three daughters. they had packed bags the night before just in case of emergency because we understand how bad it can get. so we decided to leave about ten minutes later. i looked out the door and the water...

Police department. thank you for your service and please thank all the members down there helping out. >> thank you. we'll do that. >> tonight officials in texas say between 9,000 and 10,000 people have been rescued in houston and the surrounding region. the flooding is all too familiar to some of the residents. they were also victims when hurricane katrina devastated new orleans 12 years ago. on the phone with me now is brian wooes, a former new orleans police commander. thank you, brian. how you doing? >> i'm doing all right, sir. >> you just heard from officer morrow talked about the mother...

To climb on my back. the water would have been over her head. i got her across. i had to take all my kids like that. one i put on my shoulder, my littlest one. then my wife, we have guinea pigs and dogs. we were able to get the guinea pigs and dogs across. my wife had to hold her breath. i had to pull her under. that was the only way to get her across. >> goodness. brian, thank you, sir. god bless you. >> thank you, and the only thing i got to say as a positive note, i know everybody's going to come together. we'll get the non-profits, religious groups and everybody in houston and in louisiana...

Almost no visibility. they can only see about a quarter mile in each direction. i'm listening to the co-pilot and pilot talking to each other. i've got a tower and wire over here. they're dodging all this stuff under low cloud cover to get to these neighborhoods. it was something to see. >> thank you, brian. doing great work out there. be safe. i want to go to alexander mar adequate request the live for news katy, texas. you spent the day on a boat with a kes cue crew and came across people still choosing to ride out the storm. what's going on? >> reporter: that's right. the storm here in hous...