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Wind events or a storm surge events, the bottom line is the amount of rain that we're going to get, not just today but the next several days is going to lead to beyond saturation in some of these places. it is 12 years to the day, general, unfortunately, they didn't have the sense to call you up at the beginning of katrina. they waited a couple days to activate you. it was 12 days to the day that this settled in, in new orleans. we do know that the president has signed a declaration of emergency for texas and the texas governors called up 700 members of the national guard. tell me how that hel...

The public health domain. we'll see how that goes. >> when you look at it, are there some things that are good about this? it's not during the school year. we're better prepared than we were as general honore was saying since katrina. better coordination with the federal government. we're no the world's busiest area. >> correct. there's a lot of places getting hit by the storm that are sparsely populated. >> there are people that we can't find them who knows where. that will take a while to find everybody. i think there are many things that are better. the things not so much better and things ...

Order to the situation that was playing out on people's tvs as mayhem, what we learned is that the level of coordination at the time was not as good as it should have been between fema and the military and the various organizations that were providing aid. do you think we've worked those types of things out now? >> this will be a lot better, but the challenge is going to be bigger. the national guard is large and in charge in support of the civil authorities there on the ground. they've practiced this before, worked with the counties. but the size and scope of the land that's got to be conduct...

Concerned about the winds but the rain is the threat. the fact that it's not moving and holding its intensity means that you're going to have these heavy rain bands for days on end. moving towards more populated areas as well. >> right. >> it's about drainage and flooding and a lot of damage. we'll think about it -- >> with katrina, the real damage didn't happen right away. there was a latency with this it. that's the same situation with this. mold problems, drinking water problems. people got to think about what's going to be happening, not only tonight but a week down the road from now. >> a...

Mobilized to come in and assist with search and rescue and high clearance vehicles. so expect more of them to be mobilized as well as the restraint we're going to have, ali. this hurricane is going to stay around and prevent our helicopters. you know, within three hours after the eye of hurricane katrina getting in, they were in with the helicopters rescuing people. this will not happen for several days because helicopters will not be able to do search and rescue with these high winds because this hurricane is staying around. you've got to use your high clearance vehicles and boats. that is go...