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Kind of jacked up a little bit. and made through the flood. i had water actually in the jeep when i got to them. and i got them all back to my home. and had seven guys staying at the house with me and my wife. and they're just amazing, these guys. they worked through the entire time and created a lot of product. and they -- we sat around and smiled and talked, and then they started thinking about their families again. and i have a friend up in one area that checked on them. and everybody was doing good. and jorge got the call that the water had started receding. and so everything was well. a c...

It is heartbreaking. and there is a great deal of despair. however, when you speak to them, there is a strong sense of optimism. people are optimistic about rebuilding their lives. and they have the support of strangers. they have the support of neighbors. they have the support of friends and family that are in their lives. so you do get a sense, rene, that regardless of where you are on that spectrum, you are within a community here in the houston metro area. where you will receive some form of help there is a sense of support here. >> george, a ut austin man. nobody knows the spirit of these...

>> the story lines you guys are going through just dizzying. and to think about how long this story will continue on for weeks, for months, for years. a lot happening here in houston, texas. let's talk about the center that we're at right now, the george r. brown convention center. it's been open for a shelter. some 8,000 people calling this their temporary home right now. and then at the nearby nrg center. so they have capacity for 10,000 people. there are 8,000 cots. just gives you a sense of how many people here in the houston metro area are in need of help until they can figure out their n...

Of promotional a purposes at all. it's about reaching out and trying to help the community that has helped us for 21 years to grow where we're at right now. and we're just trying to be a blessing to other people that have been to us. >> but we know this is not for promotion. but there must be, kirk, hundreds if not thousands of small businesses like yours that again, the first priorities to those that have lost their lives, those that have lost their homes. how difficult will the next couple weeks and maybe even months be for small businesses all across the houston area? >> well, it is tough. ...

See from the backs of these gentlemen who appear to be on a larger boat, but maybe that's a dock, we don't know because we can't see the picture there. but it scenes like this are playing out all across texas. so the rain has stopped, you can see that in these areas, but that has not stopped the urgency of the search and rescue areas, some areas that were not flooded yesterday, are flooded today with the levees overtopping and coming down with more water. and these are the hats and uniforms, so some of these appear to be first responders, but a lot of people we have seen doing this are people ...