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Hurricane katrina, that big boo bah. let's see how bad this end up being. i expect the winds they going to be three to four times, he's going to have a hard time flying in the helicopters. the wind is expected to be above 35 miles an hour and that's hard fly for helicopters and unsafe. those there are flying will be doing search and rescue and get water to people that are isolated. >> david, to you now, you've been sitting there patiently. thank you. you are in houston tonight for the red cross. how's the red cross been preparing? >> well, i'm in houston at the disaster command center here of ...

Trig to close roads. leland: all right. >> we've had a lot of rain band so maybe later. leland: we know the high water rescue teams are already out in force there in houston. griff, stay safe ap and out of the water and we'll talk to you in a minute. liz. elizabeth: i want to bring in american red cross regional executive officer david brady in houston. thank you for joining us. tell us about your resources on the ground and what do you need? >> thank you for having me on today to talk about this. we've got shelters ready to go. last night about 1400 people took refuge from the storm in 24 red...

Having radio access, in particular radio access in case of losing power. for some of them it's a little too late to create those prepare kits, but it helps for those who may not be in the path of the storm that's hit them hard at this point. also there will be public servants in their area will know where those shelters are as well. one thing red cross does extremely well is work very closely and tightly with government officials, whether it's the city mayors, the county judges here in texas or the operation of emergency management. we're communicating with them constantly. there are people al...

Our founder served on before retiring was the galveston hurricane in 1900, the -- we've been responding all over this country since then and we will be long after hurricane harvey. >> what are you most concerned about with this storm, first you, david. >> i'm most concerned about the flooding in the greater houston area. the southern part of our region in our state, the winds and potential for tornados. we're hearing about building collapses. the flooding will have the long term impact that i think can be devastating and keep a lot of people out of their homes for a long time. i think for me t...

Before the storm. we may have come close to that in corpus, but the rest of that area, very little evacuation, particularly in the small rural area that are inland that can be affected by the surge water, and those areas subjective to flooding because it's a coastal plain. it's a lot more dynamic than new orleans because it's rural areas subject to flooding and now we have these small towns where people are isolated. that is what i fear the most. >> general, thank you so much. david brady thank you, as well. i appreciate it. when we come back, much more on all of our breaking news. hurricane h...