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Folks took shelter that were in low-lying areas that were experienced bad things with high tides and different hurricanes in the past. so i'm real comfortable with our city and the whole team and the coastal mayors, we're in close touch as we go through this storm. so these storms, the old timers used to call september storms. well, this is a little bit unusual. this is an unusual storm. moved this fast and, you know, again with just a minimal amount of damage we hope. >> mayor, meteorologist bill karins here, just curious, what did you guys do for staffing with police and fire and how long di...

When a guy goes on a mission like this. the house could be booby trapped. this is something we dealt with all the time in law enforcement and atf. bombs and people with guns and bombs. you remember the shooter at the aurora theater in colorado who had bobby trapped his apartment and left the radio on. tried to lure the neighbor in and the police bomb squads and fbi atf had to go in there and take it apart. they're going to have a lot more answers as day breaks. >> going to update with more information as they get it. jim, i wanted to ask you. we've been talking about that moment that they enga...

Crewman repel from a helicopter hovering above before eventually getting to the boat below. the boaters and the dog who appear to all be wearing survival gear were eventually air lifted via at basket into the helicopter and back to safety. >> let's go back to on jajacksoe with ken morrow is stabbinding . that city was pretty hard hit. were they extending the extent of the damage that took place, the flooding that took place in that city? >> reporter: i think the assessment is now in the process, the local officials have been doing their assessment throughout the evening and as day breaks, they...

Given area? >> we see -- i mean, we've seen this happen before. we had allison that affected houston many years ago and we saw tremendous rainfall totals there. anytime you have a tropical cyclone, it doesn't have to be a strong tropical cyclone, it can be a weak system. as long as that moisture is there and it keeps riding in over the same location, this heavy-type of rainfall can occur. >> certainly a lot to watch. michael brown, thank you for being with us this morning. we'll let you get back at it. certainly a lot of strategy and preparation goes into getting help to hurricane victims, but...

They're saying that the sailors may be released soon. but those are only reports coming from the states that for a fares is reporting here. the only thing they are indicating here is that ten sailors is have been arrested. they say that they strayed into iranian waters intentionally and they said the ships had three .50-caliber guns on the ship. other than that, not a lot here. it's the middle of the night, it's 2:00 in the morning. as day breaks, we may get more reports on what's going on here. back to you. >> ali aruezi in tehran for us, thanks very much. let's bring in my smaller panel here...