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Resources. while at the same time they ve got to put the fire out. one fire official yesterday was saying to me, look, even when we get to decent containment of 15% or more, it will be months before this area is truly safe. months, heather. dominic di-natale reporting live for us. thank you, dominic. major flooding leaving serious damage in southern colorado. runoff from recent storms pouring into homes. neighbors say cinder blocks covering storm drains left the floodwaters nowhere to go. families in the area, many of whom were just settling into their new homes now facing long expensive cleanup. said the first couple days are real important so we don t get so much mold. we bought all new furniture, all new my 70-inch tv s gone. my wife s wedding dress is down in the closet. that s a little sad. many people in the neighborhood do not have flood insurance because flooding is rare in this part of the state. ....
Public s safety is paramount. and then behind that comes protection of structures including homes. and it doesn t matter whose home it is, we re going to try to protect it. well, it s heavy going for the bulldozers trying to bols the containment. erratic winds and steep terrain mean the fire trucks can t always get to the front lines. the beaver creek fire now bigger than the city of denver. by latest official estimates, that is. nearly 1,200 firefighters are working on it and still only 9% of it contained. this is proving to be quite a fight, heather. back to you. absolutely is. dominic di-natale reporting live for us. when will the crews catch a break? our meteorologist live in the fox extreme weather center. hey, jd. hi, gregg. unfortunately we re going to be dealing with very warm conditions and gusty winds in the forecast. not much in the way of relief in terms of moisture getting into this area. and you can see the temperatures ....
Get those busts of rain, rain clouds, at any moment. here at the marina, this is a good example of how much water we have seen. yesterday we were being pelted by lane like you said, jamie and the water line, naturally before the storm hit was a foot-and-a-half lower and you can see, it is all the way up at the dock here and a lot of the debris from the gulf shows the water was up, and submerged the entire parking lot, last night and so what local officials are concerned about is people getting up this morning and seeing that it is a beautiful day, and they should head out and see what some of the damage looks like around their area. but that said, we did see almost a foot of rain here in biloxi. that s a lot of water and there are a lot of trees that have fallen and debris in the roadway and people ned to be safe if they head out today. jamie. jamie: what other storm impacts are we seeing? we saw maybe the national guard that was actually involved at this point. power outages, shorta ....
Efforts? are they getting involved in calling their elected representatives? this is important. well, hopefully, after this airs, we ll be able to get a little bit more attention. and, general walsh will step up to the plate and see these levees get under construction immediately. and we won t have to go through it next year. jamie: the teams are there and no one would say you are not someone who is trying to make a positive difference and help the people in your community. appreciate your time, this storm, did it end up being as serious as you expected . we re not out of woods yet. this morning, 5:30 we got overtopping again and we re putting tubes along the highways, so, it is a lot worse than we thought it would be, because it keeps pounding those levees. and is moving so slow we have several more hours of fighting. jamie: all right, slow-moving and you pounding, not good for you or the people in your area and we re praying for you. the president of plaquemines ....
jamie: perry is not the only candidate with that message. steve centanni joining us live in washington. how is rick perry doing with the tea party voters? reporter: well, with perry entering the race suddenly becoming the front-runner, tea party power broker jim demint, the south carolina senator was asked about perry today, especially about his moderate views in the past, including his once support pore the hillary clinton health care plan in the 90s. demint says he welcomes perry in the race but is not picking favorites yet. i m going to withhold any endorsement or support for several months. it is important to me to see how these candidates respond to the big issues of the day. reporter: demint seen as potential gop kingmaker because of his successful role promoting tea party candidates in 2010. this week he holds a forum attended by romney who first declined. michelle bachmann, ron paul, ....