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>> 50. >> yes, sir. >> and so far everything is holding up? >> we still have power. my kids are on the second level which is 23 feet above sea level. we're watching tv as we speak. >> what about -- >> there's five kids next door in the house next to us which is another cement fortress which is captain paul ross and his family. >> what about your boat? >> my boat we tied up on the bay side in one of the safest canals. i should have sent a picture of that. it was riding out the storm well as of an hour ago. i have a friend -- my high school baseball coach rich russell is riding it out. his house...

Grid and sent to my residents so they could see who was in a threat and who was on high ground and les of a concern. we want the right people to evacuate. you want u people in low areas to take it seriously and people in high areas who can make due, they shouldn't be clogging the emergency shelters. the. >> the map shows south beach and those areas along the water. really exposed. interestingly, exposed from the bay side because of the push of water that comes in. zpl they can get it coming and going. so if the winds sweep around from the east, they'll push a big boll louse of water up from th...

We feel it was more dangerous to travel all over the state, run out of fuel, get in trouble coming back in or whatever. we decided we have enough neighbors. we have all decided to hunker down and make a group effort. we have good resources. doctors, nurses, lots of generators. we are going to ride it out. >> you mentioned your house is 12 feet above sea level on stilts. they are talking about storm surge of perhaps 15 feet. the math doesn't make sense. >> i don't think -- i would say 15 feet may be on the bay side. yes, it flooded here in the worst hurricane ever to 17 feet in the '35 hurrican...

Loop and come back out over the water. here's where it goes from being a severe storm to what could be a catastrophic event further northeast. you have all the rain. if that track remains out over the water, when it loops back out, it means that hurricane conditions will rake the entire texas coast all the way to southwest louisiana and the island of galveston is really -- put this on a blog yesterday. galveston usually gets hit from the southeast. this system coming from the southwest, we're moving up the texas coast, drives the storm surge into galveston, a sea wall will help out and stop it...

Visual is to identify their prey. >> you say also to avoid areas that attract bait fish. how do you know what that area looks like. >> if you see a lot of bird activity and bay fish jumping it's common sense then to get out of the water at that point. even blue fish that will be chasing those fissures will bite you also. >> how about swimming oceanside or bay side? is there a better side to be swimming on? >> the realities of the attacks and quantity of people, we are not on the menu really. yeah, if you want to be a little more protected if you want to have your kids a little more protected t...