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Have several reporters on the ground that we're going to take you to in just a moment. leland: can you see the lights starting to flickner blessing, texas. tens of thousands without power. certainly more to come in texas.
That's where it came ashore. blessing, texas is just about 60 miles to the north, and i'm wondering, give me a sense of the wind. you have seen trees snap over yet? or have you just seen the trees bending in the wind? what's the level, and i know it's tough at night to sort of assess any damage, but have you seen any buildings cave in? major structures blown over? reporter: you know, we obviously can't pan our camera much right now. if you move it around, it's going to go flying in the wind. immediately to my left, palm trees look ready to bend in half. so far haven't seen any of them flung ar...
Really starting to fade out, it's going to continue. we'll get bands, the worst in corpus christi is certainly over. now it's a matter where this thing goes from here and all the rain it's going to dump in the next four, five days. back to you. jackie: rob, you have been out there the last 24 hours and seen things change dramatically around 9:00 our time. looks like you needed goggles. things look a lot better, happy for and you everybody that lives there. as the hurricanes develop over time. they can get worse, they can get better, we'll keep an eye on the storm and you, thank you so much. re...
Major port. as you talk to officials there, do they have contingency plans? talking about when they might reopen the port or now in hunker down mode and assess in the morning. reporter: how would you like that? out on a cruise --. >> i wouldn't like that at all. reporter: not at all. i would not want to be on the cruise ship. port of galveston did close down, leaving three, four ships with 20,000 people on them out at sea. they were trying to find other ports they could possibly get to, up the coast towards louisiana or waiting to see if it was better for them to stay in place. wait this thing...
Carlson tonight, this is a texas sized storm and we will have texas sized effort, and neighbors will help neighbors and counties and cities and state government and federal government will all work together to help them. this will be neighbor helping neighbor, we will get through this. jackie: texas sized storm and texas sized response. i like that. lieutenant governor dan patrick, get back to you later, stay safe. leland? leland: all right, now down to the ground in texas. matt finn live in blessing, texas. sort of for geography sake, 100 miles southeast of houston. matt, from where you are, ...