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And lower laffit. the water is rising. people are in their homes and we're getting ready of reports of people with water up to their chest. very, very dire situation, and we just can't get out yet. >> that is dire. what else are you hearing from people calling in? that is horrific. >> it is horrific. the electrical grid is almost out. we're probably at 95% out of electricity. a very large transmission tower came down that fed a lot of our community. so we're getting reports of roof damage, you know, trees down, tree roots pulling up and damaging water mains. so now our water pressure is going ...

And we're -- we just can't respond yet. >> right. i mean so what are you doing in these cases? when you get a call like that with these senior citizens or the person who has, you know, water up to their chest. what can you do? >> well, people just -- you know, i got a text from a friend of mine, and she said a tree fell on her neighbor's house. she wants the neighbors to come to her house, but she said she can't walk outside right now. so the winds are so heavy, so high right now, we just can't get out. we were able to get one of the fire chiefs over to the assisted living center to see what i...