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The east of us in the beaumont, orange area. but here in houston, george r. brown and other shelters around this region here, houston, they're feeling much better and anxious, starting to talk about getting ready to move on and take a step forward in their lives. >> you say get ready to move on and take a step forward. walk me through what the path looks like for a family that has lost their home, found their way to the shelter, what is the next step for them, what is the third step, the fourth step, what are they looking at? >> for the red cross, our goal and our job is to get into disasters ...

On dialysis, and they do need to get some attention at a place where they can be treated for their kidney failures or their kidney problems. so we're going to make sure and do our very best here on live television, we don't want to show pictures of patients' faces, they have been through a lot, but they're being brought out now, as i see, the national guard helicopter circling. now, there is a landing pad here that they use just a short time ago for the baptist helicopter to transfer that one patient. but because the blackhawk helicopter is such a larger imprint and takes such a larger footpri...

Have been housed in emergency shelters. this morning, femme fema says than 8,000 families have been located to hotels in the area. joining me is the ceo of the american red cross of texas gulf coast, dave brady. he's at the george r. brown convention center in houston, one of those major shelters. david, give us just a sense of where things are there. how people are feeling and how big your operation is on the ground. >> well, our operation here at george r. brown is a partnership with the city of houston and mayor turner and his team. this operation, i feel, is a great place right now. i've w...

Amount of assets there from all service components, national gua guard, active duty, boat crews, helicopters, high water trucks, all converged in and are working rescues in beaumont right now. >> are there any other -- we're looking at this one hospital where the situation has become particularly dire. do you have any other areas of concern, places you're watching right now, plays we should be looking for intense missions like this one? >> the beaumont, port arthur area, is our main effort for search and rescue now. i have with some of river flooding, i moved some resources down on to the braz...

Military staging area in beaumont, texas. stephanie, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hey, casey. we're eight miles outside of the center of town, enjoying a little sun for the first time in about a week it feels like, or a lifetime for a lot of these people. i'm joined by some members of the texas national guard, i have lieutenant colonel mike perez and major johnny guerrero. tell me about the worst night here what it looked like, what you saw. >> couple of nights ago, heavy rains, heavy storms here, high wind and rain in the parking lot. it was probably the second or third time the st...