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Upside-down. by what the locals say were 200-mile-per-hour winds. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: in happier times, the glow in the dark plankton helps lure the tourist to drive the economy. there is no salvaging the upcoming high season. but that is a worry for later. right now is about survival. >> we're out of fun. we're running out of food and water. >> reporter: that is the kind of heartbreaking, soul draining scene that is getting played out again as people look at her cry. she gets on a sat phone for the first time. oh, my god. crushes your soul to watch that. this is the line, a two-h...

The glow in the dark plankton that lived in the bay helped lure tours that drive the economy. there's no salvaging the upcoming high season. but that's a worry for later. right now it's about survival. >> we are out of food. we are running out of food and water. >> reporter: that's the kind of heartbreaking soul-draining scene that's getting played out again and again as people look at her cry. as she gets on a sat phone for the first time. oh, my god. crushes your soul to watch that. this is the line, a two-hour line for folks waiting to give proof of life to a wife or a husband or a father. ...

As we can and that's all we really can do from here right now, other than, you know, immediate cleanup and search and rescue teams and getting what we can. there are people on the islands that are in the states for vacation and are calling us, go to my apartment, take what you need, take whatever you need. before the looters get there. so we've been going to random apartments and getting their favorite belongings and just supplies and food and water that you can. so we're just salvaging whatever we can right now, until major help gets here. >> oh, ann, thank you so much for getting on the phon...

97-year-old mother to safety. harvey didn't flood your house? >> no, not at all. >> it was the reservoir. >> the city made a calculated decision that they were going to sacrifice a number of houses for the greater good of the rest of houston. >> reporter: fema is now paying for this hotel room but the cottons are hoping the city will help pay for them to rebuild where the water has receded. they are salvaging what they can and starting over, but it's a long road ahead. >> we appreciate the prayers, we really do. but what we need is assistance so people can get the necessities just to live. >> ...

Walter simmons, are salvaging what they can, others have nowhere to go. >> you have to take one day at a time. you can't say. you can get back. >> as debris piles high along streets, the damage is widespread, and the need is great. in cities like beaumont, texas, many are still without power. masses wait in line for drinking water as the military ships supplies in. >> taking a live look outside here. you can see just some of the things that people have piled here along the streets.