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Federal government will capture back those expenses for overnight. an exhausted firefighter and exhausted policemen is just like you and men when they're exhausted. they have to pace themselves. some of them have experience, but many of them don't. it's been years since we've seen a hurricane like this make landfall in had this area. for many of them, it's a new experience. >> as the experience corresponded, there you are standing. we'll check back in with you. we'll hear from you a little bit later on. kerry, thank you. i want to turn now to gabe gutierrez in taft, texas. gabe, it doesn't s...

In a tropical storm or a hurricane. still, ike caused a lot of flooding when the storm surge came in. it didn't just come from the gulf side, but it wrapped around this narrow island and came around the back bay side. that's where a lot of the flooding happened and we were driving through gals have to be last night. we could see some water levels throughout this area start to go rise pretty quickly. that's why people who were in low-lying areas are pretty concerned. not many people chose to evacuate galveston because they weren't as worried about the winds and things like that. but they are wo...

We are just continuing to get hit with the sideways rain. i can see how much -- they just staying. it's like getting hit with sand. we were standing there in to get kind of comfortable and then a gust comes by at 100 miles an hour. knocks you off your feet. you are not ready for it. sean. >> sean: let me ask you, maybe you could describe for our audience. we've been to you and steve. you can see the wins nearly pull you off the ground. can you describe that sensation? we see locking down your legs and literally bracing yourself. to what extent? you said this was not the first time you've been ...

And as far as the path goes, again, the only reason we really care about the path now is because that's going to be where the storm goes is where the heaviest rainfall will be associated. and over the next seven days, it's still this triangle from san antonio to corpus christi to houston and for that reason, francis, that's where all the heaviest rainfall is going to be, too. the rainfall predictions are still in excess of 20 inches and that triangle and then someone has the possibility of still 40 inches of rain. and the rumor forecast, we'll be bringing you through the morning. it looks dire...

That went with with the shelters. the police and the fire have had a very, very busy night because of lightning strikes. at least one lightning strike that hit an apartment complex sparked a fire and then that fire grew very quickly very fast. and the -- very large. and by the time the fire department got there, there was very little they could do to contain its growth. and that apartment complex burned to the ground. fortunately, that apartment complex had been abandoned. we also know of a fire at a house from a lightning strike reportedly. no reports of any injuries there. the story, as you ...