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I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part that they are out of the way of danger of an increasingly dangerous storm. they're happy to be alive and were a piece in that regard. but obviously concerned about what they had left behind. about the possibility they had lost her would be losing the place they lived as well as some of their property. most importantly, they were happy to be alive. i have issued a disaster declaration that originally inc...

Corpus christi area, now expanding to some larger areas. i had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to go to san antonio to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part that they were out of the way of what was an increasingly threatening storm. they were happy to be alive. and they were at peace in that regard. but obviously also concerned about what they had left behind, about the possibility that they had lost or would be losing the place they lived as well as some of their property. but m...

Expanding to some larger areas. i had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to go to san antonio to visit with evacuees as they were getting off of buses that had come in from the corpus christi area. you could sense a sense of relief on their part, that they were out of what was an increasingly threatening storm. they were happy to be alive, and they were at peace in that regard. but obviously, also concerned about what they had left behind, about the possibility that they had lost or would be losing the place they lived as well as some of their property. but most importantly, they were just ha...

Not. we just need to respond to the emergencies and necessities the people of houston have. it's not just the people around houston, it's in this large triangle region. >> how many did we say we had in here? there's probably upwards of eight plus. >> and those are old deployed for rescues et cetera? >> you said earlier -- >> thank you for asking that. dave, can always count on you. as of this moment, i have made a state disaster declaration for 50 counties and a federal

National fema administrator. i want to explain a couple of details to the citizens that they need to know about. as governor, i have made a state disaster declaration for 54 counties across the state of texas. in order for a disaster declaration to be made a federal disaster declaration, it requires certain financial thresholds to be met. those financial thresholds have been met in 18 counties. there are 18 counties in the state of texas, that made it a federal declaration that the president has granted. with that presidential grants, it triggers the involvement of fema. because there are a lo...