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We're thinking. there's some regular funding coming in here because we're headed out to the end of the fiscal year as it is. we'll have a supplemental request later when we get a better handle on the damage and we can come back with a responsible last so to speak supplemental request and get congress to give us an informed amount of money. >> the second part of the question. were there any areas where coordination has been wanting, where you have seen a need for improvement? >> no. at this point, the message is that coordination is happening better than any storm we've seen before. stressing o...

Funding, it's about having to money in the reservoir of cash for us to use to help you as rerebuild and get you back into your homes and get your jobs and kids back to schools. that's what makes america great. we'll have houston and texas bigger, and better and stronger before the storm and the resilient nature of the american people is awesome. thanks for your time and attention. that's the last question. a local gets it. i'm sorry. i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, tom. finally, before i open it up for further questions, i wanted to be sure and highlight a major step forward i...

There's 60 or 70 miles where it looks like it's all just water. looks like lake after lake after lake. that's how bad the flooding is. we're talking about, as rick said, some of the waters going down. remember, all the water in all of these watersheds, it eventually has to make its way back into the gulf of mexico. the reason that these areas are flooding and in danger of more imminent flooding is because you simply have to get that water somewhere and it's going to go through these various towns and neighborhoods along the way back to the gulf. just think about this for a minute. six days ago...

The way it was before and have it undermined again. when you put federal dollars, you want to do it smartly so the next storm doesn't cause problems. that's the answer to that. the good news for the people in houston is that both of those reservoir systems are holding up and there's engineers watching them on a 24/7 basis. thank you for that question. thank you for doing what you're doing. i hope your home hasn't been affected. all right. do i have another question? one more? all right. sir, you're on. >> hi. this is justin with ktrk abc out of houston. how are you? >> doing well. >> what are ...

Dangerous. the good news, the people have been evacuated because of the storm and the notice that we had on the pending explosion. some really responsible reporting took place in that facility. what we saw is the electric power that went to the pumps and the maintenance systems shutout. couldn't responsibly get it back. the temperature rose in a confined tank and we had an explosion. they're testing the air quality as local responders, but they don't know of anyone that is in the area plume that would be affected. if they were there, it would be dangerous. they would have to keep an eye on it ...