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Do, we have a Customer Service hot line that we turned into a nonemergency call center, and weve asked the residents if they need to be rescued and its not an emergency, or if they think they might need to be rescued, that they call that 311. Most of the people unless they get hit later or are near the river. W we are prioritizing those, the residents that can get out of their homes, like i said, were prioritizing them. And also we they do know that we will wait until daybreak. Because of the standing water, so many of the streets and the typically shelter in beaumont. We have three shelters open, they will not at capacity until they started to get at capacity, well look at opening another shelter. A shelter, you dont just put up there and ask people to come. You have to have supplies, cots, blankets, and someone that knows how to run it. And the red cross, because of all the devastation in texas is very, very limited resources ....
You ve got a power cord? you got a rope? hold on, i m getting you a rope. don t go backwards. you all right? no, ma am, we got a car in the ditch. we just pulled somebody out. lord have mercy. are you all right now, buddy? yeah. take your breath. we re going to get you off of this bank. we re going to get you off of this bank. reporter: 66-year-old jerry summ summeral, he was out hooking for food and got in trouble. this intersection was flooded just about an hour ago. ....