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Damage, trees down, tree roots pulling up. damaging water mains. now our water pressure is going down. so, you know, we are also responding to an assisted, actually a condominium where there are some elderly people living there. and their roof partially collapsed and we're trying to get them out to a church across the street. so it is very, very busy here. we just can't respond yet. >> so what are you doing in these cases? when you get a call like that with the senior citizen or a person with water up to their chest, what can you do? >> well, people just, you know, i got a text from a friend o...

With water up to their chest. they're asking to be rescued. so very, very dark situation, and we just can't get out yet. >> that is dire. what else are you hearing from people calling in? i mean that is horrific. >> it is horrific. we're almost -- the electrical grid is just almost out. we're probably at 95% out of electricity. a very large transmission tower came down that fed a lot of our community, so we're getting reports of roof damage, you know, trees down, tree roots pulling up and damaging water mains. so now our water pressure is going down. so, you know, we're also responding to an a...

People are in their homes and we're getting reports of people with water up to their chest they're asking to be rescued. very, very dark situation and we just can't get out yet. >> that is dire. what else are you hearing from people calling in? i mean, that is horrific. >> it is horrific. the electrical grid is almost out. we're probably 95% out of electricity. we were a very large transmission tower came down and set a lot of the community. we're getting reports of roof damage, roofs, trees down, tree roots pulling up and damaging water mains. so now our water pressure is going down. so, you ...

We are probably at #95% out of electricity. we were a very large transmission tower came down. that fed a lot of our community. so we're getting reports of roof damage, trees down, tree roots pulling up, damaging water mains so now our water pressure is going down. so, you know, we are also responding to an assisted, actually a condominium where there are elderly people living there and ther roof partially collapsed and we're trying to get them out to a church across the street. it is very, very busy here and we just can't respond yet. >> so what are you doing in these cases? when you get a ca...

What is the situation right now in your community? >> we are seeing rain bands, in our area that is dropping tens of inches of rain throughout our parish. our coastal force of water coming from lake pontchartrain, is causing flooding in low-lying areas, from madison ville to slide all. we have trees that are down, we have power outages. over 90,000 customers, are without service in thousands of people without power. we are suffering from power outages, trees down, heavy rains, rivers rising, and we are about halfway through the storm. >> with the number one priority