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I mean you guys are just everyday people out here volunteering. yes, sir. i work at a plant. i mean, i don t do this for a living. reporter: our boats spot mike bedair out the window. he gets on with his wife brenda, suitcases, and their pet bird, taken to dry land. we thought it would never happen to us. we re probably like millions of other people that s happened to oh, it ll never happen to me. it did. reporter: and tom, you can see the rescues under way right now. this county just got an evacuation order. we re about to leave because the rivers and bayous are overflowing quickly, and they will reach their peak tomorrow. tom? gio benitez with the new evacuation order there in vidor, texas. gio, thank you. the storm triggering another tense situation tonight. explosions and a fire at a flooded chemical plant. overnight, that company saying it is still too dangerous to go back in. families within a mile and a half have been evacuated. abc s clayton sandell is there ....

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