make a plan where you can elevate in your own home or find a place of safety. but also, jake, it's beyond just houston. as you can see on the weather reports, this is the entirety of east texas and we urge people across east texas to make a plan for potential evacuation if they are ordered to do so and be able to make sure that they are able to execute that plan. >> you said yesterday your primary concern remains the dramatic scene that's happened. it is horrible right now. are you expecting it to get even worse? >> the weather predictions are that this rain will continue to come down, which would make this flooding worse than tropical storm allison that we saw in 2001. but this is not the first flood that officials in hughouston ha handled. they're professionals that know how to deal with it. they're executing as best we can right now. and the state of texas overnight sent in some high-profile motor