you can take a boat for part of it but then it gets a little shallow and you have to push the boat so a lot of people are staying in their homes or having a hard time getting here because in this neighborhood, there's really only one way out and it's to walk a mile through water that's, you know, between knee and shin deep there. you can see another one of these boats coming in. and so i've been talking to these people all day who have come off these high water vehicles and they're pretty relieved and one of them is patrick randal. and so patrick, you're one of those folks who's -- your house isn't flooded but you needed to get to dry land anyway, didn't you. why? >> because we called the flood warning services and they're telling us that it's still a possibility of flooding so we were just being careful and we're taking our chances over at our dad's house. >> reporter: did you lose power? >> yes, we did. >> reporter: and so what have the last couple days been like. >> it's been a little hot. we had to sit outside under our garage just looking at the rain