have been helped in the past. so, that's what we're trying to do. >> reporter: well, i think your name is rather appropriate, it's ray driver. i think that's fitting because he's been driving a lot of these people who were just awash in misery out of their homes, and this is hold up they'w they're . we'll call it the houston volunteer navy. it has been doing wonders for people who are stranded. there's just not enough, as you can see, government boats and government vehicles, although we have one to our right, it's these volunteers who are keeping this effort alive, people just like ray driver who have gone out here and have rescued person after person and a as we are talking, brooke, if you can look down here, gabe, yet another kitty rescued and that's also important to so many people that their pets get out of here. they don't want to leave any of them behind and they smartly had a whole batch of pet carriers. i'll throw it back to you, brooke. i can hear a helicopter going overhead. but this is being played out in block after block after block