on her kitchen island as flood waters were coming into their home. other people escaping into their attics. they knew it was going to be bad but they didn't think it was going to be this bad. >> what was it like for you last night? >> a nightmare. it was horrible. it was -- the wind -- i've never had wind shake the house the way it did. the only way we survived the night was we went upstairs on the landing -- >> between the two bedrooms. >> between the two bedrooms because that was the only place that didn't have where the ceiling looked like it was weak. >> i've lived here all my life. we've been through all the storms. they expected it to come and be bad but we didn't expect it to get this close to laplace. >> we didn't know it would be this bad. >> wasn't supposed to be this close. so i'm not going to take that chance again. not with a family. >> reporter: and anderson, one family we talked to said that last night they described it as enduring hours of agony, living through all of this.