night to the sister of a family who were in this home. the home went down the quick-moving water, hit something, the home separated. dad was okay the rest of the family wasn't. i want you to join me in this next conversation if you will. we're hearing all these different stories and other small towns devastated by the flash floods. martindale about seven miles from san marcos one of the harder hit areas. people also say their homes suffered a tremendous amount of damage. on the phone with me now is paula rodriguez, who lives in martindale. paula, thank you so much for taking the time to jump on the phone with me. i have chad myers with me as well one of our cnn meteorologists. can you just -- i know you were asleep when all of this was happening. tell me what happened that night. >> basically, yes, i was asleep. around 4:15 my older son came into my room and said one of my sons who resided in san marcos had access to the news and called him repeatedly and just