well, despite the fact that some areas are beginning the recovery process, areas such as corpus christi, there still remain areas that are deadly dangerous, such as in the beaumont area. an update from there, in the beaumont area, the river continues to rise. it is about 7 feet above the record. it will continue to remain at or near that high for about the next week. this flooding poses an ongoing threat to beaumont and the surrounding area. we are as a state as well as with partners working with us,
likely though the itinerary has not been firmed up, that he ll visit houston, then lake charles, louisiana. the president didn t have an opportunity to meet with hurricane harvey victims firsthand when he flew down there on tuesday. the reason is that there weren t a lot in the area where he was. and then he couldn t go to houston because it would have been too disruptive. the president hoping to meet with folks in person, listen to their stories. a short time ago in the oval office, the president signing a national declaration day of story on sunday in part for hurricane victims. listen here. individuals of every background are striving for the same goal to aid and comfort people facing devastating losses. as americans we know that no challenge is too great for us to overcome. no challenge. the white house in conversations with congress about an initial transfer of relief money for victims of hurricane harvey, we understand
140,000, plus port arthur, and right now, there is still water and no power, we are trying to restore that, the key thing is water in in all of these communities, i was in victoria a few days ago, shipping and water for about 80,000 people, as we try to work to bring that up, houston is still a major rescuer or major recovery we are doing house to house, boat to boat on in the neighborhood, but a lot of our assets are to rescue the beaumont area, but this is going to be a long way back it, we are texas tough, and we will make it. shannon: it is really what we have talked about the silver lining in this whole thing, to watch people not only be amazing first responders, people who including those who have lost their lives, so many out there risking their lives, but neighbors and good samaritans, people helping strangers who they have never met to rescue their dogs and their cats into their kids and everything else, they are really putting on a
tweeted this morning, houston is recovering fast, i think he is right about that. ed: the governor of texas was on our air this morning saying look singlet, adjusters are trying to get to people, don t fail your claims until they actually get to inspect your house, in the area where you are, i assume that adjusters can start doing their work because as you say, drywall is coming on, but there are other areas where they are still flooding, so the adjusters can t get in. exactly. this is just a small sliver of it, and as i said, this was one of the areas where it was just flooding from the rainfall, but those areas over by the reservoirs, where it was coming from the reservoirs and the releases over there, that is still way up, and those people, i tell you, the flood control guy and he soon told us the other day he didn t think that some of those areas around the reservoirs would have low water intel may be as long as october. hard to believe. ed: long way to go, the president said
very concerned about the water system, and beaumont is working aggressively at a face pace to try to get the water system fixed. one thing that it requires are some pumps to get the water system back up, which may be the most expeditious route. there are weather concerns also in the richmond area, in the lower brazes, cresting at an all-time high in richmond, texas. there may be some people who live near the richmond, texas, area, who have not been impacted by flooding waters.