life sustaining operations are still under way. we have seen hospitals suffer damage in beaumont. the d.o.d. and the hss officials responsible for coordinating the federal response here are actively figuring out and deploying resources to help move those patients to better definitive care locations. so we will see probably upwards of 7,000 estimated patients moved into better and safer definitive care hospitals elsewhere in texas. and we ll see that happen expeditiously. i m quite comfortable of whether russell wilson those operations stand. secondly, a little word of caution. a lot of lost lives end up in this time in this time zone right after a response. we lose, unfortunately, some lives and an immediate disaster, but then in the immediate response and recovery phase, people will use chain saws, people will remove debris, people will be stressed. the elderly, when they re stressed, you heard the doctor say, tend to get sick. that sickness can lead to death, unfortunately. and so
damage in beaumont. the dod and the hhs officials responsible for coordinating the federal response here are actively figuring out and deploying resources to help move those patients to better definitive care locations. probably upwards of 7,000 patients moved to other hospitals in texas and that will happen expeditiously. i m comfortable where those operations stand. secondly, a word of caution. a lot of lost lives in this time zone after a loss. we lost lives in an immediate disaster. in the immediate response and recovery phase, people use chainsaws, people will remove debris, people will be stressed. the elderly, when they re stressed, you heard the doctor say, tend to get sick. the sickness can lead to death. unfortunately we ll see additional losses of life if history is any precedent here or