the indian ocean bed off of sumatra island. some people fled their homes and went for higher ground, but there was no warning saying that anything other than the tsunami threat would be small. and then youths began to stone worshippers at the holy site at the wall. people were reported to be injured including police officers. now sanlds thousands of peo homeless because of mudslides spawned by torrential rains, and washed out bridges and roads. residents fled the area with whatever they could carry and some tourists were air lifted from local hotels and there are conflicting casualty reports. one says no reports of injuries or death, but another says that six people are known dead and
drive between here and corpus christi you have to weave in and out to get here, a lot of debris on the road. we ve seen rescue operations route the day but very low-tech at this point. firefighters, first responders on foot with a little more than access and sina people inside are dead or a live. eric: it s heartbreaking to see the devastation behind you. did some people stay? did they seek shelter? what really doing overnight? when you look at some of the damage and rockport you get the sense of why there was a mandatory evacuation. anyone in these buildings would not have survived. as for s official casualty reports, we re getting one. that could rise as more search and rescue operations go. i think this mandatory evacuation was solid and worked out for the better of everybody. look at that woman, just