in huffman that is totally submerged and there are homes in the lower elevation with water inside. further east towards beaumont, the west in the eastbound lanes of interstate ten, a major artery running east and west, after two barges slammed into the concrete pilings in the river below after those vessels broke free during the storm. nine of them work around, and no timeline, when the interstate will reopen. everyone we met since we have been on the ground, it is too familiar. we got flooded in harvey last
east of us to interesting 10 bridges, both the east and westbound lanes, two barges slammed into the concrete pilings after they broke free from their san jacinto river during height of the storm a few days ago, there s no timeline in terms of when the road will be reopened but engineers examining it for structural damage and so many people that we have talked to since we ve been on the ground hearsay this brings up painful memories of harvey 2 years ago. we ve got flooded in harvey last year, year and a half ago and we got about 2-inches in our house, my house was the last house to flood. so they used my driveway, my yard as boat ramp to pull everybody out from the back. now, remember, how i talked about it being worse further
so they used my driveway, my yard as boat ramp to pull everybody out from the back. now, another big item to update you on, nine barges broke loose from their moorings in the san jacinto river during the height of this storm, and they just went careening down the rising river. two of the vessels vessels actually struck both the east and westbound bridges of interstate 10, the major u.s. interstate and artery that runs east west connecting cities like houston, beaumont and others. the u.s. coast guard says that structural damage is being assessed, but you can see how those barges are just sort of wedged up under the concrete pilings there. that major stretch of interstate will be closed for the foreseeable future, especially if there was a lot of damage done. jon, they have to get in there and repair it all. a lot of levels and a lot of
11:00. but as you can imagine a lot of people are upset with the early evacuation because it gave them very limited time to get their belongings or boats out of the water. you can see some of the boats making their way under the draw bridge now. there is a boat ramp on the other side. we spoke to a gentleman who told me he has taken 70 boats out over the last 48 hours or so. he charges $30 per foot to extract the boats and get them to dry land. the bridge the ender pro pry tors. what are you most afraid of? the surge. we can weather the wind. if we can keep the surge off of us being more than six feet keeping it out of the restaurant and all we ll be fine. if it keeps falling apart i feel pretty good about it. we ve been through worse. i want to point out that you can see some concrete pilings
behind me. those things rise 27 feet above high tide so those big boats that you see behind me could be safe here. the docks rise and flow with the concrete pilings. they ve learned their lessons in the past and hope they don t have to experience them again. bill, back to you. bill: a year ago they felt it from florence, right? wilmington and eastern half of that state was submerged in water. thank you, doug mcelway live. in a moment senator thom tillis from north carolina is our guest in the moment. new information from the national hurricane center moments away as our coverage continues here. day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. after we reach age 40, there s a big drop in our energy level and now you can get it back.