under investigation. the outage this morning comes as crews along the western u.s. are cleaning up after tropical storm hilary. in oakland, california, construction crews are working around the clock trying to clear the roads of mud and debris. 14 elderly people were rescued by bulldozers from a boarding home on monday. the local fire chief said in some places the piles of mud stood five feet tall. meanwhile we are following breaking news out of the gulf of mexico where tropical storm herald just made landfall in texas. and joining me is meteorologist, bill karins. sometimes tropical storms are not all that bad and sometimes they can be beneficial and bring areas rain that are in a drought, and we will look at the storm surge, and we don t think that will cause many problems. south texas is built easily for