a lot of folks have power even though their homes are flooded. so they re able to see what the local authorities are sharing with them through the phone alerts, through the wireless networks, that s a big change from past disasters. and i hope one of the outcomes will be a lower death toll than we would otherwise see. all right brian stelter, thanks for joining us. thanks. some live pictures i want to take you to right now as we continue to monitor the situation on the ground in houston and the surrounding area. that has been inundated with flood waters. you see one of the high water rescue vehicles just rolling down the street. one of the streets that doesn t have wateren to at this moment. we know there were 93 dump trucks and high water rescue vehicles that were deployed around the houston area. 35 boats, 22 aircraft, this was according to to the mayor of houston at an earlier press conference. we ll continue to keep you up to date on what s happening right now as tropical sto