thanks very much for this. joining me by phone is st. john barnard smith, houston chronicle, law enforcement reporter. what s it looking like to you? is this much greater than people expected? reporter: certainly very surprising. pretty incredible. i was just walking around in my neighborhood to get to my car and got swamped out and there are just cars everywhere that are flooded and very high water. what is you just heard what bill was saying, police are saying don t call 911 if your first floor is flooded. you heard stephanie gosk saying a lot of people went to bed last night thinking houston may have dodged the worst of it and now waking up to the worth of it. reporter: you re absolutely right. full on missile right into houston. what happens now? it school is back in session in texas, but obviously delayed