incredible rain has all but stopped. there is a bit of a light misting right now. this break is welcome by everyone here. we have been. this west houston neighborhood the entire day and seen boat after boat of people being rescued coming right down here and getting off on this dry ground and heading to the security of shelters or friends and family. but as you re saying, you re right. there are a lot of people taking the chance to stay back there. there are a number of subdivisions back there. we were back there on several boats this afternoon. we were speaking with people who were telling us they want to stay in their homes till things are critical you can understand that feeling. they don t want to go anywhere till they see the floodwaters creeping in. it s unclear what s going to happen with the level of this floodwater right here. we ve all been talking about these two reservoirs that are in houston that the army corps of engineers have started releasing waters from. and the closes
what are the resources now? you have to remember since this is a second homes community, only about 20 percent of the people live there, so a lot of these people have a home somewhereates, those people are not displaced. their homes are certainly another matter but they have somewhere else to live, so those of us who live out there are holed up in area hotels, and staying with family and friends. we re about an hour and a half from the dsw metro and people have dispersed and gone to their family homes. shan shan so what is the weather like where you are in the area you re being impacted, any hope of rain or cooling, anything that could help? it s cooler, definitely, yesterday and today, there is some light misting occasionally. i got a report from one of the people out there who sent me informs that there was enough water last night that looked like one sprinkler rotation, and they felt grateful for that. shannon: you mentioned the