and as a result they re getting stranded and we have to respond to them with the 911 calls. but there is no question, no doubt in my mind, that the best decision and the right decision was to tell houstonians and people in harris county, don t get on the road. don t try to evacuate. you can t put 6.5 million people on the road a day or two ahead of the storm without making it more dangerous for them. so without hesitation or doubt, i would make the same decision if we had it to do again. one of the top five largest cities in our country. you have a lot to govern there, mr. mayor. sylvester turner, thank you for the update and hopefully we re getting word to folks in your area in terms of what you would like them to do. thank you. let s bring out more on tropical storm harvey. where it might be going. getting close to houston again with more rain. shawn mendiola our meteorologist. shawn, what s the latest? i want to point out this
i got freezers at my house, i got my mother-in-law coming over. reporter: roger, you re juggling a lot and we know you re going through it. hang in there and thanks. the main thing is we all made it through the storm, you know. material things don t mean nothing when you go through this. not as much you know. i just hope people understand. reporter: thank you very much for sharing your story with us and a powerful one it is. we wish you the best. thanks. reporter: thank you. this is just one example of the folks standing out here, richard, who are really feeling emotional at this point. yeah, and katie, as he needs to know, there are americans all across the country thinking about him, listening to him and certainly wanting to help him in what he s going through. and that is the difficulty. that is the real emotion with no sleep with very few reresources. those stories you ve heard so far in your coverage and you ll