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evacuation order. you know, you re concerned, obviously, about your home. how quickly were you able to get out of that area? caller: well, to be honest, it was pretty quick. we heard about the spillway eroding a couple days ago, but it was kind of presented to us as not being that significant. it was under control. when i initially got home from work today, i turned on the news and heard that they were evacuating lower oraville, and within an hour it had escalated and they had evacuated my town and all the surrounding areas as well. it was pretty scary because of how fast everything was developing. me and my wife managed to throw as much stuff as we could into garbage bags, whatever we could find. we got both of our cars loaded down pretty well. and we re not taking any chances. sean tennis, live dennis, li phone with us on the road, one of the thousands escaping this area as we continue to follow