weather service has been spot on with these rainfall totals. we were talking about this wednesday of last week that this could be a potentially catastrophic event with over 4 feet of rainfall and i know a lot of people were like, no, that can happen. that s not going to happen and the worst scenario, unfortunately is unfolding and these are the pictures we re seeing. katrina made landfall i believe on this day 12 years ago and we covered that. i covered that storm and i feel the same feeling in the pet of my stomach. a sense of doom, that these pictures are just the beginning of rescue and recovery. there are no words right now. sandra: we are looking at these life pictures, so my people are writing and watching
days now. as a meteorologist, of course we had the hurricane, but it was up to us to say wait, after the hurricane makes landfall, the biggest story will be the epic, catastrophic flooding. that s what we face as meteorologists. don t turn off your tv set once the store makes landfall because we ll be dealing with this for a week and we were predicting dyer rainfall totals and unfortunately, i wish i got this forecast wrong. harris: not to turn this into an episode of national geographic, but there are a lot of things in those waters and one reason they do want people going out in their cars is because some of those things are moving around and as you can see, the perch that he had is now underwater. he didn t have a lot of time and janice, i know we have talked about this. it s southern texas, there are a lot of things you see, fire ants, there are things people
thousand. abby: now they re just taking walk-ins because you get 70 people in there. what s so hardworking about that, these convention centers, the only place people can go to get food and water. sandra: went to bring in janice dean, speaking of which. janice dean, as we bring you in, that level could to be breached, 49.2 inches has fallen. 49.32 at mary s creek and that surpasses, ed is now the wettest texas tropical system of all time. if we get past a 53, that will surpass 1950s hurricane out in hawaii and i think you re going to do it. i ve seen unofficial totals of over 52 inches of rain. historic rainfall, devastating, catastrophic, you name it. i have to say, the national
porous ground that will take the rainfall. the rain already runs off, then you ve got urban development. sandra: i m jumping in because we ve been watching this camera shot, a traffic camera shot. there is a current rescue, a water rescue happening right now. we were just remind by the fire chief and mayor, there were 3,500 rescues, look at this. and then playable boat is pulling wife in the pickup truck. when we saw that man, we saw an umbrella and he s being carried off. harris: i want you to notice because if the roll back, it was subtle, but i know you re sitting because of the tv, you see that water is rising, right? he didn t have a lot of time and he d been there for a minute. i wondered what he was perched
in houston, texas, but i have to tell you, the outpouring of support from the houstonians and other people in texas has been amazing to watch. i love we rely so much on government to come in and you re finding out here, government can do a whole lot, it s the people who are bringing their boats and saving people. sandra: you just heard the mayor of houston wrapping up a news conference by saying i want to say a very big thank you to all of the first responders, the place and fire department. kevin: the first responders are playing a role, but the citizens are really the ones who are coming to the aid of the people. sandra: let s get right to it as we wait for air force one to touch down in texas, we begin with a dire situation in the greater houston area. homes of nearly 6 million people, the swamps with nearly e that amount before weeks end. the rainfall now at 49.3 inches, now surpassing a continental record and it could get even worse from here.