their material possessions out of their house, and i have no idea how they ever would have left if we wouldn t have been so fortunate to kind of happen onto them. it s interesting what people say, what s important to people. these folks are facing hunger so they saved a 50 pound bag of flour so they could make tortill tortillas. it s amazing what s important to people in times like this. you talk about those women in the water. that water, how dangerous do you think conditions are there because we do see people wading through the water. does that concern you? well, it doesn t concern me, but my wife has told me, because i cut my hand and i have that i need to get a tetanus shot. it doesn t concern me where i m that kind of individual they don t worry about much.
me taking care of myself because the first thng i did yesterday is cut my finger real deep. she wanted me to go get a tetanus shot. so i think she must have called and put that question up to you. you know i ll be okay. well, she didn t, but i hope you do that because those things can be very, very serious. even a little cut, please do take care of yourself. as you are helping so many. thank you so much. well, good, i m going back out tomorrow and i would suggest anybody who can help, hug your fellow man. that s what we re all about. don, thank you very much as we said don manly, helping people going door to door in that town. chest deep and high er in some areas. as these rescues are taking place in florida, there is a massive crisis in the caribbean. chaos is raeigning, 44 dead. isa is live in st. john in the u.s. virgin islands. at the heart of this. i know you re on a rescue boat right now. what are you seeing?
responders. governor greg abbott visited beaumont, texas where a boil water notice is still in effect, he reassured texas waste site slammed by harvey appear to be safe and have not leaked chemicals into the environment but encouraged texans to check with their doctors if they are in need of a tetanus shot. the governor said all interstate highways are open as flooding gets better tape by day. flooding is expected to continue for a few more days before beginning to reseed. sabine river at orange is beginning to reseed and all other sites are now in recession. reporter: in west houston the mayor says it could be two weeks before the water recedes after they let it go from the
patients. arthel: talk to me a little bit more about first responders and volunteers, those already on the ground helping, you have to deal with mosquitoes, people who are going to baa back homes, mold. these are real-live heros. putting themselves in harm s way to help everyone affected. risk for immediately, the water is very dangerous, you have you a-t love oh dangerous material within the water. just waiting in the water alone they are facing danger. hopefully everyone is up to date on tetanus shot because the risk of infection is very high and muggy weather and water is ground for mosquitoes. west nile, chikungunya, having, you know, good coverage with clothing and insect repellant
organisms. there s a dual threat there and then the kind of chemicals that if you ingest them obviously you can have a degree of difficulty there. there are a multiple spectrum of things that either directly on your skin or if you ingest them can give you a problem. in fact, we re hearing or seeing from one of the congressman in that area, he is getting word that some of the hospitals or the medical treatment centers are running out of tetanus shots. how concerning is that? well, if people are up on their booster, you need a tetanus shot about every ten years. it isn t that everybody is going to need a tetanus shot, but make sure you re up on your immunizations and if you haven t had one within a reasonable period of time that s something to be concerned about. you have advised five presidents on domestic challenges. what will you tell president trump to do to lower the risk for the big public health problems we are discussing in