because that flash flooding could continue throughout the evening when you have that kind of rainfall. right? the water could rise and catch a lot of people offguard. yes, the worst hours we saw were about mid day today. after ten inches of rain, you see all that rain coming down and all of a sudden the rivers start filling up and you wonder uh-oh, that s what was happening there. all right. thanks so much. our karen mcginnis, appreciate that. maybe the biggest challenge people are facing in moore, oklahoma is rebuilding their lives, pretty huge. that might take a little longer than rebuilding the town. but it is already beginning. a slow return to some normalcy. just a little. nick valencia joins us live now. what sort of things are you seeing, that say that people are trying to move forward? i know this is also a big graduation day. you talk about normalcy, fred, that is what a lot of the kids that are graduating today from south moore, west moore and moore high school are fo
done the same thing. teachers are traumaitized by the event. the moore school district cancelled the rest of the school year. but the three high schools are pressing a head with graduation ceremonies. west moore and south moore holding the ceremony and the cox convention center focusing on graduation and they don t want to talk about the storm. you know, it is a year those students will not forget or the residents here in moore trying to sal vainlying what they can and hopefully move forward. back to you. nemotions are running high and we wish all of the graduates all of the best in the challenging times. the american red cross has been on the ground in oklahoma in full force since the tornado hit. last night 600 people spent the night in red cross shelters.
around. but that area is right outside the heart of the old downtown area. but mostly it will be hitting moore is primarily a suburban city, so you re looking at a lot of housing as well as small business damage, and obviously the school in west moore appears to have gotten hit again. so you worry about anything because obviously you ve got children in school. although again, most of these places have reinforced interior structures. they take this stuff very seriously, so i don t have any doubt the right things were done, but it s just awful. yeah, you can see somebody there being removed, going to an emergency vehicle. these areas, you say you re from this area, you know these areas. these are live pictures. we re showing what s going on. and you see some random horses
19th street and moore right there. again, 19th street and moore. the community of storm meadows, west moore, south 19th street. that will be right where they have the home depot. there s a walmart. there will be a buffalo wild wings on the left-hand side. all of you need to be in your fr tornado shelter. [ inaudible audio ] everybody in moore needs to get off the roads and in their shelters. it s going moving
and okay. why do we got to go? folks, over toward warren theater should be completely evacuated by now based on our warnings. again, you cannot delay. you can t think. you can t delay. you ve got to act. you ve got to act. you can t think or delay. you ve got to act. and act. and act to save your life and save your loved ones lives. you ve got to act. linda cavanaugh had important information about the school systems going on, linda, for the metro. we do have important information. parents are naturally worried. we are hearing from parents via twitter many students are being held at west moore. they obviously can t release them into the storm. we want you to be aware of that. also mid dell student, they will not be released from the school on buses until the storm passes. receiving many calls from oklahoma city residents. there is no public shelter in oklahoma city. police say shelter in place. we ve just been listening to the local oklahoma affiliate kfor, but i d like to brin