the problem is upstream here, there's just too much water. this water hasn't receded in 24 hours. now the guidance from officials is they're going to evacuate some of the neighborhoods in a mandatory evacuation around the barker dam. not because they think it might fail, but because there's just so much water there that it is overtopping its banks in some areas. we're going to be focused on those two dams all day today. again, officials say there's no indication that they might fail or that they're not safe in and of themselves. they're just overflowing with so much of this water still to work its way out of the system here in houston. >> all right. garrett haake live in houston with that update. we have julia back with us joining us outside of -- in crosby as close as she can get to that plant. talk to us about the situation there. we're hearing now that people are being hospitalized. what more are you hearing from the ground? >> well, this is something that we were able to see ourselves. the plume of smoke just early