course stands to have impact nationwide on gas prices are those of you at home are earned in the eye of the storm or in louisiana, it could have an impact on you because the price could jump from 15 to 25%. since this weekend. leeland: it s difficult to find gas for folks who have evacuated. the mayor from victoria texas stories is now. so they understand the geography, as i see it, the storm came ashore in rockport which is there just a little north of corpus christi and then you re a little bit inland from that and we see victoria, texas on the map, the eye wall just south of you. what is it like there right now? the winds are slowly increasing in speed and the rain
ashore to the time give a sense of how bad it was. pleasure to be on your show. generally the first four or 48 hours is going to be critical to get what we call ground zero. if you remember, 1992 hurricane andrew, came through the homestead and we couldn t get into the homestead for about 12, 18 hours but once we did we knew it was a catastrophic event. in this particular instance is very different because, if you remember, andrew in 1992 was mostly wind damage and it appears from everything that i ve seen that this will be mostly flooding which in many cases is actually worse. leeland: flooding, for sure. were hearing about 30 or 40 inches of rain in places, rockport specifically his background, victoria, texas is also flat and they ve had flooding and that wasn t even with a hurricane how much
rockport, texas, city manager kevin says multiple people have been taken to the county s jail for assessment and treatment after the roof of a senior housing complex collapsed. he says rockport historic downtown area has been heavily damaged so it looks like they re taking people wherever they can to assess them until they can get them to the proper places in facilities. leland. leeland: some of the first images here getting of the damage here. it still nighttime, obviously, very hazardous to move around the stores. joining us is thomas, a former assistant director to fema was involved in the hurricane and response. as we check in with our reporters and in samaria it doesn t seem that bad you keep having to explain to viewers places that are batlike rockport you can t get to it we can get information out from and give us a sense of how it normally takes from the time the storm comes
those hotels in their last medications are ten or 11:00 o clock tonight saying we are being evacuated to a shelter and then their phones go dark. rockport, jackie as you pointed out, is for the mayor said write your social security and your name on your arm with your sharpie and now we can t get a hold of that mayor so it won t be until daybreak when the winds go down and they clear the road and clear the power lines that are down that you get into those areas that have any ideas. the pictures on her scream really play just how different and difficult the storm is. jackie: you know who we can get a hold of mark adam, he is in new york in the weather center and will give us the very latest on hurricane harvey and where it happens to be going right now. it s been downgraded to a category three. is there any chance i could go back to a category four? not at this point.
leeland: 50, 50, you are 50 or 60 miles inland stick and imagine what it is like out along the coastline. we tried to get hold of some of your fellow mayors along the coastline and we been unable to. are you prepared for the flooding or you just wait and see? both. we are prepared and we as we can be with had significant flood events of the last 15 years that prepared us for this we have assets phased in many of the state agencies in the region located to our emergency center here in victoria and they are here and also the coastal communities have dropped off some of the vocals you have. a lot of concerns for our friends in porter ranch in rockport. leeland: for sure. i know it s difficult to develop negations to the places. mr. mayor, thank you for joining