first, rockport you lost communications, then you lost them to places like victoria. then you lost port aransas and other cities. so, even before they can send people in, they ve got to figure out how to get those communications systems up. there could be an enormous amount of devastation that we don t know about as we look there at the texas emergency operations center in austin where we re awaiting the governor s press conference. we talked to folks in the emergency operation center last night and we said okay, we can t get a hold of anybody in rockport. tell us what you re hearing. they said we can t get a hold of them either. elizabeth: we had a long conversation with elaine dukes, and see lived through katrina and what she learned. the last of it was preparedness and getting people out because they learned their lessons sometimes they didn t make themselves vocally available to perhaps the elderly or people afraid to leave their pets they weren t going to leave. which is why you m
circumstances. but, you re quite right, elizabeth, there s the danger of distracting from relief efforts or of just diverting resources to presidential visit. i honestly feel for any president in that situation because i think it s such a fine line you have to walk. elizabeth: so far it s hard to be critical. the declaration came out early, came out strong. he may be at camp david, but elaine dukes just got the phone with him. he s not holed up and he s making himself accessible. that being said it s just the beginning and we ll find people criticizing and politicizing just about everything. we re going to see the task of how good preparation has been. but so far, i don t think there s been any obvious wrong-footed move by the administration. elizabeth: right, right. leland: it s important to note sometimes no matter how much you pre-position sometimes you re overwhelmed. there aren t enough resources to be able to deal with 50 inches
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