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The interstates are, the major highways, state highways are shut down. We keep on trying different routes. And we come to the end of the road where its flooded and then we see rescues. We see the same kind of scenes unfolding in these small towns in east texas that we saw unfolding in houston. And there are real fears that the kind of flooding theyre talking about in beaumont is going to be even worse than what we saw in houston. And there is a perilous situation unfolding in port arthur, which is just slightly east of bomon. There is a city center there that theyre using as a shelter for hundreds of people. That civic center is filling up with water. Officials have to figure out not only how to get those people out of there, but where theyre going to go. These roads are impassable. They are limited. And to give you also a frame of reference, we had a crew of ours that was staying in a hotel in beaumont. They had our satellite truck. That crew is now surrounded by water, as well. So, y ....

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