fell over here. this is a town of about 70,000 people give or take a few thousand and about 24,000 of them now without power. there is no power in much of the town. we went driving around today. you had tree limbs down, entire trees split in half, some of them blocking some of the roadways here. people that did leave for hurricane harvey are being told by city officials please do not come back. they are trying to assess all of the damage here. they re trying to remove all of the debris and all of the trees that are now blocking so many of the roadways here. also another issue, water. the entire town is under a boil water order. there are five water towers here in town that supply water to victoria. they re having trouble pumping water into those towers. that s a secondary issue here. there s a need to conserve some of the water in town because of that issue. the city says it s working. i m trying to get those pumps back up and plating.
here just in case the rain does cause flooding, the water needs to go somewhere. so there is concern about the storm debris blocking where that water would be able to drain out. the town is also under a boil water notice on top of that. it turns out the city is having trouble pumping water into the five water towers that service the town. they are working on that, but at this point it s not happening. 20,000 people without power, it s dark and dangerous. if you can t see the debris in the road that s toot reason they don t want people who evacuated to make their way back. we re seeing these sheets of rain coming in and all the water has to go somewhere. there is a concern about the river that runs through the town. the concern is there ll be a buildup of water and the river