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You end up with secondary damages to all the transformers. so day one, it could have been worse. but at the same time, assessments are still coming in and my fear is that there are clusters of poor and people in nursing homes that didn t evacuate that are on survival mode right now and it s hard to get to them because of the wind and the rain. right. so general, hold tight for a second. i also have on the line deputy brian simons out of victoria county sheriff s office. so what is your assessment thus far? i know the storm is not over, there is still rainfall, there is some wind, but what are you able to see out of victoria? right now, we have quite a lot of wind and rain that s happening. we re asking that the public continue to shelter in place
no. we don t have that number right now. we are going to have a better idea once we start getting back out into the community and start making contact with the general public. at what point will you start venturing out to see if there s anyone that needs immediate assistance, rescuing, any assistance whatsoever? we are hoping that once the winds stop, obviously we are going to be dealing with flash flooding and flooding events through the end of today and into tomorrow, and we are not expected to crest until sometime tuesday or wednesday, most of these rivers and creeks. we are going to be in a flood event for an extended period of time which again will exacerbate the situation. very fluid situation. deputy bryan simons of victoria county sheriff s office, thank you so much for your time. also with us now, out of rockport, texas, which has been hard-hit, the mayor of that town