1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:01,134 >> Sreenivasan: WHEN HURRICANE 2 00:00:01,134 --> 00:00:02,635 HARVEY MADE LANDFALL, THE EYE OF 3 00:00:02,635 --> 00:00:03,803 THE STORM DESCENDED ON CORPUS 4 00:00:03,803 --> 00:00:05,205 CHRISTI. 5 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:06,973 IT'S A CITY OF 325,000 PEOPLE IN 6 00:00:06,973 --> 00:00:08,575 SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS, RIGHT ON THE 7 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:10,477 COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. 8 00:00:10,477 --> 00:00:11,378 NATALIA CONTRERAS, A REPORTER 9 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:12,779 FOR THE "CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER 10 00:00:12,779 --> 00:00:14,514 TIMES," JOINS ME NOW BY SKYPE. 11 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,116 YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT 12 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:16,683 THERE AND SEE IT. 13 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:17,484 HOW BAD WAS IT? 14 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:18,485 >> CORPUS CHRISTI WAS PRETTY 15 00:00:18,485 --> 00:00:20,320 BAD. 16 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,921 WHAT WAS SURPRISING THIS MORNING 17 00:00:21,921 --> 00:00:24,157 IS HOW MUCH THE STREETS ARE NOT 18 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,458 TOO FLOODED. 19 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:27,427 IN CORPUS CHRISTI, A LOT OF 20 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:28,628 DEBRIS OVER HERE IN CORPUS 21 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:30,263 CHRISTI, IN CORPUS CHRISTI BAY. 22 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:31,965 DOWNTOWN, IT'S STILL PRETTY 23 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,166 WINDY. 24 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,135 PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND. 25 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:37,203 ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE 26 00:00:37,203 --> 00:00:39,305 ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. 27 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:40,206 >> Sreenivasan: DID A LOT OF 28 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:41,975 PEOPLE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI MOVE 29 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:43,843 TO HIGHER GROUND IN ADVANCE OF 30 00:00:43,843 --> 00:00:45,512 THE STORM? 31 00:00:45,512 --> 00:00:46,846 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DID. 32 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:48,815 WE LOOKED AT SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT 33 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,250 OF PEOPLE PREPARED, THEY BOARDED 34 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:51,985 UP THEIR HOMES BUT THEN ALSO AT 35 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,420 THE SAME TIME A LOT OF PEOPLE 36 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:54,921 DID BOARD UP THEIR HOMES HERE 37 00:00:54,921 --> 00:00:56,423 AND STAYED HERE AND JUST RIDED 38 00:00:56,423 --> 00:00:57,991 OUT THE STORM. 39 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,292 LAST NIGHT WE WERE MONITORING 40 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:00,994 OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND WE 41 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:02,062 WERE GETTING REPORTS OF PEOPLE 42 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:03,830 THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, TWEETING 43 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:05,165 AND POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT 44 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:07,033 THEY WERE AT HOME, THAT THEY 45 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:08,134 WERE SAFE, THAT THEY HAD THEIR 46 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:09,869 PETS AND THEIR POWER DIDN'T 47 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:12,505 START GOING OUT IN THE AREA 48 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:15,175 UNTIL ABOUT 11:00 OR SO WHEN 49 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:17,377 THIS STORM GOT STRONGER. 50 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:18,344 >> Sreenivasan: SO RIGHT NOW, 51 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,946 BESIDES THE POWER OUTAGES WHICH 52 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:21,081 ARE SIGNIFICANT, ARE THE 53 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,415 HOSPITALS ONLINE, OR ANY OF THE 54 00:01:22,415 --> 00:01:24,284 FIRST RESPONDERS OR EMERGENCY 55 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:25,318 SERVICES, THEY'RE ALL 56 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:26,352 FUNCTIONING WELL? 57 00:01:26,352 --> 00:01:27,754 >> POLICE ARE RESPONDING. 58 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:29,489 I BELIEVE WE REPORTED ALSO THAT 59 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,191 THERE WERE BABIES BORN DURING 60 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:34,260 THE HURRICANE AT THE HOSPITAL. 61 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:37,397 SO RIGHT NOW, FROM ROCKPORT, 62 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:38,932 FROM THAT AREA OF TOWN, WE GOT 63 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:42,936 WORD THAT COAST GUARD WAS GOING 64 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,071 TO TRY TO FLY IN SOME PEOPLE 65 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:46,339 FROM THOSE AREAS INTO THE 66 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:47,373 HOSPITALS HERE. 67 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:49,976 SO YES, HOSPITALS ARE TRYING TO 68 00:01:49,976 --> 00:01:51,544 HELP OUT PEOPLE HERE. 69 00:01:51,544 --> 00:01:52,245 >> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT, 70 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:53,213 NATALIA CONTRERAS, A REPORTER 71 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:54,347 FOR THE "CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER 72 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,482 TIMES," THANKS SO MUCH. 73 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:56,015 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.