>> Sreenivasan: WHEN HURRICANE
HARVEY MADE LANDFALL, THE EYE OF
THE STORM DESCENDED ON CORPUS
CHRISTI.
IT'S A CITY OF 325,000 PEOPLE IN
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS, RIGHT ON THE
COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
NATALIA CONTRERAS, A REPORTER
FOR THE "CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER
TIMES," JOINS ME NOW BY SKYPE.
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT
THERE AND SEE IT.
HOW BAD WAS IT?
>> CORPUS CHRISTI WAS PRETTY
BAD.
WHAT WAS SURPRISING THIS MORNING
IS HOW MUCH THE STREETS ARE NOT
TOO FLOODED.
IN CORPUS CHRISTI, A LOT OF
DEBRIS OVER HERE IN CORPUS
CHRISTI, IN CORPUS CHRISTI BAY.
DOWNTOWN, IT'S STILL PRETTY
WINDY.
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND.
ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
>> Sreenivasan: DID A LOT OF
PEOPLE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IN ADVANCE OF
THE STORM?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DID.
WE LOOKED AT SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT
OF PEOPLE PREPARED, THEY BOARDED
UP THEIR HOMES BUT THEN ALSO AT
THE SAME TIME A LOT OF PEOPLE
DID BOARD UP THEIR HOMES HERE
AND STAYED HERE AND JUST RIDED
OUT THE STORM.
LAST NIGHT WE WERE MONITORING
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND WE
WERE GETTING REPORTS OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, TWEETING
AND POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT
THEY WERE AT HOME, THAT THEY
WERE SAFE, THAT THEY HAD THEIR
PETS AND THEIR POWER DIDN'T
START GOING OUT IN THE AREA
UNTIL ABOUT 11:00 OR SO WHEN
THIS STORM GOT STRONGER.
>> Sreenivasan: SO RIGHT NOW,
BESIDES THE POWER OUTAGES WHICH
ARE SIGNIFICANT, ARE THE
HOSPITALS ONLINE, OR ANY OF THE
FIRST RESPONDERS OR EMERGENCY
SERVICES, THEY'RE ALL
FUNCTIONING WELL?
>> POLICE ARE RESPONDING.
I BELIEVE WE REPORTED ALSO THAT
THERE WERE BABIES BORN DURING
THE HURRICANE AT THE HOSPITAL.
SO RIGHT NOW, FROM ROCKPORT,
FROM THAT AREA OF TOWN, WE GOT
WORD THAT COAST GUARD WAS GOING
TO TRY TO FLY IN SOME PEOPLE
FROM THOSE AREAS INTO THE
HOSPITALS HERE.
SO YES, HOSPITALS ARE TRYING TO
HELP OUT PEOPLE HERE.
>> Sreenivasan: ALL RIGHT,
NATALIA CONTRERAS, A REPORTER
FOR THE "CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER
TIMES," THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.