Houston NBC-TV was finally able to get their helicopter up, and over the area.

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We continue to learn of deaths when people drive into flood water.  One young man was helping his sister evacuate and was electrocuted by electricity in ankle-deep water.  ~~ I continue glued to local TV coverage. I haven’t left my home; I’m still in my nightgown; I haven’t combed my hair. I’m “emotionally invested”  in this tragedy. I wish I could volunteer but (truth be told) volunteers are being turned away. (And I live too far from the civic center and the two large shelters.)  ~~ I’m so sad but praying for rescued, and rescuers; for reporters and camera-men (in the raw weather) and those, at the “anchor” desk, sharing details with viewers.

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