ON THE
MODELS IN THE LOCAL FORECAST,
COMING UP IN THREE MINUTES.
>> WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE
TO COME TO TEXAS TO HELP OUT THE
GOOD PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
WE KNOW THEY WOULD DO THE SAME
FOR US.
WE LOVE THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
>> Julie: FOR THE PAST WEEK,
WE'VE SEEN FOOTAGE LIKE THIS, IN
THE AFTERMATH OF HARVEY.
ACTS OF KINDNESS FROM STRANGERS.
NATIONWIDE, RUSHING IN TO HELP
TEXANS IN THE FLOODWATERS.
A LOCAL GROUP SHARING THEIR
STORY OF RESCUE EFFORTS IS WILD
FLORIDA.
AND JOINI US TODAY IS SAM HUFF
FROM WILD FLORIDA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU SAY YOU WENT THERE AFTER
RECEIVING A TWEET.
>> WE SAW A TWEET FROM THE
HOUSTON POLICE WHO SAID IF
YOU'VE GOT A BOAT, NOW IS THE
TIME TO GET HERE.
WE HAPPENED TO HAVE NINE OF THEM
SO WE ONLY TOOK TWO, OUR NIMBLE,
MORE SMALLER BOATS TO ALLOW US
TO GET INTO THE SKETCHY AREA AND
SKINNY WATER IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> Lisa: THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT TWEET
AND THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMEONE LIVING IN THE HOUSTON
AREA, NOT SOMEONE WHO DRIVES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THEIR
BOATS.
WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU GOT
THERE?
>> WE HAVE SEEN HIGH WATER
PLENTY OUT THERE.
WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE SCOPE OF THIS AND THE DEPTH
OF THE WATER WAS LIKE NOTHING
WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN TEXAS HAVE AIRBOATS,
SO IT WAS A NOVELTY WHEN YOU GOT
THERE?
>> RIGHT.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SMALLER
JOHN BOATS, THE KICKER BOATS.
THAT'S PRETTY COMMON.
WE SAW LOTS AND LOTS OF THOSE.
BUT AIRBOATS, ONLY A HANDFUL OF
THEM.
SO WHEN WE SHOWED UP AND THERE
WAS, YOU KNOW, A POLICE LINE OR
A BLOCKADE OR SOMETHING AND THEY
SAY AIRBOATS, THEY LET US
THROUGH.
>> Lisa: THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE THE MAGNITUDE
OF THIS THROUGH THE PICTURES.
SO WALK US THROUGH.
SET THE SCENE FOR US.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES YOU
SAW THAT THE VIDEO REALLY CAN'T
CAPTURE?
>> IT'S HARD TO FORGET ACTUALLY.
GOING INTO REALLY NICE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE ALL YOU CAN
SEE ARE THE TOPS OF ROOFTOPS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 8, 9 FOOT OF
WATER AND PEOPLE JUST DESPERATE,
SCRAMBLING, DOING ANYTHING THEY
CAN TO GET OUT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY COULD JUST
WADE OR SWIM OUT.
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO SWIM,
SEVEN, EIGHT MILES TO GET TO DRY
GROUND.
SO THEY WERE LITERALLY STRANDED
AND NEEDING RESCUE.
AND IN A COUPLE OF PLACES