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HILLS.
YES, SOME INCREDIBLE IMAGES.
WELL LIZ IS IN NORFOLK.
WHEN WE LOST SAW YOU, LIZ, YOU
WERE ALMOST KNEE-DEEP IN WATER.
YEAH, I HAVE MOVED UP JUST A
LITTLE BIT, STEPHANIE, BUT THE
WATER IS STILL DOWN THERE.
IT HASN'T GONE DOWN AT ALL.
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT
WALKED DOWN TO UPPER BRANDON
PLACE WHICH IS THIS STREET THAT
IS REALLY FLOODED RIGHT NOW SAYS
THE WATER GOES PAST THEIR KNEES.
A FAMILY WALKING AROUND IN THEIR
RUBBER BOOTS, THEY SAID IF YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT HAMPTON BOULEVARD
THE WATER IS VERY HIGH, SO WE'LL
CHECK OUT THAT AREA TOO.
BUT THIS AREA IS VERY WELL-KNOWN
FOR FLOODING.
OVERFLOWS.
THE RIVER OVERFLOWS AND THIS
HAPPENS A LOT.
IN FACT THEY SAY THEY HAVE SEEN
THIS HAPPEN BEFORE, AND IT HAS
BEFORE.
SHOEMATE.
MIKE, YOU SAID THIS AREA IS VERY
WELL-KNOWN, ALMOST NOTORIOUS FOR
FLOODING.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
THE LAST TIME TWO YEARS AGO,
THIS PARK YOU SEE OUT HERE IN
FRONT OF OUR HOUSE WAS
COMPLETELY UNDER WATER.
BUT THIS IS -- THIS IS -- THIS
IS NOT BAD, REALLY CONSIDERING
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
HAD IN THE PAST.
Reporter: AND IT LOOKS LIKE
ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS MOVED THEIR
HOUSE?
YEAH, EVERYBODY AROUND THE
SUFFOLK PLACE AND WHAT NOT,
MOVED THEIR CAR UP HERE.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE HIGH POINT.
Reporter: NOW YOU HAVE A
OTHER, RIGHT?
YEAH, WE KIND OF -- LAST
WINTER WHEN THE BLIZZARD HIT
HERE, WE STARTED USING THE
WALKKY TALKKYS.
FOR A COUPLE OF AAA BATTERIES,
WE CAN STAY IN TOUCH.
Reporter: WHO HAVE WE GOT?
THIS IS JIM BARKEN.
HEY, JIM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HEY, DADDY, I'M DOWN
[ INAUDIBLE ].
CAN YOU HEAR ME.
DEBBIE DOWN ON BUCKINGHAM, CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
[ INAUDIBLE ] GO GIANTS.
YEAH, STORM-CHASING MICHAEL,
CAN YOU HEAR ME ON ROCK BRIDGE?
Reporter: FLOOD WATER
COMMUNICATION AT ITSELF BEST.
WE ARE WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL
HERE.
MIKE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CHATTING WITH US.
THEY ARE TALKING ON WALKKY
TALKKYS.
IN.
YES, CORELLA COME IN.
THIS IS WATER SOCIETY.
BEACH GINGER CAN YOU COME IN?
THIS IS HOW SOME OF THE
NEIGHBORS KEEP IN TOUCH WHEN THE
FLOOD HAPPENS, JUST SO THEY CAN
FIND OUT MAYBE WHERE I IS, HOW
HIGH IT IS GETTING, SO CERTAINLY
A UNIQUE SYSTEM GOING ON HERE IN
THIS AREA, SO THEY CAN BETTER
DEAL WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
STEPHANIE, DAVID, LET'S SECOND
IT BACK TO YOU.
PRETTY COOL.
HE SAID IT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
OLD FASHIONED BUT WHEN YOU LOSE
POWER, AND THOSE CELL PHONE
BATTERIES RUN OUT, IT COMES IN
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE CERTAINLY HAS A STRONG
NETWORK THERE, AND WE HAVE A
STRONG NETWORK HERE.