Blake Farenthold: I’m Thankful Trump Signed the Disaster Declaration

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LEMON: "Joining me on the phone, Blake Fahrenthold in corpus Christi. How are you? Are you safe? What’s the situation where you are?" 
FARENTHOLD: "Well, the wind is howling. I’m actually at my home. State and local emergency responders are in the center, and I’m working via text messaging and e-mail to make sure all the federal assistance is there. We have President Trump signed the disaster deck laration which makes things a whole lot easier. But looking out in my yard, I have an uprooted try. And my back yard has a few roofing shingles on it. Looking up, water stains are starting to come through." 
LEMON: "We wish you the best. This is just the beginning. What are you hearing from your constituents?" 
FARENTHOLD: "Well, fortunately, most of the low-lying areas were ordered evacuated yesterday, and quite a few people heeded that warning. But there are some people who chose not to leave the low-lying areas, and our prayers are with them and hope they make it through, the 911 services simply aren’t available there. Emergency responders may not be able to get to folks who need help until the worst of this passes." 
LEMON: "Representative farn holiday, are you satisfied with the preparation before Harvey made landfall?" 
FARENTHOLD: "FEMA has prepositioned a lot of food, tarps and water. And it’s about three hours away from Corpus Christi but is further enough inland that those resources aren’t going to be in jeopardy from the storm. So I think the thought is we’re going to see how they deliver. We’ve learned a lot from Katrina and Ike, but this is a unique storm. I’m afraid we’ll have tough lessons here too."