There is a potential for a very significant loss of life. And the president, to his credit, said, ted, anything Texas needs, the answer is yes. And so We had, within hours, helicopters in the air, we had DPS helicopters in the air, we had Coast Guard helicopters in the air and they were rescuing people from harm's way. After that is the rebuilding. And then after that stage, there will naturally be a process of looking back and assessing, okay, how could this disaster have been averted? (04:51–05:01)
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