CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: There were clouds in the sky today over New Braunfels, Texas. You see, I know this because that's where CNN's Ed Lavandera has been reporting on all the flooding. It's also where he sent this postcard from the soggy, muddy, hard to string cable wires across the field.</s>ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): I'm in New Braunfels, Texas, where I've been covering the floods that have devastated this area for the last week. And you know, it's so hard to bring some of these video images from the front lines, and so in the areas closest to the rivers because this area is just not very conducive to TV equipment. If you look at just our cables that are strewn across the ground here, television equipment really doesn't like these kinds of conditions. It's watery and muddy. And just to get the images back to the satellite truck, you can't even see it from where we're standing. The truck is behind those trees way over there. And we've got to bring these cables down the hill, through the mud and the water. And all these crews, the National Guard and the crews that work this area, are gracious enough to let the TV crews drive into the area, which really helps us out quite a bit. And you could even see some of the satellite trucks that have endured some of the muddiness and the tough situations to get down here. That's not something that a lot of bosses would like to see, quite frankly, satellite trucks caked in mud like that, but it is very difficult. And this is the only way you can get as close as this to the river and really bring the video images that you've seen on TV on this story, and bring it all to life for you. I'm Ed Lavandera, New Braunfels, Texas.</s>LIN: Thanks, Ed. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Postcard From the Field: New Braunfels, TX